Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets — December 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on December 18, 2025. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (CBJ 7.44, MIN 7.95), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Columbus Blue Jackets created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 11 from the Minnesota Wild at 5-on-5. Zach Werenski scored 2 goals. Joel Eriksson Ek was the most dangerous skater with 1.74 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Columbus Blue Jackets outshot the Minnesota Wild 29-28 in total shots on goal.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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MIN5 - 2CBJ

Dec 18, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
CBJ	P1	15	25	37.5	8	15	34.8	5	9	35.7	13	18	41.9	4	5	44.4	0.80	3.64	18.0	1	0	100.0
	P2	32	15	68.1	24	13	64.9	14	8	63.6	24	13	64.9	6	3	66.7	4.82	2.46	66.2	1	2	33.3
	P3	17	19	47.2	10	17	37.0	10	11	47.6	12	13	48.0	4	4	50.0	2.56	3.11	45.2	0	3	0.0
	Total	64	59	52.0	42	45	48.3	29	28	50.9	49	44	52.7	14	12	53.8	8.17	9.21	47.0	2	5	28.6
MIN	P1	25	15	62.5	15	8	65.2	9	5	64.3	18	13	58.1	5	4	55.6	3.64	0.80	82.0	0	1	0.0
	P2	15	32	31.9	13	24	35.1	8	14	36.4	13	24	35.1	3	6	33.3	2.46	4.82	33.8	2	1	66.7
	P3	19	17	52.8	17	10	63.0	11	10	52.4	13	12	52.0	4	4	50.0	3.11	2.56	54.8	3	0	100.0
	Total	59	64	48.0	45	42	51.7	28	29	49.1	44	49	47.3	12	14	46.2	9.21	8.17	53.0	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

CBJ Favored

MIN Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

CBJ Attempts

Individual Event Map

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MIN ShootCBJ Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (CBJ) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = CBJ players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the CBJ player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

CBJ ↓ / MIN →	Eriksson Ek	Trenin	Sturm	Pitlick	Jones	Kaprizov	Boldy	Foligno	Tarasenko	Hartman	Yurov	Aube-Kubel	Faber	Hughes	Spurgeon	Kiersted	Lambos	Jiricek
Coyle	48	20	22	25	25	45	52	100	14	—	17	—	26	21	53	50	56	63
Jenner	38	64	67	67	67	47	46	53	69	40	83	38	64	55	64	63	33	38
Fantilli	63	50	73	75	75	50	56	62	38	58	38	58	60	62	59	50	67	50
Monahan	50	55	58	50	50	50	50	50	73	38	67	38	65	59	55	57	20	22
Sillinger	44	14	17	29	17	47	39	0	25	0	20	0	17	20	50	57	57	67
Lundeström	0	31	75	80	67	17	0	60	0	43	0	0	33	27	50	57	33	17
Johnson	0	50	78	80	71	17	25	80	0	57	0	33	56	50	50	57	50	33
Wood	50	50	17	17	17	46	50	—	20	—	25	—	21	24	54	57	57	67
Voronkov	63	40	70	75	75	50	56	67	17	64	29	64	61	63	59	50	50	0
Aston-Reese	0	31	71	75	60	17	0	60	0	43	0	0	33	27	43	50	33	17
Marchenko	75	50	64	67	67	50	67	58	25	55	40	60	61	61	63	58	50	0
Chinakhov	57	64	73	75	75	54	56	55	75	46	83	43	71	67	67	67	40	38
Werenski	57	69	78	78	78	57	55	60	67	50	80	40	58	51	81	84	58	50
Mateychuk	48	58	75	50	50	53	48	57	70	50	57	0	43	36	72	78	63	57
Provorov	8	22	58	63	63	10	21	64	20	54	18	54	44	44	42	33	25	29
Severson	20	36	50	56	50	14	43	67	22	57	22	60	57	63	45	33	20	20
Fabbro	25	25	43	43	43	22	18	40	25	27	33	38	33	29	20	0	30	33
Smith	100	67	50	60	50	50	67	56	100	44	67	33	64	64	25	33	50	50