The Wild set most of its preseason schedule Tuesday, announcing times and dates for six of the seven games.
Wild preseason schedule opens with home game against Avalanche
There are seven games on the exhibition schedule, three of them at Xcel Energy Center.
July 5, 2022 at 6:48PM
The opener is Sunday, Sept. 25 against the Stanley Cup champion Avalanche at Xcel Energy Center at 3 p.m.
The Wild plays at Colorado on Sept. 27, at Dallas on Sept. 29, at St. Louis on Oct. 4, with home games against Chicago on Oct. 6 and Dallas on Oct. 8. It also will play the Blackhawks at a site and date to be announced.
The regular season schedule comes out Thursday, the day of the first round of the NHL draft in Montreal.
Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record.
