7 Columbus 5th Metropolitan40-29-10-2

4 Minnesota 3rd Central45-24-7-5

FINAL 7 FINAL 4 8:00PM ET · Oct 11, 2025

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Blue Jackets vs Wild Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
CLB Columbus	1	2	4	7	Elvis Merzlikins
MIN Minnesota	0	2	2	4	Filip Gustavsson

Location Grand Casino Arena

Referees Trevor Hanson , Morgan MacPhee

Linesmen Travis Gawryletz, Bevan Mills

Attendance 18,836 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
2:29		M. Wood Assisted by: Z. Aston-Reese ,
Scoring - Period 2
0:07		K. Marchenko Assisted by: D. Voronkov , I. Provorov
6:18		M. Boldy (PP) Assisted by: K. Kaprizov , J. Eriksson Ek
8:24		K. Kaprizov (PP) Assisted by: V. Tarasenko , M. Boldy
18:48		K. Marchenko Assisted by: Z. Werenski , D. Voronkov
Scoring - Period 3
1:11		Z. Werenski Assisted by: C. Sillinger , A. Fantilli
3:01		K. Marchenko (PP) Assisted by: B. Jenner , Z. Werenski
9:54		Z. Buium (PP) Assisted by: M. Boldy , J. Eriksson Ek
10:47		A. Fantilli Assisted by: B. Jenner ,
15:49		K. Kaprizov (PP) Assisted by: Z. Buium , M. Rossi
18:34		B. Jenner (EN) Assisted by: C. Coyle ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
9:05		D. Voronkov (2:00) Slashing
10:50		M. Wood (2:00) Delay Of Game
Penalties - Period 2
5:45		E. Gudbranson (2:00) Holding
6:18		Bench (2:00) Delay Of Game
7:47		E. Gudbranson (2:00) Delay Of Game
12:37		J. Middleton (2:00) Undefined
Penalties - Period 3
1:35		J. Eriksson Ek (2:00) Tripping
2:13		J. Middleton (2:00) Hooking
6:13		K. Marchenko (2:00) Undefined
9:11		Bench (2:00) Too Many Men On Ice
14:04		D. Voronkov (2:00) Delay Of Game

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Columbus	9	10	13	32
Minnesota	14	20	18	52

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Columbus	7	32	21.88	33.33	50.00	44	8	16
Minnesota	4	52	7.69	50.00	66.67	27	3	6

Goaltending

Columbus

Columbus Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
E. Merzlikins	52	48	4	.923	0	60:00

Minnesota

Minnesota Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
F. Gustavsson	31	25	6	.806	0	58:40

