NBC Sports is scheduled to televise 109 NHL regular-season games during the 2018-19 season – its most since acquiring NHL rights prior to the 2005-06 season. Coverage begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Alex Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals raise their championship banner to the rafters and […]
Two teams begin their quest for their very first Stanley Cup championship on Monday, May 28 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC: Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals face off against a team that was not in existence just twelve months prior — the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. Pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET […]
The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs continue with Conference Final action as it’s now down to the final four. In the East, the Tampa Bay Lightning were a popular pick to reach and/or win the Stanley Cup in pre-season predictions, while their opponent this series, the Washington Capitals finally defeated their longtime postseason rival Pittsburgh Penguins […]
The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs continue with Conference Semifinal action among the eight teams remaining. Beginning with this round, the networks of NBC will have exclusivity to broadcasting every NHL playoff game. The networks of NBC — NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and USA — will broadcast all the action in the United States. Five-time Emmy Award-winning […]
The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived! Starting April 11 and for the next two months, up to 16 teams — eight from each the Eastern and Western conferences — will vie for the coveted Stanley Cup trophy. For the seventh consecutive year, every NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game will be presented nationally across NBC […]
The 2017-18 NHL regular season approaches its conclusion on Apr. 8, and (as of Mar. 30) nine out of the 16 playoff spots are still up for grabs. Of the teams already having clinched a postseason berth (as of Mar. 30): Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, […]
Several NHL highlight games for the month of February: NBC Sports announced on Jan. 1 that it added three Sunday afternoon games to its 2017-18 NHL on NBC regular-season schedule: * Sunday, Feb. 11 – Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis Blues, Noon ET, NBC * Sunday, Feb. 18 – Philadelphia Flyers vs. N.Y. Rangers, […]
