By Giles Ferrell -
The Minnesota Wild announced their full schedule for the 2018-19 season on Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday, it was revealed that the Wild would open the season on Oct. 4 at Colorado and then would open the home schedule two days later against the Golden Knights.
Minnesota has two trips out to Vegas this season, with games at TMobile Arena on Jan. 21 and March 29.
More highlights of the schedule include:
Defending Stanley Cup Champion Capitals come to town on Nov. 13.
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit on New Years Eve.
The first rematch of last April's playoff series between the Wild and Jets comes on Black Friday -- Nov. 23.
The full schedule (home games in all caps):
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT)
OCTOBER
Thur. 4 at Colorado 8:00 p.m.
SAT. 6 VEGAS 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 11 CHICAGO 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 13 CAROLINA 5:00 P.M.
Mon. 15 at Nashville 7:00 p.m.
TUE. 16 ARIZONA 7:00 P.M.
Fri. 19 at Dallas 7:00 p.m.
SAT. 20 TAMPA BAY 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 25 LOS ANGELES 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 27 COLORADO 7:00 P.M.
Mon. 29 at Vancouver 9:00 p.m.
Tue. 30 at Edmonton 8:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Sat. 3 at St. Louis 7:00 p.m.
Tue. 6 at San Jose 9:30 p.m.
Thur. 8 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.
Fri. 9 at Anaheim 9:00 p.m.
Sun. 11 at St. Louis 2:00 p.m.
TUE. 13 WASHINGTON 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 15 VANCOUVER 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 17 BUFFALO 5:00 P.M.
Sun. 18 at Chicago 5:00 p.m.
WED. 21 OTTAWA 7:00 P.M.
FRI. 23 WINNIPEG 3:00 P.M.
TUE. 27 ARIZONA 7:00 P.M.
Thur. 29 at Columbus 6:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
SAT. 1 TORONTO 6:00 P.M.
Tue. 4 at Vancouver 9:00 p.m.
Thur. 6 at Calgary 8:00 p.m.
Fri. 7 at Edmonton 8:00 p.m.
TUE. 11 MONTREAL 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 13 FLORIDA 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 15 CALGARY 1:00 P.M.
TUE. 18 SAN JOSE 7:00 P.M.
Thur. 20 at Pittsburgh 6:00 p.m.
SAT. 22 DALLAS 7:00 P.M.
Thur. 27 at Chicago 7:30 p.m.
Sat. 29 at Winnipeg 2:00 p.m.
MON. 31 PITTSBURGH 5:00 P.M.
JANUARY
Thur. 3 at Toronto 1:00 p.m.
Sat. 5 at Ottawa 1:00 p.m.
Mon. 7 at Montreal 6:30 p.m.
Tue. 8 at Boston 6:00 p.m.
THUR. 10 WINNIPEG 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 12 DETROIT 7:00 P.M.
Mon. 14 at Philadelphia 6:00 p.m.
TUE. 15 LOS ANGELES 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 17 ANAHEIM 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 19 COLUMBUS 8:00 P.M.
Mon. 21 at Vegas 5:00 p.m.
Wed. 23 at Colorado 8:30 p.m.
Sat. 26 NHL All-Star Game
SAP Center (San Jose, CA) 7:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Fri. 1 at Dallas 7:00 p.m.
SAT. 2 CHICAGO 7:00 P.M.
Tue. 5 at Buffalo 6:00 p.m.
THUR. 7 EDMONTON 7:00 P.M.
Sat. 9 at New Jersey 12:00 p.m.
Sun. 10 at N.Y. Islanders 2:00 p.m.
TUE. 12 PHILADELPHIA 7:00 P.M.
FRI. 15 NEW JERSEY 7:30 P.M.
SUN. 17 ST. LOUIS 2:00 P.M.
TUE. 19 ANAHEIM 7:00 P.M.
Thur. 21 at N.Y. Rangers 6:00 p.m.
Fri. 22 at Detroit 6:30 p.m.
SUN. 24 ST. LOUIS 6:00 P.M.
Tue. 26 at Winnipeg 7:00 p.m.
MARCH
Sat. 2 at Calgary 9:00 p.m.
SUN. 3 NASHVILLE 6:30 P.M.
Tue. 5 at Nashville 7:00 p.m.
Thur. 7 at Tampa Bay 6:30 p.m.
Fri. 8 at Florida 6:00 p.m.
MON. 11 SAN JOSE 7:00 P.M.
THUR. 14 DALLAS 7:00 P.M.
SAT. 16 N.Y. RANGERS 7:00 P.M.
SUN. 17 N.Y. ISLANDERS 5:00 P.M.
TUE. 19 COLORADO 7:00 P.M.
Fri. 22 at Washington 6:00 p.m.
Sat. 23 at Carolina 6:00 p.m.
MON. 25 NASHVILLE 7:00 P.M.
Fri. 29 at Vegas 9:00 p.m.
Sun. 31 at Arizona 4:00 p.m.
APRIL
TUE. 2 WINNIPEG 7:00 PM
THUR. 4 BOSTON 7:00 PM
Sat. 6 at Dallas 7:00 PM
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