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
3	C	C. Coyle	0	1	1	1	0	1	21	16:39	9:00	1:38	6:01	0	12	8	60
4	C	C. Sillinger	0	1	1	2	0	0	19	14:07	12:04	0:16	1:47	0	3	1	75
5	D	D. Mateychuk	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	15:21	13:18	0:00	2:03	0	-	-	-
8	D	Z. Werenski	1	2	3	4	0	7	30	25:20	20:05	2:41	2:34	0	-	-	-
9	D	I. Provorov	0	1	1	3	0	1	27	27:12	17:01	1:38	8:33	0	-	-	-
10	LW	D. Voronkov	0	2	2	2	4	1	20	15:01	13:18	1:41	0:02	0	-	-	-
11	LW	M. Wood	1	0	1	1	2	2	17	11:11	9:36	0:00	1:35	0	-	-	-
15	D	D. Fabbro	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	20:13	14:44	0:19	5:10	0	-	-	-
19	C	A. Fantilli	1	1	2	2	0	1	16	14:20	12:19	1:57	0:04	0	6	1	86
21	C	I. Lundestrom	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:02	10:55	0:00	1:07	0	7	4	64
23	C	S. Monahan	0	0	0	3	0	6	25	19:11	14:03	3:00	2:08	0	14	11	56
24	RW	M. Olivier	0	0	0	E	0	2	15	10:21	8:43	0:00	1:38	0	-	-	-
27	C	Z. Aston-Reese	0	1	1	1	0	1	18	13:27	9:23	0:00	4:04	0	1	2	33
38	C	B. Jenner	1	2	3	3	0	2	18	15:11	10:05	2:41	2:25	0	1	-	100
44	D	E. Gudbranson	0	0	0	1	4	0	17	11:29	8:09	0:00	3:20	0	-	-	-
78	D	D. Severson	0	0	0	3	0	1	23	17:49	15:47	1:57	0:05	0	-	-	-
86	RW	K. Marchenko	3	0	3	2	2	4	19	18:10	15:29	2:41	0:00	1	-	-	-
91	C	K. Johnson	0	0	0	E	0	2	15	11:18	8:31	2:41	0:06	0	-	-	-
90	G	E. Merzlikins	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	44:30	4:38	10:52	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
5	D	J. Middleton	0	0	0	E	4	0	18	14:34	13:54	0:02	0:38	0	-	-	-
7	D	B. Faber	0	0	0	-2	0	3	24	19:32	16:48	0:10	2:34	0	-	-	-
8	D	Z. Buium	1	1	2	-4	0	4	21	24:39	16:16	8:23	0:00	1	-	-	-
12	LW	M. Boldy	1	2	3	-3	0	5	23	25:24	16:55	7:31	0:58	1	2	2	50
13	C	Y. Trenin	0	0	0	-1	0	2	15	12:52	11:53	0:00	0:59	0	1	1	50
14	C	J. Eriksson Ek	0	2	2	-1	2	2	19	19:20	9:58	7:15	2:07	0	8	13	38
17	LW	M. Foligno	0	0	0	-1	0	0	14	11:56	9:42	0:00	2:14	0	-	1	0
18	C	V. Hinostroza	0	0	0	-2	0	3	13	9:29	6:40	2:49	0:00	0	1	1	50
23	C	M. Rossi	0	1	1	-3	0	3	22	19:21	15:14	3:06	1:01	0	6	15	29
24	D	Z. Bogosian	0	0	0	E	0	2	18	15:08	13:04	0:00	2:04	0	-	-	-
25	D	J. Brodin	0	0	0	-2	0	1	22	16:57	14:51	0:10	1:56	0	-	-	-
28	LW	L. Ohgren	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	6:55	6:55	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
38	RW	R. Hartman	0	0	0	-1	0	7	20	16:02	12:15	3:38	0:09	0	7	5	58
43	C	H. Haight	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10	8:17	8:17	0:00	0:00	0	2	6	25
46	D	J. Spurgeon	0	0	0	-3	0	2	22	18:31	14:08	2:19	2:04	0	-	-	-
90	LW	M. Johansson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	18	16:26	13:02	2:24	1:00	0	-	-	-
91	RW	V. Tarasenko	0	1	1	-1	0	5	17	16:18	8:32	7:46	0:00	0	-	-	-
97	LW	K. Kaprizov	2	1	3	-3	0	11	21	24:13	15:26	8:47	0:00	2	-	-	-
32	G	F. Gustavsson	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:40	43:10	10:52	4:38	0	-	-	-

CLB vs MINRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
CLB	0-1-0	1-0-0	0-1-0	0-1-0	0-0-0
MIN	1-0-0	1-0-0	0-1-0	1-0-0	0-0-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

8-2

Over / Under

3-7-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Oct 19, '24	CLB	3 - 1	MIN -172	u6.0	24	34	0-3	1-3
Oct 10, '24	MIN	3 - 2	MIN -266	u6.5	26	33	1-3	1-3
Jan 06, '24	CLB	4 - 3 (OT)	MIN -133	o6.0	29	36	1-4	2-4
Oct 21, '23	MIN	5 - 4 (OT)	CLB +203	o6.5	28	54	0-3	1-3
Feb 26, '23	MIN	3 - 2 (OT)	MIN -293	u6.0	44	24	1-2	0-2
Feb 23, '23	CLB	2 - 0	MIN -169	u5.5	30	25	0-1	0-1
Mar 26, '22	MIN	3 - 2 (OT)	MIN -278	u6.5	38	25	1-2	0-2
Mar 11, '22	CLB	3 - 2 (SO)	CLB +169	u7.0	28	38	1-4	1-5
Feb 28, '20	CLB	5 - 0	MIN +113	u5.5	24	26	0-2	1-3
Feb 25, '20	MIN	5 - 4	MIN -174	o5.5	40	28	0-1	0-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

6-4-0-0

Over / Under

4-6-0

$127

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 09, '25	@ NAS	L 1 - 2	L -102	u6.5	39	32	0-1	1-4
Apr 17, '25	NYI	W 6 - 1	W -200	o6.5	26	37	0-0	0-1
Apr 15, '25	@ PHI	W 3 - 0	W -140	u6.5	34	29	1-2	0-3
Apr 13, '25	@ WAS	W 4 - 1	W +145	u6.5	23	31	0-3	0-2
Apr 12, '25	WAS	W 7 - 0	W -116	o6.5	26	22	0-2	0-2
Apr 10, '25	BUF	W 3 - 2	W -130	u6.5	30	41	1-1	0-1
Apr 08, '25	OTT	W 5 - 2	W -102	o6.0	35	35	1-2	1-4
Apr 06, '25	@ OTT	L 0 - 4	L +135	u6.0	29	29	0-0	0-3
Apr 05, '25	@ TOR	L 0 - 5	L +153	u6.5	27	27	0-1	0-1
Apr 03, '25	COL	L 3 - 7	L +122	o6.5	30	32	0-3	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 13, '25	NJ	L 2-3	L -128	u5.5
Oct 16, '25	COL	L 0-4	L +230	u6.5
Oct 18, '25	TB	W 3-2	W -128	u6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-2-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

$49

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 09, '25	@ STL	W 5 - 0	W +102	u5.5	21	26	1-3	0-2
May 01, '25	VEG	L 2 - 3	L +141	u5.5	31	24	0-2	1-4
Apr 29, '25	@ VEG	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +197	u6.0	22	32	1-3	0-3
Apr 26, '25	VEG	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +139	o5.5	32	46	0-2	2-5
Apr 24, '25	VEG	W 5 - 2	W +136	o5.5	31	32	2-4	0-4
Apr 22, '25	@ VEG	W 5 - 2	W +190	o5.5	17	32	0-1	0-0
Apr 20, '25	@ VEG	L 2 - 4	L +217	o5.5	20	26	0-1	2-2
Apr 15, '25	ANA	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -260	u6.0	40	29	0-2	0-1
Apr 12, '25	@ VAN	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -120	u5.5	33	14	0-2	1-2
Apr 11, '25	@ CAL	L 2 - 4	L -120	o5.5	18	32	0-2	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 13, '25	LA	L 2-4	L -120	o5.5
Oct 14, '25	@ DAL	W 5-2	W +110	o5.5
Oct 17, '25	@ WAS	W 5-0	W -120	u5.5

CLB vs MIN Preview

Columbus at

Minnesota

Last Meeting ( Oct 19, 2024 ) Minnesota 3, Columbus 1

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson remembers a lesson from two seasons ago.

Gustavsson is coming off a shutout victory in the Wild's season opener Thursday night against the St. Louis Blues. The same thing happened to start the 2023-24 campaign, when Gustavsson blanked the Florida Panthers in the season opener.

"But then I had a bad second game against Toronto," said Gustavsson, who allowed seven goals in his encore performance. "So I'm going to have to get better (the) second game."

The 27-year-old netminder will get his opportunity when the Wild face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday evening in St. Paul, Minn. It will be the home opener for Minnesota and the second straight road game for Columbus.

As the Wild go for back-to-back victories, the Blue Jackets will try to avoid two straight losses. They fell short 2-1 against the Nashville Predators in their season opener Thursday.

Against Minnesota, the Blue Jackets must choose whether to start their up-and-coming prospect or their seasoned veteran in net.

Jet Greaves got the opening start and sustained a hard-luck loss against the Predators. Greaves stopped 29 of 31 shots but allowed a power-play goal in the third period that proved to be the difference.

"I think there were some positives, but also some things to improve on," Greaves said. "It's a good step, but there's a lot for myself and for us to learn from going forward."

Greaves, 24, never has faced the Wild in his brief career.

