WATCH Capitals vs. Wild Live Stream Online [Listen]: NHL Division Rivals 2016, Playoff Updates

Hockey's back for the official 2015-2016 NHL season, so get ready, MstarsNews readers!

The Washington Capitals battle it out on the ice against the Minnesota Wild in Week 18 of the regular season on Thursday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. EST from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the highly-anticipated Thursday evening hockey game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

Now heading into mid-season, Washington maintains an extremely impressive top spot in Pierre LeBrun's official NHL power rankings for ESPN.com, while Minnesota now lags way behind (out of a total 30 teams):

Capitals (2): "The Caps have won three straight but strangely haven't scored a power-play goal since Jan. 19, going 0-for-17 over the past five games with the man advantage."

Record: 39-9-4 (1st in Metropolitan Division).

Wild (23): "Make it 10 losses in 11 games and 13 of the past 16 for the Wild. This is just too good a team to be struggling this much. GM Chuck Fletcher gave head coach Mike Yeo a public vote of confidence Saturday."

Record: 23-20-10 (6th in Central Division).

Tonight's big game will be broadcasted live on local sports channels FSN and CSM+.

For fans who want to try out a free live stream (which may mean downloading a torrent), click here. Also try this or another option.

And here's more info on current Division standings.

For a one-time fee, fans can access a NHL Gamecenter Live pass.

ESPN, ESPN Scoreboard, and NHL.com  are both good sources for up-to-date game coverage and feeds.

More radio listening options for Capitals and Wild.

Official NHL team websites: Capitals and Wild.

Enjoy this evening's exciting hockey game from Minnesota, and always stick with MstarsNews for even more NHL gameday coverage later this week. Which division rival will snag the win tonight?