For Immediate Release Contacts: Aaron Sickman (651) 602-6009 Thursday, July 22, 2021 Megan Kogut (651) 312-3439 MINNESOTA WILD ANNOUNCES 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WILD OPENS OCT. 15 AT ANAHEIM; HOME OPENER OCT. 19 VS. WINNIPEG SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild’s 2021-22 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule, presented By Associated Bank, was released today. The Wild opens the season in Anaheim on Friday, Oct. 15 – the seventh straight campaign Minnesota will start on the road. The Wild returns to Saint Paul for its home opener on Tuesday, Oct. 19, hosting the Winnipeg Jets at Xcel Energy Center. Game times and Broadcast information will Be announced at a later date. The 2021-22 schedule consists of 82 games – 41 home contests and 41 road contests. Minnesota’s home schedule features 20 weekend games (four on Friday, nine on Saturday and seven on Sunday). The Wild will host the St. Louis Blues in the 2022 NHL Winter Classic on Saturday, Jan. 1 at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota’s three home games in October are the fewest in franchise history while the 25 home games from Jan. 1 to the end of the season are the most in franchise history in a full season. The Wild has a franchise- high 12 home games during the month of March and a franchise-best nine-game homestand from March 13-31. The Wild will play 26 games against Central Division opponents, including three games each against AriZona (two home, one road) and St. Louis (one home, two road). Minnesota will play four games (two home and two road each) against Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Nashville and Winnipeg. The Wild will face its newest divisional opponent, the Coyotes, for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 10 in AriZona. Minnesota will also play three games against each team in the Pacific Division for a total of 24 games: Anaheim (two home, one road), Calgary (two home, one road), Edmonton (one home, two road), Los Angeles (one home, two road), San Jose (two home, one road), Seattle (one home, two road), Vancouver (two home, one road) and Vegas (one home, two road). The Wild will face the Kraken for the first-ever matchup on Thursday, Oct. 28 in Seattle and the Kraken will play its first game at Xcel Energy Center on Friday, April 22. The 2022 NHL All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5 at T-MoBile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The Wild will play each team in the Eastern Conference twice (one home, one road) for a total of 32 contests. Popular Eastern Conference visits to Xcel Energy Center include Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay (Nov. 28), Toronto (Dec. 4), Washington (Jan. 8), Montreal (Jan. 24), New York Rangers (March 8) and Pittsburgh (March 31). The on-sale date and pricing for Minnesota Wild regular season tickets will Be announced at a later date. Olympic Break: No final agreement or decision has Been made to this point regarding the possible participation of NHL Players in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Talks remain ongoing. Subject to reaching agreement with the NHL Players’ Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation on all outstanding issues, including appropriate COVID-19 insurance for NHL Players, the League has agreed, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, to pause from Feb. 7-22, 2022 to accommodate NHL Player participation in the Olympic Games. The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association will retain full authority to decide not to participate should COVID-19 conditions worsen or otherwise pose a threat to the health and safety of NHL Players, or for any other reason that may warrant such decision. In the event NHL Players participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics, the NHL regular season will resume on Wednesday, FeB. 23. If, for whatever reason, there is no NHL Player participation in the Olympics, a revised Regular Season schedule will Be released which, to the greatest extent possible, will adopt the dates and games reflected in the schedule contemplating Olympic participation. Fans can sync the Wild’s schedule to their smart phones and electronic calendars and sign up for game alerts by visiting wild.com/downloadschedule. Fans are also encouraged to download the NHL App and select Wild as their favorite team to view Minnesota’s schedule and access videos, articles, stats and other information aBout the cluB. Full and partial season tickets for the Minnesota Wild’s 2021-22 season are currently available for purchase. Please visit tickets.wild.com or contact a Wild Ticket Sales Representative by calling or texting 651-222-WILD (9453) for more information. (Schedule Notes and Listing Follow) 2021-22 MINNESOTA WILD SCHEDULE NOTES Home Games by Day: Mon. – 3, Tue. – 9, Wed. – 1, Thur. – 8, Fri. – 4, Sat. – 9, Sun. – 7 Road Games by Day: Mon. – 5, Tue. – 4, Wed. – 4, Thur. – 8, Fri. – 6, Sat. – 9, Sun. – 5 Home Games by Month: Oct. – 3, Nov. – 7, Dec. – 6, Jan. – 5, FeB. – 0, March – 12, April – 8 Road Games by Month: Oct. – 5, Nov. – 7, Dec. – 6, Jan. – 8, FeB. – 3, March – 4, April – 8 Games by Conference/Division Western Conference: Central Division (26 games), Pacific Division (24 games) Eastern Conference: Atlantic Division (16 games), Metropolitan Division (16 games) Opponents Visits to Minnesota (41): Anaheim – 2, Arizona – 2, Boston – 1, Buffalo – 1, Calgary – 2, Carolina – 1, Chicago – 2, Colorado – 2, ColumBus – 1, Dallas – 2, Detroit – 1, Edmonton – 1, Florida – 1, Los Angeles – 1, Montreal – 1, Nashville – 2, New Jersey – 1, New York Islanders – 1, New York Rangers – 1, Ottawa – 1, Philadelphia – 1, Pittsburgh – 1, St. Louis – 1, San Jose – 2, Seattle – 1, Tampa Bay – 1, Toronto – 1, Vancouver – 2, Vegas – 1, Washington – 1, Winnipeg – 2 Wild Visits to Road Cities (41): Anaheim – 1, Arizona – 1, Boston – 1, Buffalo – 1, Calgary – 1, Carolina – 1, Chicago – 2, Colorado – 2, ColumBus – 1, Dallas – 2, Detroit – 1, Edmonton – 2, Florida – 1, Los Angeles – 2, Montreal – 1, Nashville – 2, New Jersey – 1, New York Islanders – 1, New York Rangers – 1, Ottawa – 1, Philadelphia – 1, Pittsburgh – 1, St. Louis – 2, San Jose – 1, Seattle – 2, Tampa Bay – 1, Toronto – 1, Vancouver – 1, Vegas – 2, Washington – 1, Winnipeg – 2 After NHL All-Star Game (Feb. 5): Minnesota will have 34 games remaining on its schedule, including 20 home games and 14 road contests. The Wild will play 11 games against the Central Division, 10 contests against the Pacific Division and 13 games against Eastern Conference opponents. Longest Homestand: nine games (longest in franchise history) March 13-31 vs. Nashville, Boston, Chicago, Vegas, Vancouver, ColumBus, Colorado, Philadelphia, PittsBurgh Longest Road Trip: four games, two times Dec. 7-12 at Edmonton, San Jose, Los Angeles, Vegas April 2-8 at Carolina, Washington, Nashville, St. Louis Back-to-Back Games: 15 sets – the Wild had 11 sets of Back-to-back contests in 2020-21. Back-to-back on road: 7 Road game followed By home game next day: 4 Back-to-back at home: 4 2022 Winter Olympic Break: Feb. 6-19 Length of Wild’s 2021-22 Season: 197 days (Oct. 15-April 29). The 2020-21 season lasted 115 days. Air miles: The Wild will travel an estimated 58,372 air miles during the 2021-22 season. Minnesota logged approximately 20,214 air miles during the 2020-21 season. 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