Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (2-2-0) at Minnesota Wild (2-2-0) – 21 Oct 2023 – 8:00PM EDT

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (2-2-0) at Minnesota [](/r/wildhockey) Wild (2-2-0)

#Xcel Energy Center

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|9:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, BSN, BSWI|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020073) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020073/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020073/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020073/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|Ryan Hartman|Mats Zuccarello|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Johansson|Joel Eriksson Ek|Sammy Walker|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli|Patrik Laine|Alexandre Texier|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Foligno|Marco Rossi|Frederick Gaudreau|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Cole Sillinger|Emil Bemstrom|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Patrick Maroon|Connor Dewar|Brandon Duhaime|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jack Roslovic|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|Calen Addison|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Damon Severson|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jacob Middleton|Brock Faber|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Dakota Mermis|Jon Merrill|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Alex Goligoski|17 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Goligoski (lower body) was placed on the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports.|09 Nov 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Matthew Boldy|14 Oct 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Boldy (upper body) is considered week-to-week, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic.|24 Oct 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Michael Milne||Undisclosed|IR-NR||29 Oct 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Sam Hentges||Undisclosed|IR-NR||29 Oct 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Caedan Bankier||Undisclosed|IR-NR||29 Oct 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jared Spurgeon|05 Oct 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Per Joe Smith of The Athletic, Spurgeon (upper body) is working out off the ice but is ‘still not close’ to resuming skating.|24 Oct 2023|
|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mason Shaw||Knee|OUT|Surgery|01 Dec 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|20 Oct 2023|Head|DTD|Not Specified|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|23 Sep 2023|Back|IR-NR|Strain|24 Oct 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/minnesota-wild/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|4|2|2|0|4|0.500|3.50|4.00|23.53|81.82|30.00|32.25|49.01|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|4|2|2|0|4|0.500|2.50|3.00|9.09|76.92|26.50|36.00|46.40|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Joel Eriksson Ek|4|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|3|
|A|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mats Zuccarello|6|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov, Kirill Marchenko|3|
|P|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello|6|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|4|
|+/-|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|5|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth, Jake Bean|3|
|PIM|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Dakota Mermis|17|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|9|
|TOI|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brock Faber|22:21|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|24:22|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=30 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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