For the first time since 2004, the National Hockey League (NHL) returns to The Walt Disney Company. ESPN will showcase the world’s best hockey beginning with a season-opening doubleheader on October 12. The 2021-2022 season will showcase 103 exclusive regular season games across ESPN, ESPN+, Hulu and ABC. In addition, more than 1,000 out-of-market games […]
For the 16th consecutive year, NBC Sports presents the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, with all games being shown nationally. NBC Sports will feature roughly 20 game and studio commentators throughout the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. NHL Live will feature hosts Liam McHugh and Kathryn Tappen and analysts Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Anson Carter, Patrick Sharp, Dominic […]
The following are the scheduled game start times (all times Eastern; start times subject to change), locations, respective networks and announcers: Saturday, August 1, 2020 12:00 p.m. Qualification Round Game 1 (Toronto) New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes (NBCSN) Announcers: John Forslund, Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher 3:00 p.m. Qualification Round Game 1 (Edmonton) Chicago Blackhawks […]
The 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived! Starting April 10 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 eighth consecutive year, every NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game will be presented nationally across NBC […]
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 […]
