Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 10th goal on the power play, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 on Sunday night in St. Paul. Earlier Sunday, St. Cloud State’s women’s soccer team shut out MSU Moorhead, and the Gophers women’s soccer team lost a one-goal game at Wisconsin. The Vikings had the week off. Here are Sunday’s results, Oct. 18, 2026, and what’s next.
Wild 2, Columbus 1
The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 34–14 at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.
- First period: Danila Yurov scored at 18:12, assisted by Yakov Trenin. Columbus answered a minute later when Adam Fantilli scored at 19:12, assisted by Zach Werenski and Sean Monahan.
- Game-winner: Kaprizov broke the 1–1 tie with a power-play goal at 3:06 of the second period, assisted by Maxim Shabanov and Joel Eriksson Ek. It was his 10th goal of the season, the most in the NHL.
- Goalies: Jesper Wallstedt made 13 saves for the win. Cam Talbot stopped 32 of 34 shots for Columbus.
- Records: The Wild are 6–2–1 (13 points). Columbus is 3–4–0.
St. Cloud State 4, MSU Moorhead 0 (women’s soccer)
Four different Huskies scored at Husky Stadium in St. Cloud, and SCSU won its second game of the weekend.
- Goals: Gabby Zugel (36th minute), McKenna Breunig (61st), Darby Allen (penalty kick, 64th) and Jordan Kardelis (88th)
- Darby Allen: 1 goal, 2 assists
- Zoe Fujino: 2 saves for the shutout. SCSU outshot the Dragons 15–6 and had an 8–1 edge in corner kicks.
- Records: St. Cloud State is 8–4–3 and 7–3–2 in the NSIC. MSU Moorhead is 3–10–2 and 2–9–1.
Wisconsin 1, Gophers 0 (women’s soccer)
The game in Madison was scoreless until the 74th minute, when Wisconsin’s Erin Connolly scored on an assist from Delaney Cox. The Gophers are 7–6–2, and Wisconsin is 8–4–3.
Vikings
The Vikings were on their bye week and did not play Sunday.
What’s next (all times Central)
- Wild: At the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m., then at the Calgary Flames on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m.
- Timberwolves: Open the regular season Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Miami.
- Gophers women’s hockey: Host Lindenwood on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m.
- Gophers men’s hockey: Host North Dakota on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m.
- Gophers football: Host Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 24.
- Vikings: Host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Oct. 25, at noon at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Catch up on Saturday’s games in our Oct. 17 sports recap, and see today’s Monday central Minnesota roundup for high school section soccer finals and this week’s football schedule.
Sources: NHL.com game center; ESPN; NHL stats; St. Cloud State Athletics box score; MSU Moorhead Athletics; Gophers Athletics; Wisconsin Athletics; Minnesota Vikings; ESPN (Vikings schedule); Minnesota Wild schedule; ESPN (Timberwolves schedule). Checked Oct. 19, 2026.
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