The Blue Jackets also could turn to Elvis Merzlikins in net. The 31-year-old served a backup role in the season opener but has 94 victories over six NHL seasons.

Merzlikins has faced the Wild five times in his career. He is 2-1-2 with a 2.89 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage in those outings.

"In terms of Jet and Elvis, you've got two good goalies who are competing, and that's a healthy problem to have," Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson said. "I sit beside them in the room, and they work well together. ... Coaches say it all the time: ‘Just make our job difficult.' Perfect scenario for a team aspect."

Whichever goaltender starts for Columbus will have to slow down a Wild offensive attack that racked up five goals in the season opener. Ryan Hartman scored two of those goals, and star Kirill Kaprizov registered three assists.

Hartman is looking to get off to a strong start after an underwhelming season in 2024-25. He finished with 11 goals in 69 games, and now he has two goals in one game to start 2025-26.

"I feel good personally, legs wise and speed wise," Hartman said. "So I just want to keep going."

Dmitri Voronkov will look to stay hot after scoring the Blue Jackets' lone goal in the season opener. Kirill Marchenko registered a team-high eight shots on goal but could not find the net.

Wild fans will see a familiar face behind the Blue Jackets' bench. Dean Evason is in his second season at the helm in Columbus after serving as Minnesota's coach from 2020-24.

--Field Level Media

CLB vs MINInjury report

Columbus's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
D. Severson	D	Out For Season - Shoulder( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
The Blue Jackets announced on Friday (Apr. 3) that Severson underwent successful shoulder surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
D. Voronkov	LW	Out - Hand( Mar 31, '26)	Mar 31, '26
The Blue Jackets announced on Wednesday (Apr. 1) that Voronkov is expected to be sidelined for at least 10 days due to his hand injury, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site.
M. Olivier	RW	Out - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Blue Jackets said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Olivier is expected to be out for a couple of weeks, Jeff Svoboda of the team's official site.
B. Smith	D	Out - Knee( Jan 07, '26)	Jan 07, '26
The Columbus Blue Jackets said on Thursday (Jan. 8) that Smith underwent successful surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and is expected to make a full recovery in 3-4 months.

Columbus Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	3	Charlie Coyle
C	4	Cole Sillinger
LW	10	Dmitri Voronkov
LW	11	Miles Wood
LW	17	Mason Marchment
C	19	Adam Fantilli
C	21	Isac Lundestrom
C	23	Sean Monahan
RW	24	Mathieu Olivier
C	27	Zach Aston-Reese
C	38	Boone Jenner
LW	43	Danton Heinen
C	65	Luca Del Bel Belluz
RW	83	Conor Garland
RW	86	Kirill Marchenko
C	91	Kent Johnson

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	2	Jake Christiansen
D	5	Denton Mateychuk
D	6	Egor Zamula
D	8	Zach Werenski
D	9	Ivan Provorov
D	15	Dante Fabbro
D	44	Erik Gudbranson
G	73	Jet Greaves
D	78	Damon Severson
G	90	Elvis Merzlikins

Minnesota's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
M. Zuccarello	RW	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Zuccarello has been ruled out for Monday's (Apr. 13) game against the Blues, as per Michael Russo of The Athletic.
J. Eriksson Ek	C	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Eriksson Ek won't play in Monday's (Apr. 13) game against the Blues, Michael Russo of The Athletic.
M. Foligno	LW	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Foligno won't play against St. Louis on Monday (Apr. 13), according to Michael Russo of The Athletic.
J. Brodin	D	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Brodin is not suiting up for Monday's (Apr. 13) game in St. Louis.
R. Hartman	RW	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Hartman will get the night off against St. Louis on Monday (Apr. 13), as per Michael Russo of The Athletic.
V. Gustafsson-Nyberg	D	Day To Day - Undisclosed( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Gustafsson-Nyberg will be a game-time decision against the St. Louis Blues on Monday, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic.
Q. Hughes	D	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Hughes won't play against St. Louis on Monday (Apr. 13), as per Michael Russo of The Athletic.
K. Kaprizov	LW	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Kaprizov won't play Monday (Apr. 13) against St. Louis for rest purposes, as per Michael Russo of The Athletic.
M. Boldy	LW	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Boldy will be rested for Monday's (Apr. 13) matchup with the Blues, as per Michael Russo of The Athletic.
B. Faber	D	Day To Day - Rest( Apr 12, '26)	Apr 12, '26
Faber won't play in Monday's (Apr. 13) game against the Blues due to rest purposes, Michael Russo of The Athletic.
Z. Bogosian	D	Out - Undisclosed( Apr 08, '26)	Apr 08, '26
Bogosian will miss Thursday's (Apr. 9) game versus the Stars and isn't traveling with the Wild.

