Your 2020-21 NHL on NBC TV schedule

By Sean LeahyJul 7, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT

NBC Sports will feature roughly 20 game and studio commentators throughout the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. NHL Live will feature hosts Liam McHugh and Kathryn Tappen and analysts Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Anson Carter, Patrick Sharp, Dominic Moore and Mike Babcock.

NBC Sports’ game commentary teams will include play-by-play announcers Kenny Albert, John Forslund, Brendan Burke, Alex Faust and John Walton, and analysts Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Brian Boucher, Pierre McGuire, AJ Mleczko, Joe Micheletti and Dominic Moore.

Overall, coverage will be presented on NBC, NBCSN and NHL Network, as well as first- and second-round coverage on NBCUniversal’s USA Network and CNBC. NBC Sports’ coverage of Stanley Cup Playoff first-round games on NBCUniversal cable networks (NBCSN, USA Network and CNBC), as well as NHL Network, will air side-by-side with regional sports networks and will be available for streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app in local markets alongside regional sports network game telecasts. All games on NBC are exclusive.

2021 NHL playoff schedule: Stanley Cup Final – (TB wins series 4-1)

Game 1: Lightning 5, Canadiens 1
Game 2: Lightning 3, Canadiens 1
Game 3: Lightning 6, Canadiens 3
Game 4: Canadiens 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Game 5: Lightning 1, Canadiens 0

2021 NHL playoff schedule: Stanley Cup Semifinals

ISLANDERS VS. LIGHTNING (TB wins series 4-3)

Game 1: Islanders 2, Lightning 1
Game 2: Lightning 4, Islanders 2
Game 3: Lightning 2, Islanders 1
Game 4: Islanders 3, Lightning 2
Game 5: Lightning 8, Islanders 0
Game 6: Islanders 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Game 7: Lightning 1, Islanders 0

CANADIENS VS. GOLDEN KNIGHTS (MTL wins series 4-2)

Game 1: Golden Knights 4, Canadiens 1
Game 2: Canadiens 3, Golden Knights 2
Game 3: Canadiens 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)
Game 4: Golden Knights 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Game 5: Canadiens 4, Golden Knights 1
Game 6: Canadiens 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)

2021 NHL playoff schedule: Second Round

AVALANCHE VS. GOLDEN KNIGHTS (VGK wins series 4-2)

Game 1: Avalanche 7, Golden Knights 1
Game 2: Avalanche 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)
Game 3: Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 2
Game 4: Golden Knights 5, Avalanche 1
Game 5: Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 2 (OT)
Game 6: Golden Knights 6, Avalanche 3

BRUINS VS. ISLANDERS (NYI wins series 4-2)

Game 1: Bruins 5, Islanders 2
Game 2: Islanders 4, Bruins 3 (OT)
Game 3: Bruins 2, Islanders 1 (OT)
Game 4: Islanders 4, Bruins 1
Game 5: Islanders 5, Bruins 4
Game 6: Islanders 6, Bruins 2

LIGHTNING VS. HURRICANES (TB wins series 4-1)

Game 1: Lightning 2, Hurricanes 1
Game 2: Lightning 2, Hurricanes 1
Game 3: Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Game 4: Lightning 6, Hurricanes 4
Game 5: Lightning 2, Hurricanes 0

JETS VS. CANADIENS (MTL wins series 4-0)

Game 1: Canadiens 5, Jets 3
Game 2: Canadiens 1, Jets 0
Game 3: Canadiens 5, Jets 1
Game 4: Canadiens 3, Jets 2 (OT)

2021 NHL playoff schedule: First Round

2020-21 NHL NBC REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Wed., Jan. 13	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	NBCSN	PHI 6-3
	Chicago	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	TB 4-1
	St. Louis	Colorado	NBCSN	STL 5-1
Sun., Jan. 17	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBC	PIT 4-3 (SO)
Mon., Jan. 18	Columbus	Detroit	NBCSN	CBJ 3-2
	Boston	N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	NYI 1-0
	Buffalo	Philadelphia	NBCSN	BUF 6-1
	Arizona	Vegas	NBCSN	VGK 4-2
Tues., Jan. 19	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 5-4
Wed., Jan. 20	Edmonton	Toronto	NBCSN	EDM 3-1
	Minnesota	Anaheim	NBCSN	MIN 3-2
Thur., Jan. 21	Tampa Bay	Columbus	NBCSN	TB 3-2 (OT)
	Montreal	Vancouver	NBCSN	MTL 7-3
Sun., Jan. 24	Detroit	Chicago	NBC	CHI 6-2
Tues., Jan. 26	N.Y. Islanders	Washington	NBCSN	WSH 3-2
Wed., Jan. 27	Chicago	Nashville	NBCSN	NSH 2-1 (SO)
Mon., Feb. 1	Pittsburgh	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	NYR 3-1
Tues., Feb. 2	Buffalo	N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	PPD
	Minnesota	Colorado	NBCSN	COL 2-1
Wed., Feb. 3	Detroit	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	TBL 5-1
	Boston	Philadelphia	NBCSN	BOS 4-3 (OT)

