NBC SPORTS GROUP’S “NHL PLAYOFF PASS” – MAY 14

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS BEGIN TONIGHT WITH DOUBLEHEADER ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK

NEW YORK – May 14, 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.

NBC Sports Network will serve as the primary home for Conference Semifinal coverage, offering one or two games virtually every night. When necessary, CNBC will also provide live coverage in primetime. NBC will present exclusive afternoon coverage during the weekend of May 18-19, and a primetime game on Saturday, May 25, if necessary. In addition, more Stanley Cup Playoff games are being live streamed than ever before. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s overall NHL Playoff coverage, please click here.

All times are listed as ET and are subject to change:

TONIGHT, MAY 14

Coverage of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs continues tonight with Conference Semifinal action at 7:30 p.m. ET when the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Ottawa Senators on NBC Sports Network. Dave Strader will manage play-by-play alongside analyst Brian Engblom.

At 10 p.m. ET the San Jose Sharks host the defending Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings on NBC Sports Network. John Forslund will call play-by-play and will be joined by analyst Joe Micheletti.

Coverage begins on NBC Sports Network at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live hosted by Bill Patrick, Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick.

GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR

For the second consecutive year, and only the second time in the 96-year history of the NHL, every Stanley Cup Playoff game will be televised nationally.

OT Games: 17 (Most in Conference Quarterfinal history)

*Joined-in-progress

NHL CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS ON NBC SPORTS GROUP: BY THE NUMBERS

1130 Games broadcast by NBC Sports Group as of 5/13/13 since 2006*

28 Potential games to produce

16 NBC Sports Group NHL announcers and analysts on national broadcasts (includes studio)

5 Hard cameras, including 1 Super SloMo cameras

4 Mobile units

2 Robotic cameras

4 Production and engineering teams

4 NBC Sports Group television networks and platforms covering the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

2 Hand-held cameras

1 Super SlowMo cameras

1 Stanley Cup

*Includes NBC, NBC Sports Network, formerly VERSUS, and CNBC

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA

NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will stream all Stanley Cup Playoff games that air on NBC, NBC Sports Network, and CNBC, including the Stanley Cup Final for the first time. The vast majority of games will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.

Games airing on:

• NBC will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra;
• NBC Sports Network will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs;
• CNBC will live stream exclusively through NBC Sports Live Extra via “TV Everywhere.”

DIGITAL COVERAGE

In addition to its live stream coverage, NBCSports.com’s ProHockeyTalk, will anchor NBC Sports’ online and mobile coverage of the NHL playoffs.

Fans that come to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Schedule page on NBCSports.com/NHLonNBC will not only be able to see the weekly schedule updates, but also dive into a deep playoffs photo experience. Fans can engage with Twitter (@NHLonNBCSports) and Facebook (facebook.com/NHLonNBCSports) to receive the most up to date tune-in information, scores, reports and stories from around the NHL and ProHockeyTalk. NHL Fans can join the conversation by using the #StanleyCup hash tag across every game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs

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