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NBCSN presents the first Game 7 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET, when the Chicago Blackhawks face the St. Louis Blues in a win-or-go-home showdown in St. Louis. Three-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike 'Doc' Emrick and Emmy Award-winning 'Inside-the-Glass' analyst Pierre McGuire will call tonight's decisive Game 7 from Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

The Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars, and San Jose Sharks can all advance to the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs with Game 5 victories tonight, headlining four matchups on NBCSN and CNBC.

The (2) Tampa Bay Lightning and (2) St. Louis Blues can punch their tickets to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Game 5 victories tonight on NBCSN, highlighting tonight's NHL quadrupleheader across NBCSN, CNBC and NHL Network.

NBC Sports Group will present four NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games tonight, beginning with a doubleheader at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN and USA Network, as the (3) Detroit Red Wings host the (2) Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of their first-round series on NBCSN, and the (2) New York Rangers and (3) Pittsburgh Penguins clash in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden on USA Network with their series tied 1-1.

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoff continue tonight with four games across NBCSN, CNBC, and NHL Network, highlighted by a doubleheader on NBCSN, beginning at 8 p.m. ET, when the (3) Chicago Blackhawks visit the (2) St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of their first-round series.

NBC Sports Group's comprehensive coverage of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight with a Game 1 tripleheader across on NBCSN and USA Network, starting with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

NBC Sports Group's NHL “Push For The Playoffs” showcases all six Eastern Conference teams battling for five remaining Stanley Cup Playoff berths in the final week of the regular season, highlighted by a pivotal Wednesday Night Rivalry showdown between Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers and Pavel Datsyuk and the Detroit Red Wings at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

NBCSN's Sunday Night Hockey matchup showcases a classic Original Six matchup, when Dylan Larkinand the Detroit Red Wings host Nazem Kadri and the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Group presents wall-to-wall hockey this week - 11 combined NHL and COLLEGE HOCKEY games spanning the next seven days, with at least one game every night - highlighted by NBC's primetime presentation of the NHL Stadium Series on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET, when rookie phenom Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings face off against Matt Duchene and the Colorado Avalanche at Coors Field in Denver, Colo., home of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies.

The league-leading Washington Capitals will be showcased three times on NBC and NBCSN this week, including a showdown with the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL Game of the Week this Sunday at Noon ET on NBC, as NBC Sports Group begins second-half coverage of the 2015-16 NHL regular season. Coverage begins tonight with a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, when Evgeny Kuznetsov and the Capitals host Jaromir Jagr and the Florida Panthers at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

NBC Sports presents an NHL Original Six matchup on New Year's Day in one of the most iconic events in all of sports, when P.K. Subban and the Montreal Canadiens battlePatrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins in the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® from Gillette Stadium, home of the NFL's New England Patriots, on Jan. 1, 2016 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBC Sports presents the most-played rivalry in NHL history on New Year's Day, when P.K. Subban and the Montreal Canadiens battle Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins in the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® from Gillette Stadium, home of the NFL's New England Patriots, on Jan. 1, 2016 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.

NBC Sports presents a preview of the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic this week on Wednesday Night Rivalry, when P.K. Subban and the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Canadiens host Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage continues at 10 p.m. ET with NBCSN's Wednesday Nightcap, when Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche.

Bitter Central Division foes clash on Wednesday Night Rivalry this week, when Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks host David Backes and the St. Louis Blues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Bitter Central Division foes clash on Wednesday Night Rivalry this week, when Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks host David Backes and the St. Louis Blues this Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

The puck drops on the 2015-16 NHL regular season today, Oct. 7, with an opening night doubleheader on NBCSN.

The puck drops on the 2015-16 NHL regular season this Wednesday, Oct. 7, with an opening night doubleheader on NBCSN.

Recently seen in Manatee Performing Art Center's hit production of SPAMALOT Brian Craft is gearing up to head back to New York City for the 5th Annual Broadway Sings for Pride Concert: ROAR! We had a chance to catch up with Brian and hear about the upcoming performance, and a little bit more about Broadway Sings for Pride.

Broad Street meets Broadway this Saturday night in primetime on NBC, when Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers host Rick Nash and the New York Rangers on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET. Saturday night's game marks the first regularly-scheduled non-Stadium Series NHL game on NBC in primetime. This week's hockey coverage on NBCSN features six games, highlighted by a Wednesday Night Rivalry matchup between Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, and Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

NBC Sports Group will celebrate hockey in the United States withHockey Day In America coverage this Sunday from the site of one of the most influential hockey games in U.S. history, when NBC and NBCSN present a hockey tripleheader with studio coverage on-site from Lake Placid, N.Y., on the 35th anniversary of the 1980 “Miracle On Ice.”