The Wild will open their 2024-25 season at home with games against the Columbus Blue Jackets and Seattle Kraken at Xcel Energy Center Oct. 10 and 12, then spend the rest of the month on the road. The NHL released full schedules on Tuesday. Minnesota will play 26 games against Central Division opponents Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis, Utah and Winnipeg and play home-and-home series against Eastern Conference opponents. After opening at home, the Wild will play a season-long, seven-game road trip, October 13-29 that starts in Winnipeg, goes through Florida and ends in Pittsburgh. It’s an immediate challenge for a team that started last season 5-10-2 and missed the postseason for the second time in 12 years. The Wild have a seven-game homestand in March, and play 11 of their 15 games that month at the X. There won’t be an NHL All-Star Game this season but the season will break for 13 days in February for the 4 Nations Face-Off, a seven-game tournament between teams of NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States. The games will be played Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston. For a complete schedule, go to www.nhl.com/wild/schedule. Related Articles Minnesota Wild | Wild one-and-done in free agency, sign forward Yakov Trenin Minnesota Wild | Wild send qualifying offers to four restricted free agents Minnesota Wild | Wild trade winger Vinni Lettieri to Bruins in exchange for center Jakub Lauko Minnesota Wild | Here’s a list of all the Minnesotans selected in the 2024 NHL Draft Minnesota Wild | Check out every player the Wild selected in the 2024 NHL Draft