Los Angeles at Chicago at 5 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network
Boston at Pittsburgh at 8 p.m. ET on NBC
NHL Live Begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network
NBC Sports Live Extra to Live Stream All Games Airing on NBC, Plus All Games Airing on NBC Sports Network via “TV Everywhere”
NEW YORK – May 31, 2013 – NBC Sports Group’s presentation of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs continues with the Eastern and Western Conference Finals featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins (No. 1 seed and 2009 Stanley Cup Champions) vs. the Boston Bruins (No. 4 seed and 2011 Stanley Cup Champions) and Chicago Blackhawks (No. 1 seed and 2010 Stanley Cup Champions) vs. the Los Angeles Kings (No. 5 seed and 2012 Stanley Cup Champions).
NBC Sports Regional Networks will continue to surround the Blackhawks (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) and Bruins (Comcast SportsNet New England), and NBCSports.com will provide comprehensive online coverage of the playoffs. For more information on NBC Sports Group’s Conference Finals coverage, please click here.
Following is this weekend’s Conference Final schedule (all times ET):
| Sat., June 1 | |||
| 4:30 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones |
| 5 p.m. | Los Angeles (5) @ Chicago (1) | NBCSN | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom, Darren Pang |
| 8 p.m. | Boston (4) @ Pittsburgh (1) | NBC | Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire |
| Sun., June 2 | |||
| 7 p.m. | NHL Live | NBCSN | Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury, Keith Jones |
| 8 p.m. | Los Angeles (5) @ Chicago (1) | NBCSN | Dave Strader, Brian Engblom, Darren Pang |
Tomorrow night at 5 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, the Chicago Blackhawks host the Los Angeles Kings. Dave Strader will manage play-by-play and with analyst Brian Engblom and ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Darren Pang at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
NBC presents coverage of the Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the Boston Bruins in primetime at 8 p.m. ET. Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will handle play-by-play, and will be joined by analyst Eddie Olczyk and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire from Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Conference Finals coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with NHL Live hosted by Liam McHugh, Mike Milbury and Keith Jones from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
Sunday’s coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with NHL Live followed by Game 2 of Los Angeles vs. Chicago.
CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL VIEWERSHIP
The 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals on NBC averaged 2.347 million viewers, up 27 percent vs. last year (1.846 million). Coverage of the Conference Semifinals on NBC Sports Network averaged 1.435 million viewers, up 12 percent vs. last year (1.286 million), while CNBC averaged 1.365 million viewers, up 207 percent vs. last year (444,000).
The 2013 Conference Semifinals on NBC Sports Network and CNBC averaged 1.4 million viewers, up 20 percent in average viewership compared to last year (1,431,000 vs. 1,188,000), and were the most-watched on cable ever (data available since 1994).
In addition, the 24 NHL Semifinal Games on NBC, NBC Sports Network and CNBC combined to average 1.5 million viewers, and were the most-watched Conference Semifinals ever across broadcast and cable (data available since 1994).
Wednesday’s Western Conference Semifinal Game 7 between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings posted a 2.07 rating and averaged 3.354 million viewers, making it the highest-rated NHL game ever on NBC Sports Network, and the most-watched Semifinal game ever on cable (data available since 1994).
For more information on NBC Sports Group’s Conference Semifinal viewership, please click here.
GAMES TELEVISED SO FAR
For the second consecutive year, and only the second time in the 96-year history of the NHL, every Stanley Cup Playoff game will be televised nationally.
| NBC | 6 |
| NBCSN | 46 |
| CNBC | 17* |
| NHLN | 2 |
OT Games: 22
*Joined-in-progress
NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA
NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets — will stream all Stanley Cup Playoff games that air on NBC and NBC Sports Network, including the Stanley Cup Final for the first time. The vast majority of games will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.
Games airing on:
- NBC will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra;
- NBC Sports Network will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via “TV Everywhere,” which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
DIGITAL COVERAGE
In addition to its live stream coverage, NBCSports.com’s ProHockeyTalk, will anchor NBC Sports’ online and mobile coverage of the NHL playoffs.
Fans that come to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Schedule page on NBCSports.com/NHLonNBC will not only be able to see the weekly schedule updates, but also dive into a deep playoffs photo experience. Fans can engage with Twitter (@NHLonNBCSports) and Facebook (facebook.com/NHLonNBCSports) to receive the most up to date tune-in information, scores, reports and stories from around the NHL and ProHockeyTalk. NHL Fans can join the conversation by using the #StanleyCup hash tag across every game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs
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