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Monday, May 8th, 2017

ALEX OVECHKIN & WASHINGTON CAPITALS FACE ELIMINATION AGAINST SIDNEY CROSBY & PITTSBURGH PENGUINS IN GAME 6 TONIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN

Pre-Game Coverage on NBCSN Begins Tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live

Game 6 – Senators-Rangers – Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Wednesday on NBCSN – Oilers-Ducks Game 7 – Time TBD

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 8, 2017 – Alex Ovechkin and the (1) Washington Capitals will look to force a winner-take-all Game 7 showdown with a victory tonight in Game 6 against Sidney Crosby and the (2) Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pre-game coverage begins on NBCSN at 6:30 p.m. ET on NHL Live.

Four-time Emmy Award-winner Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick (play-by-play), U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk (analyst), and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass analyst) will call Capitals-Penguins from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. Liam McHugh anchors studio coverage on NHL Live alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of Capitals-Penguins.

Tomorrow night’s coverage features an elimination game at Madison Square Garden in New York, as Henrik Lundqvist and the (WC1) New York Rangers look to force Game 7 with a win against Erik Karlsson and the (2) Ottawa Senators in Game 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Below is NBCSN’s NHL game and commentary schedule through Thursday, subject to change.

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THE PASS – MONDAY, MAY 8-THURSDAY, MAY 11 (All times ET)

MONDAY, MAY 8
Time Coverage Network Commentators
6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike
Milbury, Keith Jones
7:30 p.m. Game 6 – (1) Washington at (2) Pittsburgh NBCSN Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie
Olczyk, Pierre McGuire

TUESDAY, MAY 9
6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike
Milbury, Keith Jones
7:30 p.m. Game 6 – (2) Ottawa at (WC1) N.Y. Rangers NBCSN John Forslund, Joe
Micheletti, Pierre McGuire

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
TBD** NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike
Milbury, Keith Jones
TBD** Game 7 – (2) Pittsburgh at (1) Washington* NBCSN Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie
Olczyk, Pierre McGuire
TBD** Game 7 – (2) Edmonton at (1) Anaheim NBCSN Chris Cuthbert, Joe
Micheletti, Brian Boucher

THURSDAY, MAY 11
6:30 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike

Milbury, Keith Jones
7:30 p.m. Game 7 – (WC1) N.Y. Rangers at (2) Ottawa* NBCSN Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie
Olczyk, Pierre McGuire

*if necessary
**Game time(s) for Wednesday will be determined following tonight’s Caps-Pens game

 

(2) WASHINGTON CAPITALS AT (1) PITTSBURGH PENGUINS – GAME 6 TONIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. ET ON NBCSN – PENGUINS LEAD 3-2

Trailing 2-1 heading into the third period of Game 5 and facing elimination, the Capitals responded with three goals in the final stanza on Saturday night to stave off elimination to win 4-2 in Washington. Nicklas Backstrom tied the game, before Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin scored 27 seconds apart to put the Caps ahead for good. Sidney Crosby returned to the lineup for Pittsburgh after missing most of Game 3 and all of Game 4 with a concussion, and registered an assist in the loss.

Last season, when these two teams met in the second round, Washington won Game 5 at home to avoid elimination before losing in overtime in Game 6 in Pittsburgh. Washington has trailed a series 3-1 on nine previous occasions in the playoffs – they’ve forced a Game 7 three times, and won the series twice (1988 and 2009). Washington has never won three straight games against Pittsburgh in the playoffs, a feat they will have to accomplish to advance.

 

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