Minnesota Wild Announces 2022-23 Regular Season Schedule

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -The Minnesota Wild's 2022-23 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule, presented by Associated Bank, was released today. The Wild opens the season at home on Thursday, Oct. 13 against the New York Rangers - the 10th time in franchise history and first since the 2014-15 campaign Minnesota will start at Xcel Energy Center (not including the home start in 2010-11 vs. CAR in Finland). The Wild will play its first road game on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Boston. Broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
The 2022-23 schedule consists of 82 games - 41 home contests and 41 road contests. Minnesota's home schedule features 19 weekend games (three on Friday, nine on Saturday and seven on Sunday). Minnesota will open the season with a four-game homestand - the second-longest homestand to open a single season in team history (franchise best is five games from Oct. 5-14, 2006). February holds the most home games in a month this season with nine, including a season-long seven-game homestand Feb. 9-21. March holds the most road games in a month this season with nine. The Wild will travel for a season-high five-game road trip Oct. 22-30.
The Wild will play 26 games against Central Division opponents, including three games each against Stanley Cup Champion Colorado (two home, one road) and Nashville (one home, two road). Minnesota will play four games (two home and two road each) against Arizona, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis and Winnipeg.
Minnesota will also play three games against each team in the Pacific Division for a total of 24 games: Anaheim (one home, two road), Calgary (one home, two road), Edmonton (two home, one road), Los Angeles (two home, one road), San Jose (one home, two road), Seattle (two home, one road), Vancouver (one home, two road) and Vegas (two home, one road).
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 Montreal (Nov. 1), Pittsburgh (Nov. 17), Toronto (Nov. 25), Tampa Bay (Jan. 4) and Washington (March 19). Minnesota will play 10 of its 12 contests in January against an Eastern Conference opponent. The 2023 NHL All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, Feb. 4 at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla.
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2022-23 MINNESOTA WILD SCHEDULE NOTES
Home Games by Day: Mon. - 5, Tue. - 5, Wed. - 4, Thur. - 8, Fri. - 3, Sat. - 9, Sun. - 7
Road Games by Day: Mon. - 2, Tue. - 8, Wed. - 7, Thur. - 9, Fri. - 3, Sat. - 9, Sun. - 3
Home Games by Month: Oct. - 4, Nov. - 8, Dec. - 7, Jan. - 5, Feb. - 9, March - 5, April - 3
Road Games by Month: Oct. - 5, Nov. - 4, Dec. - 8, Jan. - 7, Feb. - 4, March - 9, April - 4
Total Number of Day Games (start times before 5 p.m.): 12
Day Home Games by Day: Mon. - 0, Tue. - 0, Wed. - 0, Thur. - 0, Fri. - 1, Sat. - 4, Sun. - 5
Day Road Games by Day: Mon. - 0, Tue. - 0, Wed. - 0, Thur. - 0, Fri. - 0, Sat. - 1, Sun. - 1
Total Number of Night Games (start times 5 p.m. or later): 69
Night Home Games by Day: Mon. - 5, Tue. - 5, Wed. -4, Thur. - 8, Fri. - 2, Sat. - 5, Sun. - 2
Night Road Games by Day: Mon. - 2, Tue. - 8, Wed. - 7, Thur. - 9, Fri. - 3, Sat. - 7, Sun. - 2
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 - 1, Arizona - 2, 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 - 1, 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
Wild Visits to Road Cities (41):Anaheim - 2, Arizona - 2, Boston - 1, Buffalo - 1, Calgary - 2, Carolina - 1, Chicago - 2, Colorado - 1, 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 - 2, San Jose - 2, Seattle - 1, Tampa Bay - 1, Toronto - 1, Vancouver - 2, Vegas - 1, Washington - 1, Winnipeg - 2
After NHL All-Star Game (Feb. 4):Minnesota will have 34 games remaining on its schedule, including 17 home games and 17 road contests. The Wild will play 14 games against the Central Division, nine contests against the Pacific Division and 11 games against Eastern Conference opponents.
Longest Homestand: seven games; Feb. 9-21 vs. Vegas, New Jersey, Florida, Colorado, Dallas, Nashville, Los Angeles
Longest Road Trip: five games;Oct. 22-30 at Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, Detroit, Chicago
Back-to-Back Games: 12 sets - the Wild had 14 sets of back-to-back contests in 2021-22.
Back-to-back on road: 6
Road game followed by home game next day: 3
Back-to-back at home:1
Home game followed by road game next day: 2
Length of Wild's 2022-23 Season: 183 days (Oct. 13-April 13). The 2021-22 season lasted 197 days.
Air miles:The Wild will travel an estimated 38,305 nautical miles during the 2022-23 season. Minnesota logged approximately 39,759 air miles during the 2021-22 season.
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