ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues play Game 1 of their Western Conference First Round series at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN3, FS-N, FS-MW).
It's the second series between the Central Division rivals in the past three seasons; the Wild defeated the Blues in six games in the Western Conference First Round in 2015. It's also the first time since 2008 that the Wild open the playoffs at home, where they were 27-12-2 during the regular season.
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