The Minnesota Wild announced that 12 of its games will be nationally televised during the 2016-17 NHL regular season. Eleven of the contests will be broadcast on NBCSN, while Minnesota’s game against Detroit in Saint Paul on Sunday, Feb. 12, will be broadcast on NBC at 2 p.m. CT. The Wild will host eight of its 12 nationally televised games at Xcel Energy Center, including a stretch of three straight home games, Feb. 8-12.
The Wild’s national broadcast schedule begins on Sunday, Jan. 8, as Minnesota visits Anaheim at 7 p.m. CT. The game marks Wild Head Coach Bruce Boudreau’s return to Anaheim and his first game against his former club.