FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
DAY 42 – NEW YORK RANGERS AND LOS ANGELES KINGS WITHIN ONE WIN OF STANLEY CUP FINAL – RANGERS FACE CANADIENS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Eastern Conference Final Game 5 – Rangers-Canadiens Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN – Rangers Lead 3-1
Western Conference Final Game 5 – Kings-Blackhawks Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN – Kings Lead 3-1
All Games Streamed Live Via NBC Sports Live Extra
STAMFORD, Conn. – May 27, 2014 – Martin St. Louis and the New York Rangers can clinch a Stanley Cup Final berth tonight with a win in Montreal, and Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings can punch their ticket to the Final with a win in Chicago tomorrow, as NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Conference Finals continues this week on NBCSN.
The puck drops tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Rangers and Montreal Canadiens, as New York looks to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 20 years. Coverage starts at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NHL Live hosted by Liam McHugh, alongside former NHL players and analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.
The Rangers moved within one win of the Stanley Cup Final with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory on Sunday night to take a commanding 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final. Montreal’s P.K. Subban’s power play goal early in the third period beat Henrik Lundqvist to even the score at two and eventually sent the game to overtime. At 6:02 of the extra session, St. Louis rifled a wrist shot over Canadiens rookie goaltender Dustin Tokarski to send the Madison Square Garden faithful into a frenzy, and push the Canadiens to the brink of elimination.
A win tonight would send the Rangers to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1994, when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games for their first Stanley Cup win in 54 years.
Emmy Award-winning play-by-play voice Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning “Inside the Glass” analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
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THE PASS – TUESDAY, MAY 27 & WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 (All times ET)
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TUESDAY, MAY 27 |
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| Time | Coverage | Network | Commentators |
| 7 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones |
| 8 p.m. | Game 5 – N.Y. Rangers at Montreal | NBCSN | Mike “Doc” Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire |
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 |
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| 7 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones |
| 8 p.m. | Game 5 – Chicago at Los Angeles | NBCSN | Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti, Brian Engblom |
GAME 5 – BLACKHAWKS-KINGS WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL – TOMORROW AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN – KINGS LEAD 3-1
Coverage of the Western Conference Final continues on NBCSN tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET, when the Los Angeles Kings look to advance to their second Stanley Cup Final in three years and dethrone the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks with a win in Game 5 in Chicago. The Kings have outscored the Blackhawks 15-5 since the waning moments of the second period in Game 2, when Los Angeles’ Justin Williams scored the first of six consecutive Kings’ goals in a 6-2 win, followed by convincing victories at STAPLES Center in Games 3 and 4.
The Blackhawks will look to draw upon memories from the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when they faced a 3-1 series deficit to the Detroit Red Wings in the second round, before winning three straight games, en route to the Stanley Cup title.
Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Joe Micheletti (analyst), and Brian Engblom (“Inside the Glass” analyst) will have the call from United Center in Chicago, Ill. tomorrow night.
GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR
For the third consecutive year, NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and NHL Network are combining to televise every Stanley Cup Playoff game nationally.
| Network | Games |
| NBC | 11 |
| NBCSN | 55 |
| CNBC | 15 |
| NHL-N | 2 |
| Total | 83 |
One-goal Games: 37
OT games: 21
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, NBCSN and CNBC, including the comprehensive coverage of the Stanley Cup Final. 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;
- NBCSN 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.”
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