FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 13th, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S “NHL PLAYOFF PASS” – MAY 13
TWO GAME 7s TONIGHT
NEW YORK – May 13, 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 being live streamed than ever before. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s overall NHL Playoff coverage, please click here.
All times are listed as ET and are subject to change:
Tonight | Coverage | Network | Talent |
7 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Jeremy Roenick |
7 p.m. | Toronto (5) at Boston (4) | CNBC | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom |
8 p.m. | New York Rangers (6) at Washington (3) | NBCSN | Mike Emrick, Pierre McGuire, Eddie Olczyk |
TONIGHT, May 13
NBC Sports Group presents two crucial Game 7s tonight.
At 7 p.m. ET on CNBC, the Boston Bruins host the Toronto Maple Leafs as they each look to progress to the Conference Semifinals with a Game 7 victory. Dave Strader will manage play-by-play alongside analyst Brian Engblom from TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Russ Thaler and Anson Carter will host CNBC’s studio coverage.
On NBC Sports Network at 8 p.m. ET, the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers are meeting in a Game 7 for the second consecutive post-season. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will call play-by-play alongside analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy-Award winning analyst Pierre McGuire (‘Inside-the-Glass’) from Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with NHL Live, hosted by Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick.
EMMY AWARD WINNER
Last week at the 34th Annual Sport Emmy Awards, Pierre McGuire, NBC Sports Group’s “Inside the Glass” NHL analyst, was awarded his first career Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s Emmy results, please click here.
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 |
25 |
CNBC |
15* |
NHLN |
2 |
OT Games: 16
*Joined-in-progress
NHL CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS ON NBC SPORTS GROUP: BY THE NUMBERS
1117 Games broadcast by NBC Sports Group as of 5/8/13 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 Production and engineering teams
4 NBC Sports Group television networks and platforms 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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