Wild to begin 2016-17 season Oct. 13 in St. Louis
The NHL announced its 2016-17 regular-season schedule Tuesday and the Minnesota Wild's Bruce Boudreau era will officially open Oct. 13.
The Wild begin the season on the road at St. Louis against the Blues, who made it to the Western Conference final before being ousted by San Jose.
| Date | Opponent | Time |
| THU OCT 13 | AT BLUES | 7 P.M. |
| SAT OCT 15 | JETS | 6 P.M. |
| TUE OCT 18 | KINGS | 7 P.M. |
| THU OC 20 | MAPLE LEAFS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT OCT 22 | AT DEVILS | 6 P.M. |
| SUN OCT 23 | AT ISLANDERS | 5 P.M. |
| TUE OCT 25 | AT BRUINS | 6 P.M. |
| THU OCT 27 | AT SABRES | 6 P.M. |
| SAT OCT 29 | STARS | 7 P.M. |
| TUE NOV 1 | SABRES | 7 P.M. |
| SAT NOV 5 | AT AVALANCHE | 2 P.M. |
| THU NOV 10 | AT PENGUINS | 6 P.M. |
| SAT NOV 12 | AT FLYERS | 6 P.M. |
| SUN NOV 13 | AT SENATORS | 4 P.M. |
| TUE NOV 15 | FLAMES | 7 P.M. |
| THU NOV 17 | BRUINS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT NOV 19 | AVALANCHE | 7 P.M. |
| MON NOV 21 | AT STARS | 7:30 P.M. |
| WED NOV 23 | JETS | 6 P.M. |
| FRI NOV 25 | PENGUINS | 3 P.M. |
| SAT NOV 26 | AT BLUES | 7 P.M. |
| TUE NOV 29 | AT CANUCKS | 9 P.M. |
| FRI DEC 2 | AT FLAMES | 8 P.M. |
| SUN DEC 4 | AT OILERS | 8:30 P.M. |
| WED DEC 7 | AT MAPLE LEAFS | 6:30 P.M. |
| FRI DEC 9 | OILERS | 7 P.M. |
| SUN DEC 11 | BLUES | 5 P.M. |
| TUE DEC 13 | PANTHERS | 7 P.M. |
| THU DEC 15 | AT PREDATORS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT DEC 17 | COYOTES | 1 P.M. |
| THU DEC 22 | AT CANADIENS | 6:30 P.M. |
| FRI DEC 23 | AT RANGERS | 6 P.M. |
| TUE DEC 27 | AT PREDATORS | 7 P.M. |
| THU DEC 29 | ISLANDERS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT DEC 31 | BLUE JACKETS | 5 P.M. |
| THU JAN 5 | AT SHARKS | 9:30 P.M. |
| SAT JAN 7 | AT KINGS | 3 P.M. |
| SUN JAN 8 | AT DUCKS | 7 P.M. |
| THU JAN 12 | CANADIENS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT JAN 14 | AT STARS | 8 P.M. |
| SUN JAN 15 | AT BLACKHAWKS | 6 P.M. |
| TUE JAN 17 | DEVILS | 7 P.M. |
| THU JAN 19 | COYOTES | 7 P.M. |
| SAT JAN 21 | DUCKS | 8 P.M. |
| SUN JAN 22 | PREDATORS | 7 P.M. |
| TUE JAN 24 | AT STARS | 7:30 P.M. |
| THU JAN 26 | BLUES | 7 P.M. |
| TUE JAN 31 | AT OILERS | 8 P.M. |
| WED FEB 1 | AT FLAMES | 9 P.M. |
| SAT FEB 4 | AT CANUCKS | 9 P.M. |
| TUE FEB 7 | AT JETS | 7 P.M. |
| WED FEB 8 | BLACKHAWKS | 7 P.M. |
| FRI FEB 10 | LIGHTNING | 7 P.M. |
| SUN FEB 12 | RED WINGS | 2 P.M. |
| TUE FEB 14 | DUCKS | 7 P.M. |
| THU FEB 16 | STARS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT FEB 18 | PREDATORS | 7 P.M. |
| TUE FEB 21 | BLACKHAWKS | 7 P.M. |
| MON FEB 27 | KINGS | 7 P.M. |
| TUE FEB 28 | AT JETS | 7 P.M. |
| THU MAR 2 | AT BLUE JACKETS | 6 P.M. |
| SUN MAR 5 | SHARKS | 5 P.M. |
| TUE MAR 7 | BLUES | 7 P.M. |
| THU MAR 9 | AT LIGHTNING | 6:30 P.M. |
| FRI MAR 10 | AT PANTHERS | 6:30 P.M. |
| SUN MAR 12 | AT BLACKHAWKS | 6 P.M. |
| TUE MAR 14 | AT CAPITALS | 6 P.M. |
| THU MAR 16 | AT HURRICANES | 6 P.M. |
| SAT MAR 18 | RANGERS | 6 P.M. |
| SUN MAR 19 | AT JETS | 4 P.M. |
| TUE MAR 21 | SHARKS | 7 P.M. |
| THU MAR 23 | FLYERS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT MAR 25 | CANUCKS | 1 P.M. |
| SUN MAR 26 | AT RED WINGS | 6 P.M. |
| TUE MAR 28 | CAPITALS | 7 P.M. |
| THU MAR 30 | SENATORS | 7 P.M. |
| SAT APR 1 | AT PREDATORS | 1 P.M. |
| SUN APR 2 | AVALANCHE | 5 P.M. |
| TUE APR 4 | HURRICANES | 7 P.M. |
| THU APR 6 | AT AVALANCHE | 8 P.M. |
| SAT APR 8 | AT COYOTES | 8 P.M. |
Minnesota fans will get a chance to see Boudreau's coaching in action at home for the first time on Oct. 15, when the Wild will host Winnipeg to begin a three-game homestand.
That is hardly the team's longest stretch at home, though, as this season's schedule features a franchise-record eight-game homestand from Feb. 8-27 in which Minnesota will host Chicago (twice), Tampa Bay, Detroit, Anaheim, Dallas, Nashville and Los Angeles. Minnesota's previous longest homestand was seven games, from Jan. 5-20, 2006.
Minnesota is slated to have two five-game road trips: Nov 26-Dec. 7 and March 9-16.
The Wild's regular season will conclude April 8 in Arizona. The final home game is April 4 vs. Carolina.
The Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins will play the Wild twice and both games will be in November (Nov. 10 in Pittsburgh and Nov. 25 in Minnesota).
Boudreau will face his former team, the Anaheim Ducks, three times: Jan. 8 and Feb. 14 in Minnesota and Jan. 21 in Anaheim.
Minnesota will play 29 games against the Central Division, including five each against Colorado (three home, two road), Dallas (two home, three road), Nashville (two home, three road), St. Louis (three home, two road) and Winnipeg (two home, three road), and four vs. Chicago (two home, two road).
The Wild will have 14 sets of back-to-back games, half of those coming exclusively on the road with just one back-to-back set at home.
The NHL All-Star Game will be played Jan. 29, 2017 in Los Angeles.