The Wild last faced the Golden Knights in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The series went seven games, with the Golden Knights advancing. The Wild

The NHL released the schedule for first-round playoff series Thursday morning and, as expected, the best-of-seven Western Conference series between the Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights will start Sunday.

The Wild faced the Golden Knights three times in the regular season at lost each time, 3-2 in St. Paul in December, 4-1 in Vegas in January, and 5-1 at Xcel Energy Center in March in a close game that slipped away late. One Wild defenseman noted that all three if those games were on the second of back-to-backs.