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NBC Sports Group will be airing a record number of NHL games during the 2016-17 season (with key dates)

2016 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game Six

SAN JOSE, CA - JUNE 12: The Pittsburgh Penguins pose for their photo with the Stanley Cup after their teams 3-1 victory to win the Stanley Cup against the San Jose Sharks in Game Six of the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Final at SAP Center on June 12, 2016 in San Jose, California. The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the San Jose Sharks 3-1. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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The NBC Sports Group announced that they’ll be airing a record 106 games during the 2016-17 NHL season. 14 of those games will be on NBC while the other 92 games will be on NBCSN. Every game will be available via the NBC Sports Live Extra app and on NBCSports.com.

Here are some of the key dates you may want to circle on your calendar:


  • An opening night doubleheader on NBCSN on Wednesday, Oct. 12, featuring a pair of 2016 Stanley Cup Playoff rematches. The Chicago Blackhawks will host the rival St. Louis Blues at 8 p.m. ET, followed by a matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and defending Western Conference champion San Jose Sharks at 10:30 p.m. ET.

  • The Pittsburgh Penguins will raise their 2016 Stanley Cup Champion banner to the rafters on NBCSN on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. ET, when they open their season at home against the Washington Capitals in a rematch of their 2016 Second Round playoff series.

  • NBC will present the 2017 NHL Winter Classic between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues from Busch Stadium in St. Louis, home of Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals, on Jan. 2, 2017, at 1 p.m. ET.

  • NBC will air exclusive coverage of the 2017 NHL Centennial Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs from BMO Field in Toronto on Jan. 1, 2017, at 3 p.m. ET, and the 2017 NHL Stadium Series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins from Heinz Field, home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, on Feb. 25, 2017, in primetime.

  • NBCSN will present coverage of the NHL All-Star Game from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif., home of the Los Angeles Kings. NHL All-Star will take place Saturday, Jan. 28 and Sunday, Jan. 29, and will include the NHL All-Star Skills Competition™ and the NHL All-Star Game.

  • NBC and NBCSN will combine to showcase a quadrupleheader on Hockey Day In America on Sunday, February 19. The action starts on NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET, when the Capitals host the Rangers, followed by the Red Wings and Penguins at 3 p.m. ET.Hockey Day In America shifts to NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET, when the Buffalo Sabres host the Blackhawks, and concludes with the final matchup of the day at 8:30 p.m. ET, when the Sharks host the Boston Bruins.

  • The 2016-17 regular season on NBCSN will feature 24 Wednesday Night Rivalry telecasts, plus six Wednesday Nightcaps that will showcase Western Conference teams, including the Ducks, Kings, and Sharks. WNR will feature the biggest rivalries in the NHL, including Penguins-Capitals, Blues-Blackhawks, and Rangers-Islanders.

  • NBCSN will air 11 Sunday Night Hockey matchups on NBCSN, beginning on January 8. Matchups include Wild-Blackhawks, Flyers-Rangers, and Canadiens-Bruins, the most-played rivalry in NHL history.

  • The Blackhawks lead all clubs with 21 total appearances on NBC and NBCSN, followed by the Flyers with 20, and the Rangers and Bruins with 16 appearances apiece, respectively. *Note: some games are subject to local blackouts*

  • Capitals-Penguins, Kings-Sharks, and Flyers-Rangers are the most featured regular-season matchups, each appearing four times across NBC and NBCSN.

  • At least 54 of NBC and NBCSN’s 106 telecasts will feature at least one Western Conference team, and every U.S. team will appear on NBC or NBCSN in the regular season.

Here’s the full NBC Sports hockey schedule for 2016-17:

Date

Away

Home

Network

Time (ET)

Wed., Oct. 12

St. Louis

Chicago

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 12

Los Angeles

San Jose

NBCSN

10:30 p.m.

