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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS CAN ADVANCE TO STANLEY CUP FINAL WITH GAME 6 WIN VS. OTTAWA SENATORS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M ET ON NBCSN

Penguins Lead 3-2 – Pre-Game Coverage on NBCSN Begins Tonight at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live

Predators Game 6 Win on NBCSN Smashes Ratings Record in Nashville

Stanley Cup Final Begins Monday Night on NBC – Nashville Predators at Ottawa/Pittsburgh

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 23, 2017 – Sidney Crosby and the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins can advance to their second consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a Game 6 win against Erik Karlsson and the Ottawa Senators tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Pittsburgh leads the Eastern Conference Final 3-2. Pre-game coverage on NBCSN begins at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live.

Five-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 Penguins-Senators from Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Liam McHugh anchors studio coverage 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 Penguins-Senators.

The winner of the Eastern Conference Final will advance to face the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Final, which begins Monday night on NBC. Nashville advanced to its first-ever Stanley Cup Final with a 6-3 win against the Ducks in Game 6 last night on NBCSN.

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THE PASS – TUESDAY, MAY 23          (All times ET)

Time Coverage Network Commentators
7 p.m. NHL Live NBCSN Liam McHugh, Mike
Milbury, Keith Jones
8 p.m. Game 6 – Pittsburgh at Ottawa NBCSN Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie
Olczyk, Pierre McGuire


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS AT OTTAWA SENATORS – GAME 6 AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN – PREDATORS LEAD 3-2

Pittsburgh moved within one game of advancing to its second consecutive Stanley Cup Final with a dominant 7-0 win against Ottawa in Game 5 at home on Sunday afternoon. The Penguins scored four goals in the first period to put the game out of reach early, and Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Phil Kessel all recorded multiple points in the game. Ottawa went 0-for-4 on the power play in Game 5, extending their drought to 29 straight failed opportunities with the man advance. The Sens have not scored on the power play since Game 1 of the second round against the Rangers.

Ottawa’s 7-0 loss in Game 5 marked the third time in this postseason that a team has lost by at least six goals. However, in both of those cases, the losing team came back to win the next game, and the series.

PREDATORS GAME 6 WIN ON NBCSN SMASHES RATINGS RECORD IN NASHVILLE

The Predators series-clinching Game 6 win on Monday night on NBCSN delivered a 16.5 rating in Nashville to set the record as the highest-rated Predators game ever on the networks of NBC in the market. The last five Predators games have been the highest-rated ever in Nashville (Game 2, 10.9; Game 3, 10.7; Game 4, 11.2; Game 5, 13.3). Nationally, last night’s Game 6 on NBCSN delivered a 1.32 overnight rating, up 18% vs. the comparable Game 5 matchup on NBCSN last year featuring St. Louis and San Jose (1.12).

Through 75 games, NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs has produced a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.079 million average viewers, up 6% vs. 2016 to this point (1.015 million). TAD measures consumption across multiple platforms, combining the average minute audience for television and digital.

STANLEY CUP FINAL BEGINS MONDAY NIGHT ON NBC – NASHVILLE PREDATORS AT OTTAWA/PITTSBURGH

The NHL has announced the dates for the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, which will begin on Monday, May 29, on NBC. Times and networks for all games will be announced later this week.

Date Coverage
Mon., May 29 Game 1 – Nashville at Pittsburgh/Ottawa
Wed., May 31 Game 2 – Nashville at Pittsburgh/Ottawa
Sat., June 3 Game 3 – Pittsburgh/Ottawa at Nashville
Mon., June 5 Game 4 – Pittsburgh/Ottawa at Nashville
Thur., June 8 Game 5 – Nashville at Pittsburgh/Ottawa*
Sun., June 11 Game 6 – Pittsburgh/Ottawa at Nashville*
Wed., June 14 Game 7 – Nashville at Pittsburgh/Ottawa*

*if necessary


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