The 2014-15 NHL on NBC Schedule

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Just released today, the NHL on NBC has a 103-game schedule on both NBC and NBCSN. Here are some highlights of the schedule:

• The successful “Wednesday Night Rivalry” will feature 24 games. For the first time, 10 of those weeks will become doubleheaders to showcase teams out West. This is a very good thing.
• NBCSN airs an Opening Night doubleheader featuring Philadelphia at Boston at 7:30 p.m. ET and then the defending Stanley Cup Champions Los Angeles Kings hosting the San Jose Sharks at 10 p.m. The Kings will raise their championship banner to the Staples Center rafters.
• The NHL Winter Classic will pit the Washington Capitals against the Chicago Blackhawks live from Washington, D.C.
• NBCSN will have coverage of NHL All-Star Weekend live from Columbus, OH from January 24 through 25.
• The first NBCSN Monday telecast will be on December 29 avoiding getting killed by Monday Night Football.
• The NHL on NBC season premiere will be on Friday, November 28, the day after Thanksgiving as the New York Rangers visit the Philadelphia Flyers.

Here’s the entire press release from NBC Sports below.

NBC SPORTS GROUP TO AIR 103 NHL REGULAR-SEASON GAMES IN 2014-15

NBCSN Opens Season on Oct. 8 with Philadelphia Flyers-Boston Bruins Wednesday Night Rivalry Matchup at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by 2014 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks at 10 p.m. ET
NHL Winter Classic Features Chicago Blackhawks at Washington Capitals from Washington, D.C. on January 1 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC
NBCSN Presents Coverage of 2015 NHL All-Star Weekend from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Including 60^th NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 25
31 Games Across NBC and NBCSN Feature Rematches from 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Including Both Conference Finals and Kings-Rangers on March 24
NBC Sports Live Extra to Stream All 103 Regular-Season Games

STAMFORD, Conn. — July 22, 2013 – Coming off of the most-watched NHL regular season ever on NBC and NBCSN, the most-watched Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2006 and most-watched Stanley Cup Playoffs on cable in 17 years,NBC Sports Group will deliver coverage of 103 NHL regular-season games during the 2014-15 season, featuring 14 games on NBC and 89 games on NBCSN. All games will be streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra. Schedule highlights include:

• The season kicks off with an Opening Night doubleheader on Oct. 8 on NBCSN, starting with Wednesday Night Rivalry coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET with the Philadelphia Flyers at the Boston Bruins.
• NBCSN’s Opening Night coverage continues with a 2014 Stanley Cup Playoff rematch between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings from STAPLES Center at 10 p.m. ET in Los Angeles, as the Kings raise their 2014 Stanley Cup Championship banner to the rafters.
• NBC will present the 2015 NHL Winter Classic from Washington, D.C., between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Washington Capitals on January 1 at 1 p.m. ET.
• Making its return for the first time since 2012, NBCSN will present coverage of the NHL All-Star Game from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. All-Star weekend will take place Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 and will include the NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ and the NHL All-Star Game.
• The 2014-15 regular season on NBCSN will feature 24 Wednesday Night Rivalry telecasts, plus 10 Wednesday nightcaps that will showcase Western Conference teams, including the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks and Colorado Avalanche.
• The Bruins, Flyers, Capitals, Kings and Sharks will each make 12 appearances across NBC and NBCSN, followed by seven teams that will appear 11.
• This year’s regular-season coverage features 31 games spanning 14 of the 15 series from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, including back-to-back rematches of the 2014 Western and Eastern Conference Finals on NBCSN (Blackhawks-Kings on Jan. 28, Canadiens-Rangers on Jan. 29), and a rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final between the Rangers and Kings on March 24.
• Bruins-Red Wings, Blackhawks-Blues, Penguins-Flyers and Kings-Sharks are the most featured matchups, each appearing four times on NBC and NBCSN.
• 56 of NBC and NBCSN’s 103 telecasts feature at least one Western Conference team.

NBCSN will offer most games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights throughout the season. Beginning in January, a Sunday game will be added most weeks. NBCSN drops the puck on its coverage on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live, NBCSN’s live pre- and post-game show, leading into coverage of Flyers-Bruins from TD Garden in Boston, Mass. at 7:30 p.m. ET. Coverage shifts to Los Angeles immediately following Flyers-Bruins with the banner-raising ceremony for the 2014 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings, before face off against San Jose Sharks at 10 p.m. ET.
NBC Sports Group’s NHL lead broadcast team will be comprised of two-time Emmy award-winning play-by-play voice Mike “Doc” Emrick, as well as analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy-award winning “Inside the Glass” analyst Pierre McGuire.

NHL ON NBC

NHL on NBC coverage begins on Friday, November 28 at 1 p.m. ET, with the NHL Thanksgiving Showdown featuring the New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, marking the first of 14 games that will air on NBC during the regular season. Beginning on January 18, and continuing through the end of the regular season, NBC will present the NHL Game of the Week, generally occurring on Sunday afternoons. NBC will also present the Flyers and Rangers in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Last year, NBC posted its most-watched NHL regular season since its most-recent agreement with the league in the 2005-06 season, including last year’s NHL Stadium Series game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks, which averaged 2.8 million viewers and was the most-watched NHL regular-season game, excluding Winter Classics and regional coverage, since the advent of People Meters (1987).

