From tonight through Sunday, NBC Sports Groupwill have coverage of the Games 4 in each of the Stanley Cup Conference Semifinal series.
Tonight, NBC Sports Network will be in Nashville for the Phoenix Coyotes-Predators matchup to determine if the series will be all square at two games after the final buzzer goes off. Game time is 7:30 p.m. ET.
Then tomorrow, NBC carries Game 4 of the New York Rangers-Washington Capitals series which again could be tied. The game begins at 12:30 p.m. ET. NBC is in a dangerous window because if the game goes to overtime like it on Wednesday, then it has the potential to get bumped to NBC Sports Network to make way for Kentucky Derby coverage at 4 p.m. We’ll see what happens if this occurs.
On Sunday, NBC and NBC Sports Network split two games with the St. Louis Blues in huge danger of getting swept by the Los Angeles Kings at 3 p.m. on NBC proper.
Then in primetime, NBC Sports Network takes Game 4 of Philadelphia at New Jersey.
Your announcing assignments plus other details are below.
FOUR GAME 4s THIS WEEKEND
2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Days 24-26Phoenix @ Nashville, 7:30 p.m. ET Tonight – NBC Sports Network (Phoenix leads 2-1)
NEW YORK – May 4, 2012 – Days 24-26 – The NBC Sports Group continues its exclusive coverage of the Conference Semifinals with four Game 4s this weekend beginning tonight on NBC Sports Network. NBC will broadcast games Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Tonight’s coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live on NBC Sports Network.
TONIGHT
The Western Conference Semifinals continue tonight with the #4 Nashville Predators hosting the #3 Phoenix Coyotes at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network (Coyotes lead series 2-1). Tonight’s schedule (all times ET):
7:30 p.m. #3 Phoenix Coyotes @ #4 Nashville Predtaors (Game 4) NBCSN John Forslund, Joe Micheletti TOMORROW
Saturday’s Eastern Conference Game 4 features the #7 Washington Capitals hosting the #1 New York Rangers at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Game 3 on Wednesday ended in a historic fashion with a New York Rangers goal in triple overtime to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory and a 2-1 series lead. Tomorrow’s schedule (all times ET):
12:30 p.m. #1 New York Rangers @ #7 Washington Capitals (Game 4) NBC Doc Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire SUNDAY
Sunday’s games begin in the Western Conference with the #8 Los Angeles Kings hosting the #2 St. Louis Blues, who face elimination, at 3 p.m. ET on NBC (Kings lead series 3-0). Moving to the Eastern Conference, the #4 New Jersey Devils look to extend their 2-1 series lead with a home-ice advantage against the #5 Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Sunday’s schedule (all times ET):
3 p.m. #2 St. Louis Blues @ #8 Los Angeles Kings (Game 4) NBC Dave Strader, Brian Engblom 7:30 p.m. #5 Philadelphia Flyers @ #6 New Jersey Devils (Game 4) NBCSN Kenny Albert, Pierre McGuire CHANNEL FINDER
With all 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games airing nationally for the first time and the Conference Semifinals being carried exclusively on either NBC, NBC Sports Network or CNBC, the NBC Sports Group created a channel finder to help fans find those channels in their area by simply entering a zip code.
Click here for the channel finder.
COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL COVERAGE
Comcast SportsNet, the local home for the Capitals and Flyers, will closely follow hometown team playoff progress with pre- and post-game coverage, breaking news and analysis throughout each team’s playoff run. CSN Philadelphia will be doing live pre- and post-game programs for all Flyers games in the second round and CSN Mid-Atlantic will have one-hour Capitals Postgame Live shows for all Capitals games in the second round. Both networks will also have extensive coverage online.
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 Thirty Four* CNBC Thirteen NBC Eight NHL Network Six * Includes Devils-Panthers Conference Quarterfinal Game 7 that was joined in progress
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