Blue Jackets 4–2 Wild — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2016)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🧥 CBJ

Cam Atkinson

2 G

2 shots · 19:13 TOI

2nd star 🧥 CBJ

Brandon Saad

2 A

3 shots · 18:34 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Mikael Granlund

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:53 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🧥 Cam Atkinson Go-ahead 1st · 10:05

Assists: Brandon Dubinsky · beat Devan Dubnyk

1–0

2nd period

🧥 Jack Johnson 2nd · 03:29

Assists: Brandon Saad, Alex Wennberg · beat Devan Dubnyk

2–0

🧥 Cam Atkinson 2nd · 03:44

Assists: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara · beat Devan Dubnyk

3–0

🌲 Mikael Granlund PP 2nd · 05:58

Assists: Jared Spurgeon, Mikko Koivu · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

3–1

🧥 Seth Jones 2nd · 17:35

Assists: Brandon Saad, Nick Foligno · beat Devan Dubnyk

4–1

3rd period

🌲 Jason Zucker 3rd · 00:24

Assists: Mikael Granlund, Jared Spurgeon · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Saad · Dubinsky · Atkinson 19:13

L2 Foligno · Jenner · Wennberg 17:40

L3 Hartnell · Karlsson · Anderson 12:38

L4 Calvert · Gagner · Sedlak 10:24

D1 Savard · Jones 22:14

D2 Johnson · Werenski 19:34

D3 Murray · Nutivaara 16:14

🌲Wild

L1 Parise · Staal · Koivu 18:44

L2 Zucker · Coyle · Granlund 16:53

L3 Haula · Niederreiter · Stewart 14:50

L4 Graovac · Schroeder · Pominville 9:21

D1 Suter · Spurgeon 28:57

D2 Scandella · Brodin 19:55

D3 Folin · Dumba 10:22

Team stats

Away left · home right

🧥CBJ MIN🌲

25 Shots on goal 31

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

24 Hits 18

11 Blocked shots 8

2 Takeaways 7

2 Giveaways 8

28 Penalty minutes 26

CBJ shooting 16.0% (4/25) MIN shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🧥Blue Jackets

Sergei Bobrovsky

29/31

.935 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌲Wild

Devan Dubnyk

21/25

.840 SV% · 4 GA · 57:47 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

CBJ MIN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-0-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)

After 2nd — 4–1

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0

Jan 52016 🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ 4–2 Oct 222015 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Jan 192015 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 3–1 Dec 312014 🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ 1–3 Mar 152014 🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN 2–1 SO

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Who won Blue Jackets vs Wild on December 31, 2016?

Blue Jackets won 4–2. The final score was Blue Jackets 4, Wild 2.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Cam Atkinson (2), Jack Johnson, Seth Jones.

Who scored for Wild?

Jason Zucker, Mikael Granlund.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets vs Wild season series?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🧥 Blue Jackets

BeforeDec 29 🧥CBJ @ ✈️WPG 5–3 AfterJan 3 🛢️EDM @ 🧥CBJ 1–3

🌲 Wild

BeforeDec 29 🏝️NYI @ 🌲MIN 4–6 AfterJan 5 🌲MIN @ 🦈SJS 5–4

Also on December 31

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