Minnesota Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	10	Bobby Brink
LW	12	Matt Boldy
C	13	Yakov Trenin
C	14	Joel Eriksson Ek
RW	16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel
LW	17	Marcus Foligno
C	21	Robby Fabbri
RW	22	Danila Yurov
RW	36	Mats Zuccarello
C	37	Hunter Haight
RW	38	Ryan Hartman
C	39	Ben Jones
RW	47	Michael McCarron
LW	71	Nick Foligno
C	78	Nico Sturm
LW	90	Marcus Johansson
RW	91	Vladimir Tarasenko
LW	97	Kirill Kaprizov

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	2	Jeff Petry
D	5	Jake Middleton
D	6	Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg
D	7	Brock Faber
D	24	Zach Bogosian
D	25	Jonas Brodin
D	26	Matt Kiersted
G	30	Jesper Wallstedt
G	32	Filip Gustavsson
D	43	Quinn Hughes
D	46	Jared Spurgeon
D	48	Daemon Hunt

GoaltendersLast 5

Columbus
Minnesota

W/L

1-4-0-0

GAA

2.40

Save %

.909

Columbus Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Greaves	Oct 9, 2025	NAS 2 - CLB 1	L	2	32	.938	-	L -102	u6.5
E.Merzlikins	Oct 4, 2025	WAS 2 - CLB 1	L	2	22	.909	-	L +142	u5.5
J.Greaves	Sep 30, 2025	CLB 3 - WAS 4	L	4	23	.826	-	L -162	o5.5
E.Merzlikins	Sep 27, 2025	PIT 4 - CLB 1	L	3	35	.914	-	L +160	u5.5
J.Greaves	Sep 24, 2025	CLB 4 - PIT 1	W	1	25	.960	-	W -310	u6.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

1.83

Save %

.904

Minnesota Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
F.Gustavsson	Oct 9, 2025	STL 0 - MIN 5	W	0	26	1.00	-	W +102	u5.5
F.Gustavsson	Oct 3, 2025	CHI 2 - MIN 3	W	2	28	.929	-	W -180	u5.5
J.Wallstedt	Sep 30, 2025	MIN 3 - WIN 2	W	2	28	.929	-	W -162	u5.5
F.Gustavsson	Sep 28, 2025	MIN 1 - CHI 4	L	3	20	.850	-	L -112	u5.5
J.Wallstedt	Sep 25, 2025	MIN 2 - DAL 5	-	0	12	1.00	-	L -205	o5.5
S.Hlavaj	Sep 25, 2025	MIN 2 - DAL 5	L	4	14	.714	-	L -205	o5.5

CLB vs MINStats

Offense vs Defense

CLBColumbus Offense
MINMinnesota Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
1.00	Total	0.00
1.00	1st Period	0.00
0.00	2nd Period	0.00
0.00	3rd Period	0.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
39.00	Total	26.00
15.00	1st Period	8.00
14.00	2nd Period	14.00
10.00	3rd Period	4.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.03	Total	1.00
0.07	1st Period	1.00
0.00	2nd Period	1.00
0.00	3rd Period	1.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
0 - 1	G/Att vs. GA/Att	0 - 2
0.00	PP % vs. PK %	100.00

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Columbus Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jet Greaves	32	30	0.938	0-1-0
Elvis Merzlikins	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Blue Jackets vs Wild Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

CLB vs MINRecords

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Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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CLB vs MINInjury report

Columbus's Injuries

Columbus Starters Last Game

Minnesota's Injuries

Minnesota Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

CLB vs MINStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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