Game 4 – (1) Bruins-(4) Red Wings at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN – Bruins Lead 2-1
Game 4 – (1) Avalanche-(4) Wild at 9:30 p.m. ET on CNBC – Avalanche Lead 2-1
Game 4 – (2) Sharks-(3) Kings at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN – Sharks Lead 3-0
All Games on NBC, NBCSN and CNBC Will Be Streamed Live Via NBC Sports Live Extra
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 24, 2014 – Day 9 of NBC Sports Group’s 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage continues with three Game 4 matchups across NBCSN and CNBC, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN when the (1) Boston Bruins visit the (4) Detroit Red Wings, as Detroit looks to even the series at two games apiece.
NBCSN’s coverage continues at 10:30 p.m. ET as the (3) San Jose Sharks look to complete a sweep of the rival (4) Los Angeles Kings, following the Sharks’ 4-3 overtime win on Tuesday night to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.
CNBC’s coverage begins tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET with Game 4 between the (1) Colorado Avalanche and (4) Minnesota Wild, as the Wild look to send the series back to Denver tied at two.
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All Stanley Cup Playoff games will be presented on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC (in primetime), and NHL Network. In addition, all Stanley Cup Playoff games airing on NBC, NBCSN and CNBC will be live streamed via NBC Sports Live Extra – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets.
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THE PASS – THURSDAY, APRIL 24 (All times ET)
| Time | Coverage | Network | Commentators |
| 7 p.m.. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Keith Jones Andrew Ference |
| 8 p.m. | Game 4 – (1) Boston at (4) Detroit | NBCSN | Mike “Doc” Emrick, Pierre McGuire |
| 9 p.m. | NHL Live | CNBC | Russ Thaler, Jeremy Roenick, Anson Carter |
| 9:30 p.m. | Game 4 – (1) Colorado at (4) Minnesota | CNBC | John Forslund, Tripp Tracy |
| 10:30 p.m. | Game 4 – (2) San Jose at (3) Los Angeles | NBCSN | Randy Hahn, Drew Remenda |
TONIGHT – APRIL 24
NHL Live, hosted by Liam McHugh, Keith Jones, and current Edmonton Oilers defenseman and captain Andrew Ference, begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Ference, who joins NHL Live as a guest analyst tonight, is a veteran of more than 950 NHL regular-season and Stanley Cup Playoff games, and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Boston Bruins in 2011.
Russ Thaler will host NHL Live on CNBC at 9 p.m. ET alongside former NHL forwards and analysts Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter, leading into coverage of Avalanche-Wild at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Game coverage starts at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN following NHL Live, as the (4) Detroit Red Wings host the (1) Boston Bruins in Game 4, with the Bruins looking to return to Boston with a chance to win the series in Game 5. Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask made 23 saves in Boston’s 3-0 shutout win in Game 3 on Monday to take a 2-1 series lead. Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike “Doc” Emrick and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich.
CNBC presents Game 4 between the (1) Colorado Avalanche and (4) Minnesota Wild at 9:30 p.m. ET, with the Avs leading the series 2-1. Fans were treated to a goaltending clinic in Game 3, as Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov and Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper did not allow a single goal in regulation, before Mikael Granlund’s highlight-reel game-winner to give the Wild a 1-0 win. John Forslund (play-by-play) and Tripp Tracy (analyst) will call the action from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
NBCSN’s doubleheader continues at 10:30 p.m. ET as the (2) San Jose Sharks look to sweep the rival (3) Los Angeles Kings and advance to the second round with a win. The Kings led Game 3 by a score of 3-2 in the third period, before Tomas Hertl tied the game midway through the period, and Patrick Marleau scored 6:20 into the extra session to give the Sharks a 4-3 overtime win. Randy Hahn (play-by-play) and Drew Remenda (analyst) will call the action from Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
In the event that the Bruins-Red Wings game on NBCSN runs beyond 10:45 p.m. ET, NHL Network will air puck drop of Sharks-Kings. Sharks-Kings will return to NBCSN immediately following the conclusion of Bruins-Red Wings, where it will be seen in its entirety.
REMINDER: Games airing on cable in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs are subject to local blackouts.
Following are NBC Sports Group’s telecast schedule and commentating assignments for the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs through Sunday’s games:
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 | |||
| 7 p.m. | Game 4 – (2) N.Y. Rangers at (3) Philadelphia | CNBC | Ken Daniels, Pierre McGuire |
| 8 p.m. | Game 5 – (3) Chicago at (2) St. Louis | NBCSN | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom |
| 10:30 p.m. | Game 5 – (4) Dallas at (1) Anaheim | NBCSN | John Walton, Butch Goring |
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 | |||
| 3 p.m. | Game 5 – (4) Detroit at (1) Boston | NBC | Doc Emrick, Pierre McGuire |
| 7 p.m. | Game 5 – (4) Columbus at (1) Pittsburgh | NBCSN | Ken Daniels, Joe Micheletti |
| 9:30 p.m. | Game 5 – (4) Minnesota at (1) Colorado | NBCSN | John Forslund, Tripp Tracy |
| 10 p.m. | Game 5* – (3) Los Angeles at (2) San Jose | CNBC | Randy Hahn, Drew Remenda |
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 | |||
| Noon | Game 5 – (3) Philadelphia at (2) N.Y. Rangers | NBC | Kenny Albert, Pierre McGuire |
| 3 p.m. | Game 6 – (2) St. Louis at (3) Chicago | NBC | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom, Eddie Olczyk |
| 8 p.m. | Game 6 – (1) Anaheim at (4) Dallas | NBCSN | TBD |
*if necessary
BLUES-BLACKHAWKS GAME 4 DELIVERS STRONG STREAMING VIEWERSHIP
Last night’s Game 4 matchup between the Blues and Blackhawks, in which the Blackhawks defeated the Blues by a score of 4-3 in overtime, was the second-best authentication-required first-round game in all key metrics of the first-round games of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The game delivered 128,000 live starts, 2.31 million minutes watched, 50,000 visits, 45,000 uniques and 46.6 minutes per visit.
GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR
For the third consecutive year, NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and NHL Network are combining to televise every Stanley Cup Playoff game nationally.
| Network | Games |
| NBC | 3 |
| NBCSN | 16 |
| CNBC | 7 |
| NHL-N | 2 |
| Total | 28 |
One-goal Games: 16
OT games: 9
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, NBCSN and CNBC, including the comprehensive coverage of the Stanley Cup Final. 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;
- NBCSN 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.”
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