Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (19-35-5) at Minnesota Wild (32-21-6) – 26 Feb 2023 – 02:00PM EST

#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (19-35-5) at Minnesota [](/r/wildhockey) Wild (32-21-6)

#Xcel Energy Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
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|11:00AM|12:00PM|01:00PM|02:00PM|03:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|BSN, BSWI, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [MIN](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999130)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020948) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020948) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020948)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Wild.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020948) – [Boxscore](http://Wild.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020948) – [Recap](http://Wild.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020948)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020948)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|Ryan Hartman|Mats Zuccarello|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Foligno|Joel Eriksson Ek|Matthew Boldy|[](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Jack Roslovic|Patrik Laine|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Jordan Greenway|Frederick Gaudreau|Brandon Duhaime|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Mason Shaw|Connor Dewar|Ryan Reaves|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Cole Sillinger|Emil Bemstrom|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Jacob Middleton|Jared Spurgeon|[](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Alex Goligoski|Mathew Dumba|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Dakota Mermis|Calen Addison|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Tim Berni|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|[](/r/bluejackets)|Joonas Korpisalo|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|23 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Brodin (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday.|02 Mar 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jon Merrill|23 Feb 2023|Illness|DTD|Merrill (illness) will not play Thursday in Columbus, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Pavel Novak||Illness|IR-NR||15 Mar 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brock Faber||Upper Body|DTD||02 Mar 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Vladislav Gavrikov|25 Feb 2023|Not Injury Related|OUT|Gavrikov will be a healthy scratch Thursday versus Edmonton for trade-related purposes, according to Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch.|28 Feb 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Carson Meyer||Oblique|IR||28 Feb 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|21 Feb 2023|Ankle|IR|Chinakhov (ankle) took part in Tuesday’s practice and is making progress, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|28 Feb 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski||Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Gustav Nyquist||Upper Body|IR||15 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jakub Voracek||Concussion|IR||01 Apr 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Wild](/r/wildhockey)|59|32|21|6|70|59.3|2.81355|2.72881|23.3|82.1|31.03389|30.05084|47.2|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|59|19|35|5|43|36.4|2.55932|3.69491|16.4|77.3|29.23728|34.79661|48.4|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|34|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|18|
|A|[](/r/wildhockey)|Mats Zuccarello|36|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|39|
|P|[](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|68|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|54|
|+/-|[](/r/wildhockey)|Jared Spurgeon|22|[](/r/bluejackets)|Trey Fix-Wolansky|0|
|PIM|[](/r/wildhockey)|Ryan Hartman|68|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|77|
|TOI|[](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|22:51|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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