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St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 4–1 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
St. Louis Blues 1 37-33-12
at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 40-30-12

Goals by period

Team Total
St. Louis Blues 0 1 0 1
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
St. Louis Blues 6 9 6 21
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 12 7 22

Three stars

  1. D. Voronkov, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. L. Del Bel Belluz, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. I. Fedotov, Columbus Blue Jackets (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 02:41 Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Gaunce (1) Dmitri Voronkov (1) Even strength STL 0, CBJ 1
2nd 15:42 Columbus Blue Jackets Luca Del Bel Belluz (1) Jake Christiansen (1), Dmitri Voronkov (2) Even strength STL 0, CBJ 2
2nd 16:58 St. Louis Blues Nikita Alexandrov (1) Justin Carbonneau (1), Milan Lucic (1) Even strength STL 1, CBJ 2
3rd 17:31 Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov (1) Luca Del Bel Belluz (1), Hudson Fasching (1) Even strength STL 1, CBJ 3
3rd 19:37 Columbus Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (1) Brendan Smith (1) Even strength, Empty net STL 1, CBJ 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat St. Louis Blues Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 21 22
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 9 11
Hits 34 28
Blocked shots 16 14
Giveaways 16 5
Takeaways 1 1
Faceoffs won 30/53 (56.6%) 23/53 (43.4%)

Box score

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player
9 A. Texier L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 70% 15:46
12 M. Lucic L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 15:26
28 O. Stenberg C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 16:42
34 S. Bitten C 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 1 10:38
48 D. Peterson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 15:18
56 H. McGing L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44.4% 15:05
59 N. Alexandrov C 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 40% 17:36
68 J. Carbonneau R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 18:02
71 M. Joseph R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 0 33.3% 14:31
77 N. Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 66.7% 16:47
88 C. Wagner R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 66.7% 12:14
93 J. Stancl C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 16:21
37 A. Jiricek D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 23:04
43 H. Skinner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 16:45
46 L. Loof D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 16:04
64 C. Schueneman D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 20:59
75 T. Tucker D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 19:48
92 Q. Burns D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 5 16:55
St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
1 V. Zherenko 6 5 1 .833 17:59
30 J. Hofer 15 13 2 .867 40:00 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 1 41.2% 19:35
10 D. Voronkov L 1 2 3 +2 2 3 1 1 17:43
16 B. Gaunce C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 30% 14:52
20 H. Fasching R 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 12:52
24 M. Olivier R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 0 100% 20:04
29 J. Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10:09
59 E. Chinakhov R 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 0 18:43
65 L. Del Bel Belluz C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 0 1 46.2% 14:00
67 J. Malatesta L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 1 100% 13:42
82 M. Pyyhtia L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:40
83 O. Keskinen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 10:03
88 R. Ahcan L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 100% 11:00
2 J. Christiansen D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 0 23:54
7 B. Smith D 0 1 1 +3 5 1 0 1 21:38
14 D. Hunt D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 4 22:00
37 D. Mayo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:12
49 M. Kearsey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:55
57 C. Elick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 18:58
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
28 I. Fedotov 15 14 1 .933 40:00 Win
35 E. Gardner 6 6 0 1.000 20:00

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:42 Columbus Blue Jackets Egor Chinakhov Tripping 2
1st 17:35 Columbus Blue Jackets Brendan Smith Fighting (major) 5
1st 17:35 St. Louis Blues Samuel Bitten Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:36 St. Louis Blues Otto Stenberg Tripping 2
2nd 00:31 Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov Hooking 2
2nd 18:09 St. Louis Blues Samuel Bitten Slashing 2
3rd 11:19 Columbus Blue Jackets Roman Ahcan Hooking 2

Game information

St. Louis Blues head coach
Jim Montgomery
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Jake Brenk, Alex Lepkowski
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Jesse Marquis
St. Louis Blues scratches
Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk, Cam Fowler, Matthew Peca, Jordan Binnington, Torey Krug, Colton Parayko, Oskar Sundqvist, Pavel Buchnevich, Nathan Walker, Jordan Kyrou, Matt Luff, Robert Thomas, Alexey Toropchenko, Pius Suter, Colten Ellis, Philip Broberg, Dylan Holloway, Jake Neighbours, Sam Stange, Will Cranley, Samuel Johannesson, Matthew Kessel, Simon Robertsson, Logan Mailloux, Zach Dean, Ivan Vorobyov, Michael Buchinger, Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Jimmy Snuggerud, Arseni Koromyslov, Marc-Andre Gaudet, Dalibor Dvorsky, Theo Lindstein, Juraj Pekarcik, Matthew Mayich, Nikita Susuev, Ondrej Kos, Adam Jecho, Lukas Fischer, Colin Ralph, Tomas Mrsic, William Mcisaac, Antoine Dorion, Matvei Korotky, Anthony Kehrer, Mikhail Fyodorov, Love Harenstam, Matthew Koprowski
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Charlie Coyle, Erik Gudbranson, Boone Jenner, Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Miles Wood, Sean Monahan, Elvis Merzlikins, Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, Christian Jaros, Zach Sawchenko, Dante Fabbro, Zachary Aston-Reese, Isac Lundeström, Kirill Marchenko, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Kent Johnson, Corson Ceulemans, Guillaume Richard, Stanislav Svozil, Max McCue, Nikolai Makarov, Jet Greaves, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Denton Mateychuk, Owen Sillinger, Will MacKinnon, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Riley Bezeau, Nolan Lalonde, Hunter McKown, Adam Fantilli, Tyler Peddle, Luca Pinelli, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Nicholas Sima, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Tanner Henricks, Luke Ashton, Ryder Boulton, Malte Vass, Jackson Smith, Ryland Mosley, Caleb MacDonald, Pyotr Andreyanov, Owen Griffin, Victor Hedin Raftheim, Jeremy Loranger, Brendan Hoffman, Will Bishop, Evan Van Gorp, Noah Jenken, PJ Fagan, Josh Avery, Mason Vaccari, Jakub Chromiak

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