NHL WINTER CLASSIC

The annual NHL Winter Classic will take place on January 1, 2015 in Washington, D.C., and will feature the Chicago Blackhawks and the Washington Capitals. The 2014 NHL Winter Classic will be broadcast on NBC at 1 p.m. ET.
The 2014 NHL Winter Classic on NBC tied as the highest-rated NHL regular-season game in nearly four decades (2.5 HH rtg), and became the second-most watched such game in 39 years (4.4 million avg. viewers). The five previous NHL Winter Classics have produced the five most-watched NHL regular-season games in the past 39 years (average viewers).

MOST-WATCHED NHL REGULAR-SEASON GAMES SINCE 1975

4.525 million	Jan. 1, 2011	NBC	Capitals-Penguins
4.404 million	Jan. 1, 2014	NBC	Maple Leafs-Red Wings
4.401 million	Jan. 1, 2009	NBC	Red Wings-Blackhawks
3.751 million	Jan. 1, 2008	NBC	Penguins-Sabres
3.733 million	Jan. 2, 2012	NBC	Rangers-Flyers

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIVALRY
NBCSN’s exclusive Wednesday Night Rivalry coverage will return for a third season and feature some of the biggest rivalries in the NHL, including Philadelphia-New York Rangers, Chicago-St. Louis, and Boston-Detroit. The network will air exclusive coverage on Wednesday nights for 24 weeks, with games usually starting at 8 p.m. ET. WNR begins Wednesday, October 8 with Opening Night coverage between the Flyers and Bruins.
During its inaugural season, Wednesday Night Rivalry was called “the hottest new brand in sports” by Forbes. This past season, Wednesday Night Rivalry’s 23 exclusive telecasts averaged 559,000 viewers, up 26% compared to the exclusive time period average of the last full regular season in 2011-12 (443,000). Since the debut of Wednesday Night Rivalry last season, NBCSN has recorded nine regular-season games with more than 700,000 viewers vs. four over the previous two seasons.

NBCSN 2014-15 NHL Wednesday Night Rivalry schedule (subject to change):

Date	Away	Home	Time (ET)
October 8	Philadelphia	Boston	7:30 p.m.
October 15	Boston	Detroit	8 p.m.
October 22	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	8 p.m.
October 29	Detroit	Washington	7:30 p.m.
November 5	Detroit	N.Y. Rangers	8 p.m.
November 12	Boston	Toronto	8 p.m.
November 19	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	8 p.m.
December 3	St. Louis	Chicago	8 p.m.
December 10	Toronto	Detroit	8 p.m.
December 17	Boston	Minnesota	8 p.m.
January 7	Boston	Pittsburgh	8 p.m.
January 14	Philadelphia	Washington	8 p.m.
January 21	Chicago	Pittsburgh	8 p.m.
January 28	Pittsburgh	Washington	8 p.m.
February 4	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	8 p.m.
February 11	Detroit	Pittsburgh	8 p.m.
February 18	Detroit	Chicago	7:30 p.m.
February 25	Pittsburgh	Washington	8 p.m.
March 4	N.Y. Rangers	Detroit	8 p.m.
March 11	N.Y. Rangers	Washington	8 p.m.
March 18	Chicago	N.Y. Rangers	8 p.m.
March 25	Chicago	Philadelphia	8 p.m.
April 1	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	8 p.m.
April 8	Boston	Washington	8 p.m.

In addition, NBCSN will present 10 games on Wednesday nights that will immediately follow  Wednesday Night Rivalry matchups. These nightcaps will showcase one or two Western Conference teams. The first of these games will take place on Opening Night, when San Jose visits Los Angeles following Flyers-Bruins Wednesday Night Rivalry coverage. Following are the 10 Wednesday nightcap games:

Date	Away	Home	Time (ET)
October 8	San Jose	Los Angeles	10 p.m.
November 12	Los Angeles	Anaheim	10:30 p.m.
January 7	New York Rangers	Anaheim	10:30 p.m.
January 21	Los Angeles	San Jose	10:30 p.m.
January 28	Chicago	Los Angeles	10:30 p.m.
February 11	Washington	San Jose	10:30 p.m.
February 18	Los Angeles	Colorado	10 p.m.
March 18	Los Angeles	Anaheim	10:30 p.m.
April 1	Colorado	San Jose	10:30 p.m.
April 8	Dallas	Anaheim	10:30 p.m.

NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND – JAN. 24-25 – NATIONWIDE ARENA, COLUMBUS, OHIO

NBCSN will present extensive coverage of the 2015 NHL All-Star Weekend from Nationwide Arena on Columbus, Ohio, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. All-Star weekend will take place Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 and will include the NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ and the NHL All-Star Game.

