The NHL released teams' schedules Wednesday, and the Wild will open the 2022-23 season at home against the New York Rangers on Thursday, Oct. 13.
Wild's 2022-23 schedule set; season opens Oct. 13 at home against Rangers
The team's longest homestand is seven games from Feb. 9-12.
It will be the first time since 2014 that the Wild open at home, and it will play its first four at Xcel Energy Center.
The first road game is Oct. 22 at Boston, the start of a five-game road trip.
The longest homestand is seven games, from Feb. 9-21.
Two of the Wild's three meetings with Stanley Cup champion Colorado will be in St. Paul. The Wild also plays Central Division foe Nashville three times, and has four games each against Arizona, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis and Winnipeg.
The regular season ends April 13 in Nashville.
WILD SCHEDULE
Preseason
Sept. 25, COLORADO, 3 p.m.
Sept. 27, at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Sept. 29, at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Oct. 6, CHICAGO, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8, DALLAS, 5 p.m.
Regular season
Oct. 13, N.Y. RANGERS, 7 p.m.
Oct. 15, LOS ANGELES, 7 p.m.
Oct. 17, COLORADO, 7 p.m.
Oct. 20, VANCOUVER, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22, at Boston, noon
Oct. 25, at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Oct. 27, at Ottawa, 6 p.m.
Oct. 29, at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Oct. 28, at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Nov. 1, MONTREAL, 7 p.m.
Nov. 3, SEATTLE, 7 p.m.
Nov. 8, at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 9, at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Nov. 11, at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Nov. 13, SAN JOSE, 5 p.m.
Nov. 15, at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Nov. 17, PITTSBURGH, 7 p.m.
Nov. 19, CAROLINA, 7 p.m.
Nov. 23, WINNIPEG, 6 p.m.
Nov. 25, TORONTO, 1 p.m.
Nov. 27, ARIZONA, 1 p.m.
Dec. 1, EDMONTON, 7 p.m.
Dec. 3, ANAHEIM, 1 p.m.
Dec. 4, at Dallas, 2 p.m.
Dec. 7, at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Dec. 9, at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Dec. 10, at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Dec. 12, EDMONTON, 7 p.m.
Dec. 14, DETROIT, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 16, CHICAGO, 7 p.m.
Dec. 18, OTTAWA, 1 p.m.
Dec. 21, at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Dec. 22, at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Dec. 27, at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Dec. 29, DALLAS, 7 p.m.
Dec. 31, at St. Louis, tba
Jan. 4, TAMPA BAY, 8:30 p.m.
Jan. 7, at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Jan. 8, ST. LOUIS, 6 p.m.
Jan. 10, at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Jan. 12, at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 14, ARIZONA, 7 p.m.
Jan. 17, at Washington, 6 p.m.
Jan. 19, at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Jan. 21, at Florida, 5 p.m.
Jan. 24, at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
Jan. 26, PHILADELPHIA, 8 p.m.
Jan. 28, BUFFALO, 8 p.m.
Feb. 4, All-Star Game at Florida
Feb. 6, at Arizona, 8 p.m.
Feb. 8, at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 9, VEGAS, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11, NEW JERSEY, 7 p.m.
Feb. 13, FLORIDA, 7 p.m.
Feb. 15, COLORADO, 8:30 p.m.
Feb. 17, DALLAS, 7 p.m.
Feb. 19, NASHVILLE, 1 p.m.
Feb. 21, LOS ANGELES, 7 p.m.
Feb. 23, at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Feb. 24, at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Feb. 26, COLUMBUS, 1 p.m.
Feb. 28, N.Y. ISLANDERS, 7 p.m.
March 2, at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
March 4, at Calgary, 9 p.m.
March 7, CALGARY, 7 p.m.
March 8, at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.
March 11, at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
March 12, at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
March 15, at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
March 18, BOSTON, 1 p.m.
March 19, WASHINGTON, 1 p.m.
March 21, at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
March 23, at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
March 25, CHICAGO, 4 p.m.
March 27, SEATTLE, 7 p.m.
March 29, at Colorado, 9 p.m.
April 1, at Vegas, 9 p.m.
April 3, VEGAS, 7 p.m.
April 6, at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
April 8, ST. LOUIS, 2 p.m.
April 10, at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
April 11, WINNIPEG, 7 p.m.
April 13, at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Another failure against a Central Division team is all the Wild have to show for the effort after they pounded first-period shots at the Jets.