FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S “NHL PLAYOFF PASS” – MAY 8
Four Games Tonight, Including Two Crucial Game 5s
NEW YORK – May 8, 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.
Games are being presented on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC (in primetime), and NHL Network. In addition, more Stanley Cup Playoff games are live streamed than ever before. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s overall NHL Playoff coverage, please click here.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Tonight’s Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs game, originally scheduled to air on NHL Network, will now air on CNBC at 7 p.m. ET. The Los Angeles Kings at St. Louis Blues game at 9 p.m. ET (puck drop approximately 9:15 p.m. ET), will likely begin on NHL Network and be joined-in-progress on CNBC at the conclusion of the Boston-Toronto game.
Tonight | Coverage | Network | Talent |
6:30 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones |
7 p.m. | Boston (4) @ Toronto (5) | CNBC | TBA |
7:30 p.m. | Washington (3) @ N.Y. Rangers (6) | NBCSN | Mike Emrick, Pierre McGuire |
9 p.m. | Los Angeles (5) @ St. Louis (4) | NHL Network/CNBC* | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom |
10 p.m. | Detroit (7) @ Anaheim (2) | NBCSN | John Forslund, Daryl Reaugh |
*Joined-in-progress. Game will likely begin on NHL Network
TONIGHT, May 8
NHL Live, hosted by Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Keith Jones, begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Bill Patrick and Anson Carter will host CNBC’s studio coverage.
Tonight’s playoff coverage begins on CNBC when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. ET (Boston leads 2-1). Immediately following Boston-Toronto, CNBC will join-in-progress the first Game 5 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the St. Louis Blues host the Los Angeles Kings (series tied 2-2). The Kings-Blues game will begin on NHL Network if Bruins-Leafs is not concluded. Dave Strader will call play-by-play and will be joined by analyst Brian Engblom at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Miss.
NBC Sports Network’s coverage tonight begins at 7:30 p.m. ET as the New York Rangers look to pick up the momentum to tie the series against the Washington Capitals (Washington leads 2-1) on home ice. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will serve as play-by-play announcer alongside analyst Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass’) at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
Game 5 coverage continues on NBC Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET when the Anaheim Ducks take on the Detroit Red Wings, who tied the series in overtime in Game 4 (series tied 2-2). John Forslund will manage play-by-play alongside analyst Daryl Reaugh at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
EMMY AWARD WINNER
Last night at the 34th Annual Sport Emmy Awards, Pierre McGuire, NBC Sports Group’s “Inside the Glass” analyst for its NHL coverage, was awarded his first career Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s Emmy results, please click here.
CONTINUING COVERAGE
NBC Sports Group continues NHL Stanley Cup Playoff coverage as the best-of-seven series continue on Friday. The following dates and times were recently officially released by the NHL.
Date/Time (ET) | Game | Coverage | Network |
Thurs., May 9 | |||
6:30 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | |
7 p.m. | 5 | N.Y. Islanders (8) @ Pittsburgh (1) | NBCSN |
7 p.m. | 5 | Ottawa (7) @ Montreal (2) | CNBC |
9:30 p.m. | 5 | Minnesota (8) @ Chicago (1) | NBCSN |
Fri., May 10 | |||
6:30 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | |
7:30 p.m. | 5 | N.Y. Rangers (6) @ Washington (3) | NBCSN |
8 p.m. | 6 | Anaheim (2) @ Detroit (7) | CNBC |
10 p.m. | 6 | St. Louis (4) @ Los Angeles (5) | NBCSN |
BLACKOUT REMINDER
During the Conference Quarterfinals, games that air on NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network are subject to local blackouts. NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network begin exclusivity in the second round. Games airing on NBC are exclusive throughout the playoffs.
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.
NBC |
3 |
NBCSN |
16 |
CNBC |
10 |
NHLN |
1 |
OT Games: 10
NHL CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS ON NBC SPORTS GROUP: BY THE NUMBERS
1110 Games broadcast by NBC Sports Group as of 5/7/13 since 2006*
20 NBC Sports Group NHL announcers and analysts on national broadcasts (includes studio)**
15 Maximum number of conference quarterfinal games Pierre McGuire will cover
11 Hard cameras, including 2 Super SloMo cameras
7 Mobile units
6 Robotic cameras
6 Hard disc record devices
6 Production and engineering teams
4 NBC Sports Group television networks covering the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
3 Hand-held cameras
2 Super SlowMo cameras
1 Stanley Cup
*Includes NBC, NBC Sports Network, formerly VERSUS, and CNBC
**Includes CSN California
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.
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