NBC Sports Coverage Of The Qualifying Round

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 21, 2020 – NBC Sports will present up to 120 hours of coverage from the NHL’s 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers on NBC, NBCSN and USA Network beginning August 1, highlighted by at least 10 hours of wall-to-wall NHL action each day from August 1-5, comprised of Qualifying Round and Round Robin matchups.

Beginning Saturday, August 1, through Wednesday, August 5, NBC Sports will present coverage from at least four games each day across NBC, NBCSN and USA Network, including some games that will be joined in progress.

Coverage on Saturday, August 1, will feature a doubleheader on NBC beginning at 3 p.m. ET, when Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers face Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks. Primetime coverage at 8 p.m. ET on NBC will feature Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins against Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens.

The 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers begin August 1 at Noon ET on NBCSN, when Artemi Panarin and the New York Rangers face Sebastian Aho and the Carolina Hurricanes. In total, more than 25 NHL games will be shown on NBCSN in a seven-day span.

Qualifying Round series are best-of-five and will be contested between the teams seeded 5^th through 12^th in each conference. The winners of those series will join the top four teams from each conference, who will play round robin games to determine seeding, in the traditional 16-team Stanley Cup Playoffs format.

Games airing on NBC are exclusive. All games on NBCSN and USA Network will be blacked out in the local markets as they will be available on viewers’ local RSNs. Blackout rules apply to streaming coverage on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Some games will be joined in progress.

Following is NBC Sports’ telecast schedule for the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers through August 5:

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Sat., August 1	Game 1 – Carolina vs. N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	Noon
	Game 1 – Chicago vs. Edmonton	NBC	3 p.m.
	Game 1 – Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	4 p.m.
	Game 1 – Montreal vs. Pittsburgh	NBC	8 p.m.
	Game 1 – Winnipeg vs. Calgary	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., August 2	Game 1 – Arizona vs. Nashville	USA Network	2 p.m.
	Round Robin – Boston vs. Philadelphia	NBC	3 p.m.
	Round Robin – St. Louis vs. Colorado	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	Game 1 – Columbus vs. Toronto	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Game 1 – Minnesota vs. Vancouver	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Mon., August 3	Game 2 – Carolina vs. N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	Noon
	Game 2 – Winnipeg vs. Calgary	NBCSN	2:30 p.m.
	Round Robin – Washington vs. Tampa Bay	NBCSN	4 p.m.
	Round Robin – Dallas vs. Vegas	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	Game 2 – Montreal vs. Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Game 2 – Chicago vs. Edmonton	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Tues., August 4	Game 2 – Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	Noon
	Game 2 – Arizona vs. Nashville	NBCSN	2:30 p.m.
	Game 2 – Columbus vs. Toronto	NBCSN	4 p.m.
	Game 3 – Winnipeg vs. Calgary	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	Game 3 – Carolina vs. N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Game 2 – Minnesota vs. Vancouver	USA Network	10:30 p.m.
Wed., August 5	Game 3 – Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	Noon
	Game 3 – Arizona vs. Nashville	NBCSN	2:30 p.m.
	Round Robin – Tampa Bay vs. Boston	NBCSN	4 p.m.
	Round Robin – Colorado vs. Dallas	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	Game 3 – Montreal vs. Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Game 3 – Chicago vs. Edmonton	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.

In addition, NBC Sports will present coverage of the following exhibition games on NBCSN on July 28 and 29:

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Tues., July 28	Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia	NBCSN	4 p.m.
Wed., July 29	Carolina vs. Washington	NBCSN	4 p.m.
	Chicago vs. St. Louis	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	8 p.m.

NBC Sports Coverage Of The Qualifying Round

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