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The Minnesota Wild begin their 2017 post-season playoff run tonight against the St. Louis Blues at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Wild will have home ice advantage in the first round best-or-seven series. Oddsmakers likes Minnesota's chances in their run for the cup.

As the number two seed in the Western Conference, the Minnesota Wild will have home ice advantage against the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Here's the best-of-seven series schedule released by the NHL:

The Minnesota Wild (49-25-8) beat the Arizona Coyotes (30-42-1-) 3-1 last night in Phoenix. After a rough March, the Wild ended the regular season by winning 5 in a row, and set a season record for the team ending with 106 points.

The Minnesota Wild (48-25-8) beat the Colorado Avalanche (22-55-3) 4-3 last night in Denver. With the win, the Wild have tied their team record for most points in a season at 104 -- with a chance to break it tomorrow night in Arizona.

The Minnesota Wild (47-25-8) topped the Carolina Hurricanes (35-30-14) 5-3 last night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. With just 2 games remaining in the regular season, the only question remaining is who the Wild face in the first round of the playoffs.

The Minnesota Wild (45-25-8) lost to the Nashville Predators (40-27-11) 3-0 this afternoon in the Music City. Despite having the NHL's worst record in March, the Wild have clinched a playoff spot with four regular season games remaining.

The Minnesota Wild (45-24-8) beat the Ottawa Senators (41-26-9) 5-1 last night in St. Paul. Despite having the NHL's worst record in March, the Wild have clinched a playoff spot with five regular season games remaining.

The Minnesota Wild (44-24-8) lost to the Washington Capitals (50-17-8) 5-4 in overtime last night in St. Paul. Despite having the NHL's worst record in March, the Wild have clinched a playoff spot with six regular season games remaining.

The Minnesota Wild have the NHL's worst record in March -- but ESPN hasn't given up on them. They've remained among the NHL elite in this week's ESPN Power Rankings. See where they landed as well as where the other 29 teams stack up this week.

The Minnesota Wild Lost their matinee match-up 3-2 in OT to the Detroit Red Wings.

The Minnesota Wild lost to the Vancouver Canucks Saturday afternoon 4-2.

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota is now 3-9 in the month of March after losing just 14 games total from October through February 28th.