Thur., Oct. 13

Washington

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 14

Chicago

Nashville

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Oct. 18

Philadelphia

Chicago

NBCSN

8:30 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 19

Detroit

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Oct. 25

Buffalo

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Oct. 25

Anaheim

San Jose

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 26

Boston

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 1

Tampa Bay

N.Y. Islanders

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 1

San Jose

Arizona

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 2

Detroit

Philadelphia

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 9

Chicago

St. Louis

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 15

Tampa Bay

Detroit

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 16

Pittsburgh

Washington

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 22

St. Louis

Boston

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 23

Philadelphia

Tampa Bay

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 23

Chicago

San Jose

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 25

N.Y. Rangers

Philadelphia

NBC

1 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 29

Boston

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 30

Pittsburgh

N.Y. Islanders

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Nov. 30

San Jose

Los Angeles

NBCSN

10:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 7

Boston

Washington

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Dec. 13

Chicago

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 14

Boston

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 14

Philadelphia

Colorado

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 16

Los Angeles

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 21

Washington

Philadelphia

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 28

Philadelphia

St. Louis

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Dec. 29

New Jersey

Washington

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 1

Detroit

Toronto

NBC

3 p.m.

Mon., Jan 2

Chicago

St. Louis

NBC

1 p.m.

Tue., Jan. 3

Buffalo

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Tue., Jan. 3

Los Angeles

San Jose

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 4

N.Y. Rangers

Philadelphia

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Jan. 5

Buffalo

Chicago

NBCSN

8:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 8

Minnesota

Anaheim

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Jan. 10

Boston

St. Louis

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 11

Pittsburgh

Washington

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Jan. 12

Montreal

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 15

Minnesota

Chicago

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 16

Washington

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Tue., Jan. 17

Chicago

Colorado

NBCSN

9 p.m.

Wed., Jan 18

Boston

Detroit

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 18

San Jose

Los Angeles

NBCSN

10:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 22

Boston

Pittsburgh

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 23

San Jose

Colorado

NBCSN

9 p.m.

Tue., Jan. 24

St. Louis

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 25

Philadelphia

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Jan. 26

St. Louis

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 1

Boston

Washington

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 1

Colorado

Los Angeles

NBCSN

10:30 p.m.

Thur., Feb. 2

N.Y. Rangers

Buffalo

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 5

Los Angeles

Washington

NBC

12 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 6

St. Louis

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 7

Los Angeles

Tampa Bay

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 8

Chicago

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Feb. 9

N.Y. Islanders

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 10

Tampa Bay

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 12

Detroit

Minnesota

NBC

3 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 12

Montreal

Boston

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 13

N.Y. Rangers

Columbus

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 15

St. Louis

Detroit

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 15

Florida

San Jose

NBCSN

10:30 p.m.

Thur., Feb. 16

Colorado

Buffalo

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 19

Washington

N.Y. Rangers

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 19

Detroit

Pittsburgh

NBC

3 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 19

Chicago

Buffalo

NBCSN

6 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 19

Boston

San Jose

NBCSN

8:30 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 21

Chicago

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 22

Washington

Philadelphia

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Feb. 23

N.Y. Islanders

Montreal

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 25

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

NBC

8 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 26

Boston

Dallas

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 26

St. Louis

Chicago

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 27

Los Angeles

Minnesota

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 28

Colorado

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 1

Pittsburgh

Chicago

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Mar. 2

N.Y. Rangers

Boston

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 5

St. Louis

Colorado

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 6

Dallas

Washington

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Mar. 7

Philadelphia

Buffalo

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 8

Detroit

Boston

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 12

N.Y. Rangers

Detroit

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 12

Minnesota

Chicago

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 13

Carolina

N.Y. Islanders

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Mar. 14

Chicago

Montreal

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 15

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 15

Detroit

Colorado

NBCSN

10 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 20

Buffalo

Detroit

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Mar. 21

San Jose

Minnesota

NBCSN

8:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 22

N.Y. Islanders

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 26

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 26

Minnesota

Detroit

NBCSN

7 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 27

Chicago

Tampa Bay

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 29

Chicago

Pittsburgh

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Mar. 30

Dallas

Boston

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sun., Apr. 2

Boston

Chicago

NBC

12:30 p.m.

Sun., Apr. 2

Philadelphia

N.Y. Rangers

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Tue., Apr. 4

Chicago

Colorado

NBCSN

9 p.m.

Wed., Apr. 5

N.Y. Rangers

Washington

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Thur., Apr. 6

Nashville

Dallas

NBCSN

8 p.m.

Fri., Apr. 7

Tampa Bay

Montreal

NBCSN

7:30 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 8

Washington

Boston

NBC

3 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 8

TBD

TBD

NBCSN

TBD

Sun., Apr. 9

TBD

TBD

NBCSN

TBD