The Minnesota Wild’s 2026-27 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule was released today. The Wild opens the season on the road on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. against the Nashville Predators.
The 2026-27 schedule consists of 84 games – 42 home contests and 42 road contests. Minnesota’s home schedule features 23 weekend games (five on Friday, 11 on Saturday and seven on Sunday). December and January hold the most home games in a month this season with nine. The Wild’s longest homestand is seven games, Dec. 12-28. Minnesota will play 10 road games in October. The Wild will play a season-long, five-game road trip, October 20-27.
The Wild will play 28 games against Central Division opponents: Chicago (two home, two road), Colorado (two home, two road), Dallas (two home, two road), Nashville (two home, two road), St. Louis (two home, two road), Utah (two home, two road) and Winnipeg (two home, two road). 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.
The Honda NHL® All-Star Weekend returns February 5-6, at UBS Arena on Long Island. The event will include the 2027 NHL® All-Star Skills™ on February 5, with 10 young stars, ages 25 or younger, competing across eight events, and the 2027 Honda NHL All-Star Game February 6, featuring five teams of 11 players each — Canada, Finland, Sweden, the United States and a “World” team comprised of international players from countries outside of the other four teams — competing in a three-on-three, round-robin exhibition tournament.
Home Games by Day: Mon. – 3, Tue. – 9, Wed. – 1, Thur. – 7, Fri. – 5, Sat. – 11, Sun. – 6
Road Games by Day: Mon. – 3, Tue. – 10, Wed. – 3, Thur. – 11, Fri. – 1, Sat. – 10, Sun. – 4
Home Games by Month: Oct. – 5, Nov. – 5, Dec. – 9, Jan. – 8, Feb. – 4, March – 8, April -3
Road Games by Month: Oct. – 10, Nov. – 9, Dec. – 3, Jan. – 7, Feb. – 5, March – 6, April – 2
Games by Conference/Division:
Western Conference: Central Division (28 games), Pacific Division (24 games)
Eastern Conference: Atlantic Division (16 games), Metropolitan Division (16 games)
Opponents Visits to Minnesota (42): Anaheim – 1, 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 – 2, 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, Utah – 2, Vancouver – 1, Vegas – 2, Washington – 1, Winnipeg – 2
Wild Visits to Road Cities (42): Anaheim – 2, Boston – 1, Buffalo – 1, Calgary -2, Carolina – 1, Chicago – 2, Colorado – 2, 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, Utah – 2, Vancouver – 2, Vegas – 1, Washington – 1, Winnipeg – 2
After 2027 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend (Feb. 5-7): Minnesota will have 27 games remaining on its schedule, including 14 home games and 13 road contests. The Wild will play 11 games against the Central Division, five contests against the Pacific Division and 11 games against Eastern Conference opponents.
Longest Homestand: seven games – December 12 – 28 vs. Winnipeg, Toronto, Anaheim, Montreal, Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Vegas
Longest Road Trip: five games – October 20 – 27 at Edmonton, Calgary, Seattle, Vancouver and Utah
Back-to-Back Games: 10 sets – the Wild played 13 sets of back-to-back contests in 2025-26.
Back-to-back on road: 2
Road game followed by home game next day: 4
Back-to-back at home: 2
Home game followed by road game next day: 2
Length of Wild’s 2026-27 Season: 191 days (Oct. 1 – April 10). The 2025-26 season lasted 187 days.
