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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild prediction

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Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Columbus Blue Jackets

Last game: Oct 20

Forwards

  1. 1st line8 min together
    89LWKniesMatthew19CFantilliAdam91RWJohnsonKent
  2. 2nd line9 min together
    4LWSillingerCole3CCoyleCharlie24RWOlivierMathieu
  3. 3rd line7 min together
    10LWVoronkovDmitri23CMonahanSean43RWNichushkinValeri
  4. 4th line8 min together
    94LWLombergRyan93CBelluzLuca Del Bel83RWGarlandConor

Defence

  1. 1st pair3 min together
    8DWerenskiZach5DMateychukDenton
  2. 2nd pair6 min together
    78DSeversonDamon2DChristiansenJake
  3. 3rd pair5 min together
    44DGudbransonErik36DAndraeEmil

Goalies

Minnesota Wild

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line12 min together
    12LWBoldyMatt
    14CEkJoel Eriksson
    97RWKaprizovKirill
  2. 2nd line8 min together
    20LWColemanBlake
    38CHartmanRyan
    10RWBrinkBobby
  3. 3rd line7 min together
    61LWLorenzRieger
    13CTreninYakov
    22RWYurovDanila
  4. 4th line6 min together
    78LWSturmNico
    47CMcCarronMichael
    19RWPitlickTyler

Defence

  1. 1st pair13 min together
    43DHughesQuinn
    25DBrodinJonas
  2. 2nd pair8 min together
    46DSpurgeonJared
    48DHuntDaemon
  3. 3rd pair8 min together
    24DBogosianZach
    3DMaattaOlli

Goalies

  • 30ProjectedWallstedtJesper
  • 31BackupPickardC.

How we read the lines: from the NHL’s shift charts, the three forwards and the two defencemen who shared the most 5-on-5 ice time, ranked by time on ice. Coaches shuffle lines often, so treat them as a guide until puck drop.

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Jet Greaves COL

.883 save percentage

3.34 GAA · 2–3–0 · 1 shutout · 5 starts

Jesper Wallstedt MIN

.915 save percentage

2.19 GAA · 6–2–2 · 10 starts

Teams do not name their goalie before the game. We expect the No. 1 unless his team played the night before, when the back-up usually starts; last season that call was right about two times in three. Our win chances do not depend on it.

Team leaders

Columbus Blue JacketsThis seasonMinnesota Wild

Season totals in this competition from the scoresheets so far (8 games per team); current squads only.

Recent form

Columbus Blue Jackets

L2–6L1–2W1–0L3–7L3–5

Minnesota Wild

L1–2OTL3–4W2–1W5–4L2–5

W win · OTL loss in overtime or a shootout · L loss in regulation

Head to head

  • Minnesota Wild 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets

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