FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
ST. LOUIS BLUES HOST BOSTON BRUINS IN GAME 4 OF 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC
Bruins Lead Series 2-1; Pre-Game Coverage on NBCSN Begins at 6 p.m. ET with a Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live
Wayne Gretzky, Emmy Award-Winning Actor & Blues Fan Jon Hamm, and St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Adam Wainwright Expected to Join NBC Sports’ Game 4 Coverage
“The energy here is unbelievable. I’ve never seen it like this. I’ve been through World Series wins. This is a whole other thing.” – Jon Hamm on St. Louis Stanley Cup Final Atmosphere
Complete Notes and Quotes from Game 3
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 3, 2019 – NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final continues tonight, as Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins hope to move within one victory of the Stanley Cup title with a Game 4 win against Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues at 8 p.m. ET on NBC from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. Marchand and the Bruins hold a 2-1 series lead following their dominant 7-2 victory over the Blues in Game 3 at Enterprise Center on Saturday.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of all 2019 Stanley Cup Final games.
Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike “Doc” Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from Enterprise Center – the trio’s 13th consecutive year calling the Stanley Cup Final, one of the longest streaks by any broadcast team calling a major U.S. team sport championship.
Tonight’s pre-game coverage on NBCSN will begin at 6 p.m. ET with a two-hour edition of NHL Live, featuring outdoor sets amongst the fans to capture the atmosphere in St. Louis. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Brian Boucher, Anson Carter, and Patrick Sharp.
STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 4 – BRUINS-BLUES – TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC
The Bruins took the Stanley Cup Final lead with a commanding 7-2 Game 3 victory over the Blues at Enterprise Center on Saturday night. Boston went 4-for-4 on the power play on its way to taking a 2-1 lead in the series. Defenseman Torey Krug scored one of the power-play goals and had the primary assist on the three others. With one goal and three assists, Krug became the first player in franchise history to record four points in a single game during the Stanley Cup Final. All four of Krug’s points came on the power play, making him the 4th player in NHL history to record 4 power-play points in a Stanley Cup Final game. Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Marcus Johansson also scored power-play goals, and goalie Tuukka Rask made 27 saves for Boston in the win. The series stays in St. Louis tonight for Game 4 on NBC.
Click here for Notes & Quotes from Game 3.
Tonight’s coverage will include a number of St. Louis and Blues-centric elements, including features on 11-year-old Laila Anderson, a Blues super-fan who is battling a rare disease called HLH, a systemic inflammatory syndrome. There will also be features on Blues goalie Jordan Binnington, whose path to the Stanley Cup Final first took him through the Bruins’ minor league system, as well as Bruins defenseman Torey Krug, who made history for the Bruins in Game 3 with his power-play performance.
NHL Live pre-game coverage will also include interviews with top American 2019 NHL Draft prospects Jack Hughes and Alex Turcotte, leading up to draft day on June 21-22. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is expected to join the set prior to Game 4 to discuss how the city of St. Louis has rallied behind the Blues throughout their playoff run.
Wayne Gretzky – The Great One – is also expected to join the set during first intermission of Game 4 tonight on NBC, and Emmy award-winning actor and Blues fan Jon Hamm will make an appearance during tonight’s second intermission.
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Following is the remaining telecast schedule for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with networks and start times. Pre-game coverage will begin each night with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
| Mon., June 3 | Game 4 – Boston at St. Louis | NBC | 8 p.m. |
| Thur., June 6 | Game 5 – St. Louis at Boston | NBC | 8 p.m. |
| Sun., June 9 | Game 6 – Boston at St. Louis* | NBC | 8 p.m. |
| Wed., June 12 | Game 7 – St. Louis at Boston* | NBC | 8 p.m. |
*if necessary
WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL
In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.
Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.
All games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.
COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON
NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins throughout the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.
NBC Sports Boston will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.
STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.
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