Wild among 24 teams included in NHL’s Return to Play Plan

It’s official: The Minnesota Wild have made the postseason. Whether or not they make the playoffs is to be determined.
That distinction was laid out Tuesday afternoon as commissioner Gary Bettman announced the league’s cumbersome Return to Play Plan, emphasizing that the 2019-20 regular season officially has come to a close.
That means that if the NHL returns at some point this summer — and that is still at question at this point as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread