ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Wild will open its 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round matchup against the Jets on Wednesday, April 11 at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg. The Wild's first home game of the series is scheduled for Sunday, April 15 at Xcel Energy Center.

Early Sunday afternoon, the NHL announced two first-round schedule scenarios dependent upon the outcome of Sunday night's game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers. Below is the Wild and Jets' pair of potential schedules. Games marked with an asterisk (*) are if necessary.

All times listed are CT.



If Boston wins:

Wednesday, April 11, 6 p.m., Minnesota at Winnipeg

Friday, April 13, 6:30 p.m., Minnesota at Winnipeg

Sunday, April 15, 6:30 p.m., Winnipeg at Minnesota

Wednesday, April 18, 7 p.m., Winnipeg at Minnesota

*Friday, April 20, TBD, Minnesota at Winnipeg

*Sunday, April 22, TBD, Winnipeg at Minnesota

*Wednesday, April 25, TBD Minnesota at Winnipeg



If Florida wins:

Wednesday, April 11 6 p.m., Minnesota at Winnipeg

Friday, April 13 6:30 p.m., Minnesota at Winnipeg

Sunday, April 15 6 p.m., Winnipeg at Minnesota

Tuesday, April 17 7 p.m., Winnipeg at Minnesota

*Friday, April 20 TBD Minnesota at Winnipeg

*Sunday, April 22 TBD Winnipeg at Minnesota

*Wednesday, April 25 TBD Minnesota at Winnipeg



The Bruins (50-19-12, 112 points) sit one point back of the Tampa Bay Lightning (54-23-5, 113 points) for the top spot in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference. Boston will clinch first place with a win of any kind, while Tampa Bay will claim the title if Boston loses in any fashion.

The final schedule for Round 1 is expected to be announced later Sunday following the conclusion of the Bruins and Panthers' contest, which begins at 6:30 p.m. CT.

Ticket availability for all 2018 Stanley Cup Playoff games at Xcel Energy Center is expected to be extremely limited due to demand and priority access given to Members of the Minnesota Wild Season Ticket Community. Fans are encouraged to join the GameDay Tickets text notification list at wild.com/gamedaytix, designed to help fans get last-minute tickets to Wild home games that have limited availability. GameDay Tickets subscribers will immediately receive a SMS text message on Wild home playoff game days when pairs of tickets (or more), or single seats become available.



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