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NBC and NBCSN will combine to present seven hockey games in seven days this week, highlighted by the NHL Game of the Week on NBC on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET, featuring Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins and Patrick Kane's Chicago Blackhawks, as well as aWednesday Night Rivalry showdown at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN between the Penguins and Pavel Datsyuk'sDetroit Red Wings.

NBC Sports Group presents five NHL matchups this week on NBC and NBCSN, highlighted by an Original Six Wednesday Night Rivalry showdown between Milan Lucicand the Boston Bruins and Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN. In addition, NBC presents the NHL Game of the Week on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET, when T.J. Oshie and the St. Louis Blues host Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks.

NBC's coverage of the 2014-15 NHL regular season begins this Friday at 1 p.m. ET, when Martin St. Louis, Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers travel to Philadelphia to face Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek and the Flyers in the 2014 NHL Thanksgiving Showdown. Coverage begins with NHL Live – NBC Sports Group's NHL pre-game show – on-site from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., hosted by Kathryn Tappen, alongside analysts Mike Milbury and Keith Jones.

This week's Wednesday Night Rivalry matchup on NBCSN features a bitter rematch seven-game series from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers visit Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden. NHL coverage on NBCSN kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET, when Logan Couture and the San Jose Sharks visit Drew Stafford and the Buffalo Sabres.