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Wild schedule: Cup champion Capitals at Xcel on Nov. 13

The team will open in Colorado on Oct. 4 and have its home opener two days later.

By Sarah McLellan

June 22, 2018 at 2:55AM

Charlie Coyle of the Wild and Bryan Little (18) of Winnipeg battled for the puck during the teams’ April playoff series. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Wild schedule for 2018-19 was released Thursday.

The team opens the season Thursday, Oct. 4 in Colorado, and has its home opener two days later against the Vegas Golden Knights. Those dates were announced on Wednesday.

The Wild plays 26 of its 82 games against teams in the Central Division, three against each team in the Pacific, and two games against each team in the Eastern Conference.

The Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals are at Xcel Energy Center on Nov. 13.

The schedule includes a seven-game road trip, longest in franchise history, from Oct. 29-Nov. 11, with games at Vancouver, Edmonton, St. Louis, San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim and St. Louis.

WILD SCHEDULE

Preseason

DAYDATEOPPONENTTIME (CT)

SEPTEMBER

Mon.17at Winnipeg7 p.m.

WED.19ST. LOUISWells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, IA)7 p.m.

THUR.20DALLAS7 p.m.

SAT.22COLORADO5 p.m.

Mon.24at Dallas7:30 p.m.

WED.26WINNIPEG7 p.m.

Fri.28at Colorado8 p.m.

Regular season

OCTOBER

Thur.4at Colorado8 p.m.

SAT.6VEGAS7 p.m.

THUR.11CHICAGO7 p.m.

SAT.13CAROLINA5 p.m.

Mon.15at Nashville7 p.m.

TUE.16ARIZONA7 p.m.

Fri.19at Dallas7 p.m.

SAT.20TAMPA BAY7 p.m.

THUR.25LOS ANGELES7 p.m.

SAT.27COLORADO7 p.m.

Mon.29at Vancouver9 p.m.

Tue.30at Edmonton8 p.m.

NOVEMBER

Sat.3at St. Louis7 p.m.

Tue.6at San Jose9:30 p.m.

Thur.8at Los Angeles9:30 p.m.

Fri.9at Anaheim9 p.m.

Sun.11at St. Louis2 p.m.

TUE.13WASHINGTON7 p.m.

THUR.15VANCOUVER7 p.m.

SAT.17BUFFALO5 p.m.

Sun.18at Chicago5 p.m.

WED.21OTTAWA7 p.m.

FRI.23WINNIPEG3 p.m.

TUE.27ARIZONA7 p.m.

Thur.29at Columbus6 p.m.

DECEMBER

SAT.1TORONTO6 p.m.

Tue.4at Vancouver9 p.m.

Thur.6at Calgary8 p.m.

Fri.7at Edmonton8 p.m.

TUE.11MONTREAL7 p.m.

THUR.13FLORIDA7 p.m.

SAT.15CALGARY1 p.m.

TUE.18SAN JOSE7 p.m.

Thur.20at Pittsburgh6 p.m.

SAT.22DALLAS7 p.m.

Thur.27at Chicago7:30 p.m.

Sat.29at Winnipeg2 p.m.

MON.31PITTSBURGH5 p.m.

JANUARY

Thur.3at Toronto1 p.m.

Sat.5at Ottawa1 p.m.

Mon.7at Montreal6:30 p.m.

Tue.8at Boston6 p.m.

THUR.10WINNIPEG7 p.m.

SAT.12DETROIT7 p.m.

Mon.14at Philadelphia6 p.m.

TUE.15LOS ANGELES7 p.m.

THUR.17ANAHEIM7 p.m.

SAT.19COLUMBUS8 p.m.

Mon.21at Vegas5 p.m.

Wed.23at Colorado8:30 p.m.

Sat.26NHL All-Star GameSAP Center (San Jose, CA)7 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Fri.1at Dallas7 p.m.

SAT.2CHICAGO7 p.m.

Tue.5at Buffalo6 p.m.

THUR.7EDMONTON7 p.m.

Sat.9at New Jersey12 p.m.

Sun.10at N.Y. Islanders2 p.m.

TUE.12PHILADELPHIA7 p.m.

FRI.15NEW JERSEY7:30 p.m.

SUN.17ST. LOUIS2 p.m.

TUE.19ANAHEIM7 p.m.

Thur.21at N.Y. Rangers6 p.m.

Fri.22at Detroit6:30 p.m.

SUN.24ST. LOUIS6 p.m.

Tue.26at Winnipeg7 p.m.

MARCH

Sat.2at Calgary9 p.m.

SUN.3NASHVILLE6:30 p.m.

Tue.5at Nashville7 p.m.

Thur.7at Tampa Bay6:30 p.m.

Fri.8at Florida6 p.m.

MON.11SAN JOSE7 p.m.

THUR.14DALLAS7 p.m.

SAT.16N.Y. RANGERS7 p.m.

SUN.17N.Y. ISLANDERS5 p.m.

TUE.19COLORADO7 p.m.

Fri.22at Washington6 p.m.

Sat.23at Carolina6 p.m.

MON.25NASHVILLE7 p.m.

Fri.29at Vegas9 p.m.

Sun.31at Arizona4 p.m.

APRIL

TUE.2WINNIPEG7 p.m.

THUR.4BOSTON7 p.m.

Sat.6at Dallas7 p.m.

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Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.