Tonight, the NBC Sports Group will have another four games in the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. That includes two Games 5 including Los Angeles at St. Louis and Detroit at Anaheim. Both series are square at 2 all. Then there are two Games 4 in the Eastern Conference, Boston at Toronto and Washington at New York Rangers. In both series, the higher seed leads two games to one.
One change to the schedule, Boston at Toronto which was supposed to air on NHL Network in the US will shift to CNBC. Los Angeles at St. Louis which will drop the puck at 9 p.m. ET will begin on NHL Network. CNBC will pick it in progress at the conclusion of Bruins-Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre.
As it did for Ottawa-Montreal, NBC will simulcast CBC’s coverage with Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healey and Scott Oake.
Here’s the press release from NBC Sports Group.
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S “NHL PLAYOFF PASS” – MAY 8
Four Games Tonight, Including Two Crucial Game 5s
NEW YORK – May 8, 2013 – “NHL Playoff Pass” on NBC Sports Group Press Box provides a quick daily overview of Stanley Cup Playoff coverage. It is published weekdays to preview the evening games. On Fridays, a weekend edition is posted.
Games are being presented on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC (in primetime), and NHL Network. In addition, more Stanley Cup Playoff games are live streamed than ever before. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s overall NHL Playoff coverage, please click here.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Tonight’s Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs game, originally scheduled to air on NHL Network, will now air on CNBC at 7 p.m. ET. The Los Angeles Kings at St. Louis Blues game at 9 p.m. ET (puck drop approximately 9:15 p.m. ET), will likely begin on NHL Network and be joined-in-progress on CNBC at the conclusion of the Boston-Toronto game.
Tonight Coverage Network Talent 6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones 7 p.m. Boston (4) @ Toronto (5) CNBC Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healey, Scott Oake
7:30 p.m. Washington (3) @ N.Y. Rangers (6) NBCSN Mike Emrick, Pierre McGuire 9 p.m. Los Angeles (5) @ St. Louis (4) NHL Network/CNBC* Dave Strader, Brian Engblom 10 p.m. Detroit (7) @ Anaheim (2) NBCSN John Forslund, Daryl Reaugh *Joined-in-progress. Game will likely begin on NHL Network
TONIGHT, May 8
NHL Live, hosted by Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Keith Jones, begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Bill Patrick and Anson Carter will host CNBC’s studio coverage.
Tonight’s playoff coverage begins on CNBC when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. ET (Boston leads 2-1). Immediately following Boston-Toronto, CNBC will join-in-progress the first Game 5 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the St. Louis Blues host the Los Angeles Kings (series tied 2-2). The Kings-Blues game will begin on NHL Network if Bruins-Leafs is not concluded. Dave Strader will call play-by-play and will be joined by analyst Brian Engblom at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Miss.
NBC Sports Network’s coverage tonight begins at 7:30 p.m. ET as the New York Rangers look to pick up the momentum to tie the series against the Washington Capitals (Washington leads 2-1) on home ice. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will serve as play-by-play announcer alongside analyst Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass’) at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
Game 5 coverage continues on NBC Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET when the Anaheim Ducks take on the Detroit Red Wings, who tied the series in overtime in Game 4 (series tied 2-2). John Forslund will manage play-by-play alongside analyst Daryl Reaugh at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
EMMY AWARD WINNER
Last night at the 34th Annual Sport Emmy Awards, Pierre McGuire, NBC Sports Group’s “Inside the Glass” analyst for its NHL coverage, was awarded his first career Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter.
CONTINUING COVERAGE
NBC Sports Group continues NHL Stanley Cup Playoff coverage as the best-of-seven series continue on Friday. The following dates and times were recently officially released by the NHL.
Date/Time (ET) Game Coverage Network Thurs., May 9 6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN 7 p.m. 5 N.Y. Islanders (8) @ Pittsburgh (1) NBCSN 7 p.m. 5 Ottawa (7) @ Montreal (2) CNBC 9:30 p.m. 5 Minnesota (8) @ Chicago (1) NBCSN Fri., May 10 6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN 7:30 p.m. 5 N.Y. Rangers (6) @ Washington (3) NBCSN 8 p.m. 6 Anaheim (2) @ Detroit (7) CNBC 10 p.m. 6 St. Louis (4) @ Los Angeles (5) NBCSN BLACKOUT REMINDER
During the Conference Quarterfinals, games that air on NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network are subject to local blackouts. NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network begin exclusivity in the second round. Games airing on NBC are exclusive throughout the playoffs.
That’s it for now.
