Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. with 'NHL Live'
Second round begins Thursday with NBCSN Game 1 doubleheader - Penguins-Capitals at 7 p.m., followed by Sharks-Golden Knights at 10 p.m.
NBC Sports presents a Game 7 clash between "Original Six" rivals tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins host Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on NBCSN with "NHL Live."
NBC Sports.com and the NBC Sports app - NBC Sports Group's live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide live streaming coverage of Maple Leafs-Bruins Game 7.
The matchup marks the fourth Game 7 between the clubs all-time and the first since 2013, when the Bruins dramatically defeated the Maple Leafs, 5-4, in overtime to advance. Five-time Emmy Award-winner Mike "Doc" Emrick (play-by-play), former NHL player, coach and general manager Mike Milbury (analyst), and Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire ("Inside-the-Glass" analyst) will call Game 7 from TD Garden in Boston.
Coverage of the second round begins Thursday at 7 p.m. on NBCSN, as Sidney Crosby and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins visit Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in the third consecutive playoff installment between the rival franchises. Thursday's coverage shifts west at 10 p.m., as Marc-Andre Fleury and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights host Joe Pavelski and the San Jose Sharks in the first game of their Second Round series.
Second Round coverage continues Friday on NBCSN at 8 p.m. with Game 1 between P.K. Subban and the defending Western Conference champion Nashville Predators and Patrik Laine and the Winnipeg Jets.
