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With the regular season officially over, it’s time for playoff hockey.<\/p>\n

The NHL has unveiled its 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule for Round 1. Every game can be seen on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n

Here are the schedules for all the first-round matchups:<\/p>\n

Ottawa Senators vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina leads series 1-0<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Carolina 2, Ottawa 0<\/a>
Game 2:\u00a0Ottawa at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. ET Mon. April 20 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Carolina at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. ET Thurs. April 23 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Carolina at Ottawa, 3 p.m. ET Sat. April 25 – Sportsnet, OMNI and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Ottawa at Carolina, Mon. April 27 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Carolina at Ottawa, Thurs. April 30 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Ottawa at Carolina, Sat. May 2 TBD<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5:45 p.m. ET Sun. April 19 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. ET Tues. April 21 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. ET Fri. April 24 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. ET Sun. April 26 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Montreal at Tampa Bay, Wed. April 29 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Tampa Bay at Montreal, Fri. May 1 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Montreal at Tampa Bay, Sun. May 3 TBD<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. ET Sat. April 18 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. ET Mon. April 20 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET Wed. April 22 – Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. ET Sat. April 25 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Mon. April 27 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Wed. April 29 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Sat. May 2 TBD<\/p>\n

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. ET Sun. April 19 – Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. ET Tues. April 21 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. ET Thurs. April 23 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Buffalo at Boston, 2 p.m. ET Sun. April 26 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Boston at Buffalo, Tues. April 28 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Buffalo at Boston, Fri. May 1 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Boston at Buffalo, Sun. May 3 TBD<\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks vs. Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m. ET Mon. April 20 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m. ET Wed. April 22 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m. ET Fri. April 24 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Edmonton at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. ET Sun. April 26 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Anaheim at Edmonton, Tues. April 28 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Edmonton at Anaheim, Thurs. April 30 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Anaheim at Edmonton, Sat. May 2 TBD<\/p>\n

Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars
Game 1:\u00a0Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. ET Sat. April 18 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Minnesota at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET Mon. April 20 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Dallas at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. ET Wed. April 22 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Dallas at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. ET Sat. April 25 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Minnesota at Dallas, Tues. April 28 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Dallas at Minnesota, Thurs. April 30 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Minnesota at Dallas, Sat. May 2 TBD<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche
Game 1:\u00a0Los Angeles at Colorado, 3 p.m. ET Sun. April 19 – Sportsnet and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Los Angeles at Colorado, 10 p.m. ET Tues. April 21 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Colorado at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Thurs. April 23 – Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Colorado at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m. ET Sun. April 26 – Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
*Game 5:\u00a0Los Angeles at Colorado, Wed. April 29 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Colorado at Los Angeles, Fri. May 1 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Los Angeles at Colorado, Sun. May 3 TBD<\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Game 1:\u00a0Utah at Vegas, 10 p.m. ET Sun. April 19 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 2:\u00a0Utah at Vegas, 9:30 p.m. ET Tues. April 21 – Sportsnet, CBC and Sportsnet+
Game 3:\u00a0Vegas at Utah, 9:30 p.m. ET Fri. April 24 – Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+
Game 4:\u00a0Vegas at Utah, Mon. April 27 TBD
*Game 5:\u00a0Utah at Vegas, Wed. April 29 TBD
*Game 6:\u00a0Vegas at Utah, Fri. May 1 TBD
*Game 7:\u00a0Utah at Vegas, Sun. May 3 TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the regular season officially over, it’s time for playoff hockey. The NHL has unveiled its 2026 Stanley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,5,264,21,5147,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-555564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-montreal","11":"tag-montreal-canadiens","12":"tag-montrealcanadiens","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116427986310836732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555564","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=555564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}