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Minnesota Wild Announces 2020-21 Regular Season Schedule Wild Opens Jan For Immediate Release Contacts: Aaron Sickman (651) 602-6009 Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 Megan Kogut (651) 312-3439 MINNESOTA WILD ANNOUNCES 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WILD OPENS JAN. 14 AT LOS ANGELES; HOME OPENER ON FRIDAY, JAN. 22 VS. SAN JOSE SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild’s 2020-21 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule, presented By Associated Bank, was released today. The Wild opens its 20th season in the NHL on the road for the sixth straight campaign, beginning in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 14, the first of four road games – the longest road trip to start a season in team history. The Wild returns to Saint Paul for its home opener on Friday, Jan. 22, hosting the San Jose Sharks at Xcel Energy Center. The 2020-21 NHL regular-season schedule will consist of 56 games Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 13 and concluding on May 8. The Stanley Cup Playoffs will feature 16 teams in the traditional Best-of-seVen, four-round format and conclude in mid-July. For the 2020-21 season, teams will be divisionally re-aligned into the Central, East, North and West. The Wild will play in the West DiVision with Anaheim, Arizona, Colorado, Los Angeles, San Jose, St. Louis and Vegas. Each team in the East, Central and West diVisions will play every other team in its division eight times while each team in the North Division will play every other team in its division nine or 10 times. Game times and Broadcast information will Be announced at a later date. 2020-21 Minnesota Wild Schedule Notes Home Games by Day: Mon. – 5, Tue. – 2, Wed. – 5, Thur. – 2, Fri. – 5, Sat. – 5, Sun. – 4 Road Games by Day: Mon. – 5, Tue. – 2, Wed. – 4, Thur. – 4, Fri. – 4, Sat. – 8, Sun. – 1 Home Games by Month: Jan. – 6, Feb. – 6, March – 6, April – 6, May – 4 Road Games by Month: Jan. – 4, FeB. – 6, March – 8, April – 9, May - 1 Longest Homestand: six games; Jan. 18-31 vs. San Jose, Los Angeles, Colorado Longest Road Trip: four games, five times Jan. 14-20 at Los Angeles, Anaheim Feb. 13-20 at Los Angeles, Anaheim March 1-6 at Vegas, Arizona March 29-April 3 at San Jose, Vegas April 19-24 at Arizona, San Jose Back-to-Back Games: 9 sets – the Wild played eight of its 11 sets of back-to-back contests in 2019-20 before COVID-19. Back-to-back on road: 4 Back-to-back at home: 5 Length of Wild’s 2020-21 Season: 110 days (Jan. 14-May 8). The 2019-20 season lasted 157 days (Oct. 3-March 8). Air miles: The Wild will traVel an estimated 20,214 air miles during the 2020-21 season. -- WILD -- For more, visit wild.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 2020-21 MINNESOTA WILD SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) JANUARY APRIL Thur. 14 at Los Angeles tbd Thur. 1 at Vegas tbd Sat. 16 at Los Angeles tbd Sat. 3 at Vegas tbd Mon. 18 at Anaheim tbd MON. 5 COLORADO TBD Wed. 20 at Anaheim tbd WED. 7 COLORADO TBD FRI. 22 SAN JOSE TBD Fri. 9 at St. Louis tbd SUN. 24 SAN JOSE TBD Sun. 11 at St. Louis tbd TUE. 26 LOS ANGELES TBD FRI. 16 SAN JOSE TBD THUR. 28 LOS ANGELES TBD SAT. 17 SAN JOSE TBD SAT. 30 COLORADO TBD Mon. 19 at Arizona tbd SUN. 31 COLORADO TBD Wed. 21 at Arizona tbd Fri. 23 at San Jose tbd FEBRUARY Sat. 24 at San Jose tbd Tue. 2 at Colorado tbd MON. 26 ST. LOUIS TBD Thur. 4 at Colorado tbd WED. 28 ST. LOUIS TBD SAT. 6 ARIZONA TBD Fri. 30 at St. Louis tbd SUN. 7 ARIZONA TBD TUE. 9 ST. LOUIS TBD MAY THUR. 11 ST. LOUIS TBD Sat. 1 at St. Louis tbd Sat. 13 at Los Angeles tbd MON. 3 VEGAS TBD Tue. 16 at Los Angeles tbd WED. 5 VEGAS TBD Thur. 18 at Anaheim tbd FRI. 7 ANAHEIM TBD Sat. 20 at Anaheim tbd SAT. 8 ANAHEIM TBD FRI. 26 LOS ANGELES TBD SAT. 27 LOS ANGELES TBD BOLD INDICATES HOME GAME MARCH Mon. 1 at Vegas tbd Wed. 3 at Vegas tbd Fri. 5 at Arizona tbd Sat. 6 at Arizona tbd MON. 8 VEGAS TBD WED. 10 VEGAS TBD FRI. 12 ARIZONA TBD SUN. 14 ARIZONA TBD Thur. 18 at Colorado tbd Sat. 20 at Colorado tbd MON. 22 ANAHEIM TBD WED. 24 ANAHEIM TBD Mon. 29 at San Jose tbd Wed. 31 at San Jose tbd .
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