NBC Sports Network along with the NBC Sports Group is in Day 27 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. It has a doubleheader tonight with Game 5 of the Washington Capitals-New York Rangers series. Tonight at Madison Square Garden, Doc Emrick, Eddie Olcyzk and Pierre “Minus” McGuire will have the call at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT.
Then at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, it will be a potential elimination game as the Phoenix Coyotes can close out their Western Conference Semifinal series with the Nashville Predators live from Glendale, AZ. John Forslund and Joe Micheletti will be on-hand for the call of that contest.
NHL Live starts it all off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
Here’s the NBC Sports Group press release.
GAME 5 DOUBLE-HEADER ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK
2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Day 27Washington @ New York Rangers, 7:30 p.m. ET (Series tied 2-2)
Nashville @ Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET(Phoenix leads series 3-1)NEW YORK – May 7, 2012 – Day 27 – The NBC Sports Group continues its exclusive coverage of the Conference Semifinals tonight with two crucial Game 5’s on NBC Sports Network. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live on NBC Sports Network.
TONIGHT
Tonight’s coverage of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs starts in the Eastern Conference with #1 New York Rangers hosting #7 Washington Capitals at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network in a crucial Game 5 at Madison Square Garden (series tied 2-2). Following at 10 p.m. ET also on NBC Sports Network, the #3 Phoenix Coyotes aim to advance to the Western Conference Final to meet the Los Angeles Kings with a home victory tonight against the #4 Nashville Predators h. The Coyotes lead the series 3-1. Tonight’s schedule (all times ET):
7:30 p.m. #7 Washington Capitals @ #1 New York Rangers (Game 5) NBCSN Doc Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire 10 p.m. #4 Nashville Predators @ #3 Phoenix Coyotes (Game 5) NBCSN John Forslund, Joe Micheletti 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 Six* CNBC Thirteen NBC Ten NHL Network Six * Includes Devils-Panthers Conference Quarterfinal Game 7 that was joined in progress
That’s all.
