Inaugural Wild coach Jacques Lemaire, middle, stands at center ice before a ceremonial puck drop Saturday night. From left are former GM Doug Risebrough, ex-goalies coach Bob Mason, and former assistants Mike Ramsey and Mario Tremblay (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Overall, the Blues Jackets won 62% of faceoffs.

“Has to be better,” coach John Hynes said. “Obviously, faceoffs is a big part of the centerman, yes. But I also think there’s a lot of 50-50 pucks, too, in the faceoff circle that your wings and your ‘D’ also have to help and touch pucks first.”

Later in the second, Matt Boldy buried a loose puck on the power play at 6:18 for his second goal in as many games. Columbus challenged the play, but video review determined the contact Eriksson Ek made with Elvis Merzlikins was outside the crease, so it didn’t qualify as goalie interference.

The Blue Jackets were dinged with a delay-of-game penalty and then another for shooting the puck over the glass.

Seconds after the 5-on-3 expired, Kirill Kaprizov one-timed in a puck from along the goal line at 8:24 to pull the Wild even with his first goal of the season.