NBC SPORTS GROUP’S STATE-OF-THE ART STUDIOS

NHL studio programming throughout much of the 2014-15 season will originate from NBC Sports Group’s state-of-the-art International Broadcast Center, located in Stamford, Conn.
NHL Live, NBCSN’s live pre- and post-game show with highlights and analysis of NHL matchups, will air before and after most games. A 60-minute edition of NHL Live will air prior to most games, while a 30-minute post-game show will air immediately following the game.
On most days, the NHL Live team will consist of Liam McHugh (host), Mike Milbury (analyst), and Keith Jones (analyst). Coverage will also include host Kathryn Tappen, new to NBC Sports Group’s NHL coverage this season, as well as analysts Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter.

FLEX SCHEDULING ON NBC

For the eighth consecutive season, the NHL and NBC Sports Group will utilize flex scheduling, which provides the ability to select from up to four games on Sunday afternoons. At least 13 days prior to the scheduled games, the NHL and NBC Sports will announce which game will air.

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA COVERAGE

NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets, will stream all 2014-15 NHL regular season games televised on NBC and NBCSN. All NBCSN 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.

NBC Sports Group 2014-15 NHL regular-season schedule (subject to change):

Date	Away	Home	Network	Time (ET)
Wed., Oct. 8	Philadelphia	Boston	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 8	San Jose	Los Angeles	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 9	Colorado	Minnesota	NBCSN	9 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 14	Buffalo	Carolina	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 15	Boston	Detroit	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 21	Philadelphia	Chicago	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 22	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 28	Minnesota	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 29	Detroit	Washington	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 4	St. Louis	New Jersey	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 5	Detroit	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 11	Buffalo	St. Louis	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 12	Boston	Toronto	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 12	Los Angeles	Anaheim	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 18	San Jose	Buffalo	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 19	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 24	Pittsburgh	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 26	Philadelphia	Detroit	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 28	N.Y. Rangers	Philadelphia	NBC	1 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 2	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 2	Philadelphia	San Jose	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 3	St. Louis	Chicago	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 9	Los Angeles	Buffalo	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 10	Toronto	Detroit	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 15	Tampa Bay	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 17	Boston	Minnesota	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23	St. Louis	Colorado	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 27	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 27	San Jose	Los Angeles	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 29	Detroit	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 1*	Chicago	Washington	NBC	1 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 4	Dallas	Chicago	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 6	San Jose	Minnesota	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 7	Boston	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 7	N.Y. Rangers	Anaheim	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 11	Minnesota	Chicago	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 13	Minnesota	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 14	Philadelphia	Washington	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 18	NY Rangers	Pittsburgh	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 18	Buffalo	Detroit	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 19	Colorado	St. Louis	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 20	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 21	Chicago	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 21	Los Angeles	San Jose	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 27	Tampa Bay	Carolina	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 28	Pittsburgh	Washington	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 28	Chicago	Los Angeles	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 29	Montreal	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 29	Anaheim	San Jose	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 1	St. Louis	Washington	NBCSN	1 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 3	Chicago	Minnesota	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 4	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 5	Detroit	Colorado	NBCSN	9 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 8	Chicago	St. Louis	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 8	Montreal	Boston	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 9	Arizona	Chicago	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 11	Detroit	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 11	Washington	San Jose	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 15	Pittsburgh	Chicago	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 15	Philadelphia	Buffalo	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 17	Buffalo	New Jersey	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 18	Detroit	Chicago	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 18	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 19	Columbus	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 21	Los Angeles	San Jose	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 22	Washington	Philadelphia	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 22	Boston	Chicago	NBC	3:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 22	Dallas	Minnesota	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 24	Philadelphia	Carolina	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 25	Pittsburgh	Washington	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 26	Minnesota	Nashville	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 28	N.Y. Rangers	Philadelphia	NBC	8 p.m.
Sun., March 1	Anaheim	Dallas	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Tues., March 3	Buffalo	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 4	N.Y. Rangers	Detroit	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sun., March 8	Detroit	Boston	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., March 8	N.Y. Rangers	Chicago	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Mon., March 9	Pittsburgh	San Jose	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Tues., March 10	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	9 p.m.
Wed., March 11	N.Y. Rangers	Washington	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sun., March 15	Detroit	Pittsburgh	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., March 15	Boston	Washington	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Mon., March 16	Washington	Buffalo	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., March 17	Buffalo	Boston	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 18	Chicago	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., March 18	Los Angeles	Anaheim	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., March 22	St. Louis	Detroit	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., March 22	Anaheim	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., March 24	Los Angeles	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., March 25	Chicago	Philadelphia	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sun., March 29	San Jose	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Mon., March 30	Los Angeles	Chicago	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., April 1	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., April 1	Colorado	San Jose	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Thurs., April 2	Boston	Detroit	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Sun., April 5	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Sun., April 5	St. Louis	Chicago	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., April 7	Minnesota	Chicago	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., April 8	Boston	Washington	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Wed., April 8	Dallas	Anaheim	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Thurs., April 9	Chicago	St. Louis	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sat., April 11	Minnesota	St. Louis	NBC	3 p.m.
Sat., April 11	San Jose	Los Angeles	NBC	3 p.m.
Sat., April 11	Boston	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	TBD

*Denotes NHL Winter Classic

There you have it.