The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin this afternoon with a nice showdown in the Eastern Conference between Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes at 3 on ESPN. <\/p>\n
There are three opening games here on Opening Day of the postseason with the highly-anticipated Dallas\/Minnesota series getting going with Philadelphia at Pittsburgh as the nightcap. <\/p>\n
Four more series get going on Sunday with the final one \u2014 and perhaps, the most lopsided matchup \u2014 starting Monday night when the seemingly just-happy-to-be-here Ducks travel to Edmonton for their opener. <\/p>\n
All games will be widely available either through traditional cable\/satellite television or through streaming options. <\/p>\n
ESPN\/ABC and TNT\/TBS\/Tru have the first round games with ESPN getting the opening day. <\/p>\n
Odds are one of the three games is going to overtime, so pay attention; one game may be starting on a different channel while the previous one wraps up on ESPN. <\/p>\n
Games that are being broadcast on ESPN can be accessed on the ESPN+ app if you subscribe; for TNT games, those will be streamed on HBO Max. <\/p>\n
Here is the complete first-round schedule \u2014 and how to watch them. <\/p>\n
Enjoy the march to Lord Stanley\u2019s Cup!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
EASTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins (WC1) vs. Buffalo Sabres (A1) \u2014 Game 1: at Buffalo, 7:30 Sunday (ESPN); Game 2:\u00a0at Buffalo, 7:30 Tuesday (ESPN); Game 3:\u00a0at Boston, 7 Thursday (TNT, truTV); Game 4:\u00a0 at Boston, 2 April 26 (TNT, truTV); *Game 5:\u00a0at Buffalo, April 28 TBD; *Game 6:\u00a0at Boston, May 1 TBD; *Game 7:\u00a0at Buffalo, May 3 TBD<\/p>\n
Montreal\u00a0Canadiens (A3) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A2) \u2014 Game 1:\u00a0at Tampa Bay, 5:45 Sunday (TNT, truTV); Game 2:\u00a0at Tampa Bay, 7 Tuesday (ESPN2); Game 3:\u00a0at Montreal, 7 Friday (TNT, truTV); Game 4:\u00a0at Montreal, 7 April 26 (ESPN); *Game 5:\u00a0at Tampa Bay, April 29 TBD; *Game 6:\u00a0at Montreal, May 1 TBD; *Game 7:\u00a0Montreal at Tampa Bay, May 3 TBD<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators (WC2) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (M1) \u2014 Game 1:\u00a0at Carolina, 3 Saturday (ESPN); Game 2:\u00a0at Carolina, 7:30 Monday (ESPN2); Game 3:\u00a0at Ottawa, 7:30 Thursday (TBS); Game 4:\u00a0at Ottawa, 3 April 25 (TBS, truTV); *Game 5:\u00a0at Carolina, April 27 TBD; *Game 6: at Ottawa, April 30 TBD; *Game 7:\u00a0at Carolina, May 2 TBD<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Flyers (M3) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (M2) \u2014 Game 1: at Pittsburgh, 8 Saturday (ESPN); Game 2:\u00a0at Pittsburgh, 7 Monday (ESPN); Game 3:\u00a0 at Philadelphia, 7 Wednesday (TNT, truTV); Game 4: at Philadelphia, 8 April 25 (TBS, truTV); *Game 5:\u00a0 at Pittsburgh, April 27 TBD; *Game 6: at Philadelphia, April 29 TBD; *Game 7: at Pittsburgh, May 2 TBD<\/p>\n
WESTERN CONFERENCE<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Kings (WC2) vs. Colorado Avalanche (C1) \u2014 Game 1: at Colorado, 3 Sunday (TNT, truTV); Game 2:\u00a0at Colorado, 10 Tuesday (ESPN); Game 3: at Los Angeles, 10 Thursday (TNT, truTV); Game 4: at Los Angeles, 4:30 April 26 (TNT, truTV); *Game 5: at Colorado, April 29 TBD; *Game 6:\u00a0 at Los Angeles, May 1 TBD; *Game 7: at Colorado, May 3 TBD<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild (C3) vs. Dallas Stars (C2) \u2014 Game 1: at Dallas, 5:30 Saturday (ESPN); Game 2: at Dallas, 9:30 Monday (ESPN); Game 3: at Minnesota, 9:30 Wednesday (TNT, truTV); Game 4:\u00a0at Minnesota, 5:30 April 25 (TBS, truTV); *Game 5: at Dallas, April 28 TBD; *Game 6: at Minnesota, April 30 TBD; *Game 7: at Dallas, May 2 TBD<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth (WC1) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (P1) \u2014 Game 1: at Vegas, 10 Sunday (ESPN); Game 2: at Vegas, 9:30 Tuesday (ESPN2); Game 3: at Utah, 9:30 Friday (TBS); Game 4:\u00a0 at Utah, April 27 TBD (ESPN); *Game 5: at Vegas, April 29 TBD; *Game 6: at Utah, May 1 TBD; *Game 7: at Vegas, May 3 TBD<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks (P3) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) \u2014 Game 1: at Edmonton, 10 Monday (ESPN2); Game 2:\u00a0at Edmonton, 10 Wednesday (TBS); Game 3:\u00a0 at Anaheim, 10 Friday (TNT, truTV); Game 4:\u00a0at Anaheim, 9:30 April 26 (ESPN); *Game 5:\u00a0at Edmonton, April 28 TBD; *Game 6: at Anaheim, April 30 TBD; *Game 7:\u00a0Anaheim at Edmonton, May 2 TBD<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin this afternoon with a nice showdown in the Eastern Conference between Ottawa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[62,57,5141,5,4,63,14,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-555493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-panthers","10":"tag-floridapanthers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-panthers","14":"tag-stanley-cup","15":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116427506173571483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}