Let’s see what’s in store for the NBC Sports Group today. Three Stanley Cup Playoff Games with three potential elimination games. Philadelphia hopes to close out its series against Pittsburgh. Washington is in line to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup Champions and the Vancouver Canucks are on the brink of being sent home for the rest of the Spring.
NBC has a doubleheader with Pittsburgh-Philadelphia at noon ET and Washington-Boston at 3 p.m. Then NBC Sports Network comes in with a primetime game at 8 p.m. with Los Angeles at Vancouver.
I already gave you the announcing assignments for today. Now let’s check out what NBC Sports Group is saying about today’s action.
2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – DAYS 11-12
TWO GAME 6s, ONE GAME 5 ON SUNDAY
New York – April 21, 2012 – Days 11-12 – The NBC Sports Group presents weekend coverage of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network with eight games, including five Game 5s on Saturday, and two Game 6s and one Game 5 on Sunday. NHL Live begins tonight on the NBC Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. ET.
SUNDAY
Sunday’s coverage features a Game 6 doubleheader on NBC followed by a Game 5 primetime matchup on NBC Sports Network. The Flyers, who lead 3-2, attempt to close out their series on home ice at Noon ET on NBC against the Penguins, who were down 3-0 in the series, but who have rallied to win the last two games. Either the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins or the seventh-seeded Capitals will be in position to clinch their series depending upon the outcome of Saturday’s contest. Sunday night on NBC Sports Network, the #8 Kings will again try to close out the top-seeded Canucks, but this time in Vancouver. Coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live.
12 p.m. #4 Pittsburgh Penguins @ #5 Philadelphia Flyers (Game 6) NBC 3 p.m. #2 Boston Bruins @ #7 Washington Capitals (Game 6) NBC 8 p.m. #8 Los Angeles Kings @ #1 Vancouver Canucks (Game 6) NBCSN CHANNEL FINDER
With all 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games airing nationally for the first time, the NBC Sports Group created a channel finder to help fans find NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC or NHL Network in their area by simply entering a zip code.
Click here for the channel finder.
GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR
For the first time in the 95-year history of the NHL, every Stanley Cup Playoff game will be televised nationally. The NBC Sports Group will provide unprecedented access to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in April, May and June, televising as many as 105 playoff games and possibly more than 262.5 hours of programming. Games will be presented on NBC, the NBC Sports Network, the NHL Network, and NBCUniversal’s business channel CNBC in primetime.
NBC Sports Network Twenty CNBC Ten NBC Four NHL Network Five
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