Sun., Feb. 7	Philadelphia	Washington	NBC	PHI 7-4
Mon., Feb. 8	N.Y. Islanders	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	NYI 2-0
Tues., Feb. 9	Philadelphia	Washington	NBCSN	PPD
	Tampa Bay	Nashville	NBCSN	TB 6-1
Wed., Feb. 10	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	BOS 3-2 (OT)
Sun., Feb. 14	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBC	PIT 6-3
	Colorado	Vegas	NBCSN	VGK 1-0
Mon., Feb. 15	N.Y. Islanders	Buffalo	NBCSN	NYI 3-1
Tues., Feb. 16	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	WSH 3-1
Wed., Feb. 17	Chicago	Detroit	NBCSN	CHI 2-0
	Winnipeg	Edmonton	NBCSN	EDM 3-2
Sat., Feb. 20	Vegas	Colorado	NBCSN	COL 3-2
Sun., Feb. 21	Philadelphia	Boston	NBCSN	BOS 7-3
	New Jersey	Washington	NBC	WSH 4-3
Tues., Feb. 23	Pittsburgh	Washington	NBCSN	PIT 3-2 (OT)
Wed., Feb. 24	N.Y. Rangers	Philadelphia	NBCSN	PHI 4-3
	Los Angeles	St. Louis	NBCSN	LA 2-1
Sun., Feb. 28	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	NBC	BOS 4-1
	Detroit	Chicago	NBCSN	CHI 7-2
Tues., March 2	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 5-2
Wed., March 3	Washington	Boston	NBCSN	WSH 2-1 (SO)
	St. Louis	Anaheim	NBCSN	STL 3-2
Sun., March 7	Buffalo	N.Y. Islanders	NBC	NYI 5-2
	Tampa Bay	Chicago	NBCSN	TBL 6-3
	New Jersey	Boston	NBCSN	NJ 1-0
	N.Y. Rangers	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 5-1
Tues., March 9	N.Y. Rangers	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 4-2
	Chicago	Dallas	NBCSN	DAL 6-1
Wed., March 10	Vegas	Minnesota	NBCSN	MIN 4-3
	Los Angeles	Anaheim	NBCSN	LAK 5-1
Sun., March 14	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	COL 4-1
Mon., March 15	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	PHI 5-4 (OT)
Tues., March 16	Boston	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	BOS 2-1
Wed., March 17	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	NYR 9-0
	Edmonton	Calgary	NBCSN	EDM 7-3
Sun., March 21	Vegas	Los Angeles	NBCSN	LAK 3-1
Mon., March 22	Anaheim	Minnesota	NBCSN	MIN 2-1
Tues., March 23	New Jersey	Philadelphia	NBCSN	NJD 4-3
Wed., March 24	Anaheim	Minnesota	NBCSN	MIN 3-2
	Buffalo	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 5-2
	Los Angeles	San Jose	NBCSN	SJ 4-2
Sun., March 28	N.Y. Rangers	Washington	NBC	WSH 5-4
	Columbus	Detroit	NBCSN	DET 4-1
	New Jersey	Boston	NBCSN	NJ 1-0
	Nashville	Chicago	NBCSN	NSH 3-2
Mon., March 29	N.Y. Islanders	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	PIT 2-1
Tues., March 30	Carolina	Chicago	NBCSN	CHI 2-1
Wed., March 31	Philadelphia	Buffalo	NBCSN	BUF 6-1
	Los Angeles	Vegas	NBCSN	LAK 4-2
Thurs., April 1	Carolina	Chicago	NBCSN	CAR 4-3
	Minnesota	Vegas	NBCSN	MIN 3-2 (SO)
Sun., April 4	Detroit	Tampa Bay	NBC	DET 5-1
	Dallas	Carolina	NBCSN	CAR 1-0
Tues., April 6	Pittsburgh	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	NYR 8-4
Wed., April 7	Edmonton	Ottawa	NBCSN	EDM 4-2
	Montreal	Toronto	NBCSN	TOR 3-2
Tues., April 13	Philadelphia	Washington	NBCSN	WSH 6-1
Wed., April 14	Colorado	St. Louis	NBCSN	COL 4-3
	Vegas	Los Angeles	NBCSN	VGK 6-2
Thurs., April 15	Florida	Tampa	NBCSN	TB 3-2 (OT)
Sat., April 17	Pittsburgh	Buffalo	NBC	PIT 3-2
Sun., April 18	Washington	Boston	NBC	BOS 6-3
	N.Y. Islanders	Philadelphia	NBCSN	NYI 1-0 (OT)
	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	PPD
Mon., April 19	Detroit	Dallas	NBCSN	DAL 3-2 (SO)
Tues., April 20	Buffalo	Boston	NBCSN	BOS 2-0
	Colorado	St. Louis	NBCSN	PPD
Wed., April 21	Nashville	Chicago	NBCSN	CHI 5-4 (OT)
	San Jose	Vegas	NBCSN	VGK 5-2
Sat., April 24	Colorado	St. Louis	NBC	STL 5-3
Sun., April 25	Boston	Pittsburgh	NBC	PIT 1-0
	Columbus	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	TB 4-3 (OT)
Mon., April 26	Carolina	Dallas	NBCSN	DAL 4-3 (OT)
Tues., April 27	N.Y. Islanders	Washington	NBCSN	WSH 1-0
Wed., April 28	St. Louis	Minnesota	NBCSN	STL 4-3
	Colorado	Vegas	NBCSN	VGK 5-2
Thurs., April 29	Florida	Chicago	NBCSN	FLA 4-3 (OT)
	Calgary	Edmonton	NBCSN	CGY 3-1
Sun., May 2	Tampa Bay	Detroit	NBC	TB 2-1
Mon., May 3	Vegas	Minnesota	NBCSN	MIN 6-5
Tues., May 4	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	NBCSN	PIT 7-3
Wed., May 5	Washington	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	WSH 4-2
	Colorado	San Jose	NBCSN	SJS 3-2
Thur., May 6	N.Y. Rangers	Boston	NBCSN	BOS 4-0
Sat., May 8	N.Y. Rangers	Boston	NBC	NYR 5-4
Mon., May 10	N.Y. Islanders	Boston	NBCSN	BOS 3-2 (OT)
Wed., May 12	Minnesota	St. Louis	NBCSN	STL 4-0

Ducks hire former Leafs, Islanders assistant Greg Cronin as head coach

Associated PressJun 5, 2023, 2:18 PM EDT

Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have hired veteran NHL assistant and AHL head coach Greg Cronin to be their new head coach.

Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek announced the decision to hire the 60-year-old Cronin, who will be a first-time NHL head coach.

