The National Hockey League and NBC Sports have announced their choice for February 13’s NHL Game of the Week. It’ll be an Original Six matchup as the Boston Bruins take on Detroit at Joe Louis Arena. Here’s the official announcement from the National Hockey League.
BOSTON BRUINS AT THE DETROIT RED WINGS IS NBC SPORTS’ “NHL GAME OF THE WEEK” ON SUNDAY, FEB. 13
Original Six Matchup “Flexed” For National Broadcast
NEW YORK (January 27, 2011) –The Sunday, February 13, Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings game has been flexed as NBC Sports’ “Game of the Week” and will be played at Joe Louis Arena at 12:30 p.m. ET, the National Hockey League and NBC Sports announced today.
The Bruins lead the Northeast Division due in no small part to Tim Thomas’ heroics in goal. Currently leading the League in shutouts (seven), save percentage (.945) and goals-against-average (1.81), Thomas will return to his home state of Michigan along with fellow All-Star Zdeno Chara and the rest of the Bruins to face the Red Wings.
Led by 2011 NHL All-Star captain Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings have shown their depth by holding their place near the top of the standings despite injuries to several key players, including star center Pavel Datsyuk. They currently lead the Central Division.
NBC Sports’ “NHL Game of the Week” on Feb. 13 will be the return match of a rare home-and-home series between these inter-conference foes; they meet for the first time this season on Feb. 11 in Boston (in HD on NHL Network-US, FS-D+ and NESN.) The two clubs have met 576 times over 85 NHL seasons.
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING
At least 13 days prior to the scheduled game, one game is selected for broadcast on NBC. All NBC games will be broadcast on Sundays and all games will be presented in HD. Games not flexed to NBC will be available to the teams’ regional carriers and remain at the originally announced start time. The Feb. 13 match-up was first announced on the Thursday, Jan. 27, edition of “NHL Hour With Commissioner Gary Bettman” on NHL.com and SIRIUS XM Radio airing from 6-7 p.m. ET. All subsequent flexed games will be announced on NHL Hour with Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Upcoming 2011 NBC Game of the Week Regular-Season Flexible Schedule
| | Feb. 6 |PITTSBURGH AT WASHINGTON |12:30 p.m. ET --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Feb. 13 |BOSTON AT DETROIT |12:30 p.m. ET --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Feb. 20 |HOCKEY DAY IN AMERICA |12 – 6 p.m. | |ET |Washington at Buffalo (regional) | |Detroit at Minnesota (regional) | |Philadelphia at NY Rangers | |(regional) | |Pittsburgh at Chicago (national) | --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Mar. 6 |Philadelphia at NY Rangers OR |TBD |Buffalo at Minnesota | --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Mar. 13 |Chicago at Washington OR |TBD |Los Angeles at Dallas | --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Mar. 20 |NY Rangers at Pittsburgh OR |TBD |New Jersey at Columbus | --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Apr. 3 |NY Rangers at Philadelphia OR |TBD |Minnesota at Detroit OR | |Tampa Bay at Chicago | --------+---------------------------------+------------- | | Apr. 10 |Boston at New Jersey OR |TBD |Pittsburgh at Atlanta OR | |Detroit at Chicago OR | |Dallas at Minnesota |
That’s it for now.
