Coming off the most-watched NHL full regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2006, NBC Sports Group begins its coverage of the 2014-15 NHL regular season with an opening night doubleheader today, October 8 on NBCSN, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET when Milan Lucic and the Boston Bruins host Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday Night Rivalry.
Coverage continues at 10 p.m. ET, when Jonathan Quick and the defending champion Los Angeles Kings raise their 2014 Stanley Cup banner to the STAPLES Center rafters, before opening the 2014-15 campaign against Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live, NBCSN's live pre-game and post-game show. Opening week coverage continues on Thursday from St. Paul, Minn., when the Minnesota Wild host the Colorado Avalanche at 9 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike 'Doc' Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire will call Flyers-Bruins from TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Dave Strader (play-by-play) and Brian Engblom (analyst) will call Sharks-Kings from Los Angeles. John Forslund (play-by-play) and McGuire (analyst) will call Avalanche-Wild on Thursday. Liam McHugh hosts NHL LIVE from Studio 2 at NBC Sports Group's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., and will be joined by analysts and former NHL players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.Following is next week's NHL telecast schedule on NBCSN:
Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
Tues., October 7 | NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 7 p.m. |
NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 7:30 p.m. | |
NHL Season Preview | NBCSN | 8 p.m. | |
NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 9 p.m. | |
NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 9:30 p.m. | |
NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 10 p.m. | |
NHL Top 10 | NBCSN | 10:30 p.m. | |
NHL Season Preview (Encore) | NBCSN | 11 p.m. | |
Wed., October 8 | NHL Live | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. |
Philadelphia at Boston | NBCSN | 7:30 p.m. | |
San Jose at Los Angeles | NBCSN | 10 p.m. | |
Thurs., October 9 | Colorado at Minnesota | NBCSN | 9 p.m. |
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