Cronin has 12 years of experience as an NHL assistant with the Toronto Maple Leafs and in two stints with the New York Islanders. The Massachusetts native has been the head coach of the AHL’s Colorado Eagles since 2018, and he spent six years as a collegiate head coach at Northeastern.

Verbeek called Cronin “the ideal fit” to take over a young, rebuilding team.

“I felt we needed a teacher of the finer points of the game, and someone who has worked extensively over time with talented young players, helping them develop into successful NHL players,” Verbeek said. “Greg has done all that and more.”

Cronin replaces Dallas Eakins, whose contract wasn’t renewed in April after the Ducks finished their fourth consecutive losing season of his tenure. Anaheim finished in last place in the overall NHL standings at 23-47-12.

The Ducks never finished higher than sixth in the Pacific Division during Eakins’ four years in charge. They’ve missed the playoffs in a franchise-record five straight seasons, and Anaheim was the NHL’s worst defensive team of the 21st century by several measures during the just-completed season.

Cronin takes over a struggling team that is still loaded with young talent, including the No. 2 overall pick in the upcoming draft and a wealth of farm prospects seemingly ready to break into the NHL. Anaheim has a solid long-term base with playmaking center Trevor Zegras, two-time All-Star Troy Terry and promising forward Mason McTavish.

Cronin has never led an NHL bench, but he interviewed for the Boston Bruins’ vacancy a year ago.

He becomes only the Ducks’ fourth permanent head coach since Henry and Susan Samueli bought the franchise from Disney in 2005, joining Randy Carlyle, Bruce Boudreau and Eakins.

Canadiens sign Cole Caufield to 8-year, $62.8 million extension

Associated PressJun 5, 2023, 2:05 PM EDT

David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed Cole Caufield to an eight-year, $62.8 million contract extension.

The deal, which will pay the 22-year-old winger an average annual salary of $7.85 million, runs through the 2030-31 season.

Caufield scored 26 goals and added 10 assists in 46 games in 2022-23 before he underwent season-ending surgery on his right shoulder in February.

Despite missing nearly half the season, Caufield led the Canadiens in goals for the second consecutive season, tied with Nick Suzuki.

Montreal selected Caufield in the first round (15th overall) of the 2019 draft.

Since making his NHL debut in 2020-21, the forward has 84 points (53 goals, 31 assists) in 123 NHL games.

Vegas Golden Knights come back to beat Florida Panthers in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final

Associated PressJun 4, 2023, 12:40 AM EDT

Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

LAS VEGAS – Back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in five years and trailing the Florida Panthers less than 10 minutes into Game 1, the Vegas Golden Knights sent a very clear message.

“We were ready,” Jonathan Marchessault said.

Ready and dominant. Vegas rallied from an early deficit, got the go-ahead goal from Zach Whitecloud with just over 13 minutes left and arguably the best save of the playoffs from Adin Hill and beat Florida 5-2 Saturday night to take the lead in the best-of-seven series.

“We kept out composure, and it was good,” said Marchessault, one of six original Knights players left from the start of the franchise in 2017 who scored the tying goal in the first period. “We just wanted to play the right way and be disciplined, and tonight we were able to be the better team.”

Whitecloud put Vegas ahead, a crucial penalty kill followed and captain Mark Stone scored an insurance goal that was reviewed for a high stick and confirmed. Reilly Smith sealed it with an empty-netter to make the score look more lopsided than the game.

The combination of that offense and Hill’s 33 saves put Vegas up after a feisty opener between Sun Belt teams who wasted little time getting acquainted with big hits during play and plenty of post-whistle pushing and shoving.

“It’s exactly what we expected,” said Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore, who scored his first goal of the playoffs and ended a 27-game drought dating to March 7. “That’s how they wanted to play. We were just trying not to play into it.”

That stuff is just beginning. Game 2 is Monday in Las Vegas.

Before the Panthers even get a chance to respond, they ratcheted up the physical play late after falling behind by two. A handful of penalties resulting from a fracas with 4:24 remaining left the Florida bench well short.

The outcome was determined long before that.

After falling behind on a short-handed goal by Eric Staal that sucked the life out of the crowd of 18,432, the Golden Knights rallied for their ninth comeback win this playoffs. Marchessault – known since arriving in Las Vegas for scoring big goals – answered before the end of the first period.

Early in the second, Hill made a desperation stick save to rob Nick Cousins of what would have been a sure goal. The save was reminiscent of the one Washington’s Braden Holtby made against Vegas – in the same crease – five years ago.

“That’s an unreal save – it’s a game-changer,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “You need those saves at key moments.”

Giving up a tying goal to Anthony Duclair with 10.2 seconds left in the second did not slow the Golden Knights’ momentum much. Whitecloud’s goal, with two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky screened and unable to see, fired up fans once again.

Bobrovsky, in the final for the first time, downplayed any reason for concern after stopping 29 of 34 shots and losing for just the second time in 12 games this postseason.

“I played a good game,” Bobrovsky said. “I played a solid game. They created some good chances other than goals. They had lots of good scoring chances, and that was fun.”

Part of the fun came when play was stopped.

Less than 10 minutes in, Hill was none too happy about Nick Cousins crashing into his crease and gave the agitating Panthers winger a jab that incited a handful of scrums. During the second period, Matthew Tkachuk let Vegas’ Nic Hague know he wasn’t thrilled about a hit in the corner on Cousins and a collision with Brandon Montour after the whistle.

“If guys are going to come in my crease and try to push me around, I’m going to stand my own ground,” Hill said. “I’m not going to do anything too crazy or get too wild, but, yeah, I’ve got to stand up for myself.”

Florida coach Paul Maurice, back in the final for the first time since 2001, displayed a similarly calm demeanor as he did all the way back in the first round, when his team fell behind 1-0 then 3-1 to NHL-best Boston before winning in seven.

“It’s going to be tight,” Maurice said. “Everybody breathe.”

The Golden Knights are in the final for the second time in six years of existence, five years after making it in their inaugural season. Vegas won the opener in 2018 and lost the series to Washington in five games.

The Panthers are back playing for the Cup for the first time since 1996. Florida got swept by Colorado in that final 27 years ago, 18 months before Tkachuk, the team’s leading scorer this playoffs, was born.

It’s the 66th different matchup of teams in the Cup final in NHL history and the 46th since the expansion era began in 1967-68. This is the first time since Washington-Vegas and just the third time since the turn of the century in which the final features two teams who have never won the league’s championship.

Penguins name former Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas as director of hockey operations

Associated PressJun 1, 2023, 2:21 PM EDT

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PITTSBURGH (AP) Kyle Dubas wanted to take a breath and take a break after being fired as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Then the Pittsburgh Penguins called.

The break ended shortly thereafter.

Dubas joined the Penguins as the team’s president of hockey operations, less than two weeks after a somewhat ugly exit from Toronto following a second-round playoff loss to Florida.

The 37-year-old Dubas goes from one type of hockey crucible to another. In Toronto, he was tasked with helping the Maple Leafs emerge from two decades of postseason futility. In Pittsburgh, his mission will be to prop open the Stanley Cup window for Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang a little longer.

All three are 35 or older and haven’t won a playoff series since 2018. Yet Dubas believes strongly the issue isn’t the age of the franchise’s core but deficiencies elsewhere on the roster. Dubas replaces Brian Burke, who was fired along with general manager Ron Hextall in April after the Penguins failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

“I heard a lot of people that were highly skeptical of the team’s ability to contend here and the way I view it, if the people want to bet against (Crosby, Letang and Malkin) they can go ahead and do so,” Dubas said. “But I’m going to bet on them and go with them here. I think it is a group that’s capable of contending to win a championship.”

Crosby and Malkin were excellent for much of last season and Letang showed remarkable resiliency while dealing with multiple setbacks, including a stroke and the death of his father. Yet save for a 14-2-2 stretch in November and December, the Penguins struggled to find consistency and ultimately stumbled down the stretch to snap the longest active playoff streak in major North American Sports.

While the Penguins do have $20 million in cap space and the 14th overall pick in this month’s NHL draft, significant changes or upgrades could be difficult in the short term.

Dubas inherits a team that was the oldest in the NHL last season and is littered with question marks, particularly in goal and the forward group outside of Crosby, Malkin and Jake Guentzel.

Two-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry will become a free agent this summer and was beset by injuries over the second half of the season. Forward Jason Zucker, who served as the emotional sparkplug for long stretches, is also scheduled to hit the open market and may have priced himself out of town.

Pittsburgh also has several aging players with full or partial no-movement clauses, including 38-year-old forward Jeff Carter, 30-year-old Bryan Rust and 35-year-old defenseman Jeff Petry.

“I think that those are obviously very real situations, everyone knows that they exist,” Dubas said. “To me the effect on it … is what we can add in terms of depth pieces? What we can add in terms of younger players? That’ll be the real key.”

Dubas does plan to hire a general manager to fill the vacancy created when Hextall was let go after a short but largely unfruitful tenure. Dubas will serve as the GM on an interim basis until early July.

Dubas comes to Pittsburgh after nine seasons with the Maple Leafs, including the last five as general manager. Toronto won a postseason series for the first time since 2004 this spring before falling to the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference semifinals in five games.

Shortly after the Maple Leafs’ playoff exit, Dubas said that he wasn’t sure if he wanted to remain in Toronto. His contract was set to expire on June 30, but team president Kyle Shanahan opted to pre-emptively fire Dubas instead. Toronto hired former Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving as Dubas’ replacement.

Dubas helped build the Maple Leafs into a regular-season power during his tenure. Toronto set single-season records for wins and points, and went 221-109-42 in his tenure. Dubas also didn’t shy away from big moves – he fired Stanley Cup-winning coach Mike Babcock in November 2019 and replaced him with Sheldon Keefe – but struggled to find the right mix in the playoffs until this spring.

In the end, advancing beyond the first round for the first time since 2004 wasn’t enough for Dubas to remain in Toronto.

He joked he was maybe a little “too honest” during his season-ending press conference with the Maple Leafs when he expressed reservations about returning. Shanahan’s abrupt decision to move on came as a bit of a surprise, and Dubas planned to take some time to hit the reset button before looking for another job.

Yet the Penguins – who’d already been given clearance by the Maple Leafs to interview Dubas – provided a compelling reason to speed up the timetable. Dubas’ due diligence included speaking to Crosby and longtime coach Mike Sullivan to take the pulse of a leadership group that remains firmly in place.

Dubas called them “some of the best competitors” in hockey. Competitors that have – for one reason or another – been unable to recapture the magic of their runs to back-to-back Cups in 2016 and 2017.

Time is running out for Crosby to put his name on the Cup for a fourth time in a career that will almost certainly end in the Hall of Fame. Dubas knows he’ll be judged in part on whether he can make that happen. After taking more than six weeks of searching before landing on Dubas, Fenway Sports Group Chairman Tom Werner believes Dubas is up to the challenge.

“Our philosophy is giving Kyle and his associates the best possible resources to win,” Werner said. “Kyle’s been very articulate today about his path to success … we’re very confident that Kyle will execute the plan he’s articulated to us.”

2021 NHL playoff schedule: Stanley Cup Final – (TB wins series 4-1)

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MAPLE LEAFS VS. CANADIENS (MTL wins series 4-3)

PENGUINS VS. ISLANDERS (NYI wins series 4-2)

CAPITALS VS. BRUINS (BOS wins series 4-1)

PANTHERS VS. LIGHTNING (TB wins series 4-2)

HURRICANES VS. PREDATORS (CAR wins series 4-2)

AVALANCHE VS. BLUES (COL wins series 4-0)

GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. WILD (VGK wins series 4-3)

OILERS VS. JETS (WPG wins series 4-0)

2020-21 NHL NBC REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN)