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NBC Sports announces full 2020-21 NHL regular-season schedule

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Wed, Jan 6th 2021 11:25 am

All 31 NHL teams featured throughout roughly 100 games across NBC & NBCSN; 21 teams – including Buffalo Sabres – make at least four appearances

First Martin Luther King Day quadrupleheader on NBCSN

With one week until the start of the 2020-21 NHL season, NBC Sports announced its full regular-season schedule, which will feature all 31 NHL teams across roughly 100 games on NBC and NBCSN, beginning Jan. 13 with a “Wednesday Night Hockey” tripleheader on NBCSN headlined by the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning against the Chicago Blackhawks.

NBC Sports will present a record 16 regular-season games on the NBC broadcast network, beginning Sunday, Jan. 17, when the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Washington Capitals.

Last month, the NHL announced a 56-game regular-season schedule per team for the 2020-21 season, as well as a divisional realignment which limits team matchups to intra-division play and minimizes team travel as much as possible.

√ No team will have more than seven exclusive appearances on NBC and NBCSN, and 21 teams will have at least four national appearances this year.

√ Some teams will appear nationally more than seven times, but those games will be blacked out in the local market and shown on their local RSN.

Additional schedule highlights:

√ ‘Wednesday Night Hockey Presented by New Amsterdam Vodka’ on NBCSN – More than 75% of NHL teams will appear on Wednesday nights on NBCSN, and most will feature doubleheaders (and in some cases tripleheaders) surrounding its “Wednesday Night Hockey” coverage, including both early and late start times. Click here for more details.

√ Martin Luther King Day quadrupleheader – Four games on Martin Luther King Day on NBCSN beginning with the Blue Jackets vs. Red Wings at noon ET and wrapping with the Coyotes and Golden Knights in the nightcap. This day also coincides with the 63^rd anniversary of Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree becoming the first black player to skate in an NHL game.

√ Tuesday ‘Hockey Happy Hours’ – Three Tuesday “Hockey Hour” doubleheaders (Feb. 2, 9 and March 9) that will begin at 6 p.m. on NBCSN.

√ NHL on NBC – NBC Sports will showcase the NHL 16 times on NBC – once per week on average during the 2020-21 season – marking the most-ever NHL regular-season games on NBC. In addition, the final matchup on Saturday, May 8, is TBD and will feature the most compelling game with playoff implications. Click here for more details.

√ ‘Sunday Night Hockey’ on NBCSN – There will be 10 “Sunday Night Hockey” matchups on NBCSN, featuring teams from all four divisions, all four conference final teams from the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and a majority of matchups featuring a traditional Western Conference team. Click here for more details.

NBC Sports 2020-21 NHL Regular-Season Schedule

Date	Away	Home	Network	Time (ET)
Wed., Jan. 13	Pittsburgh	Philadelphia	NBCSN	5:30 p.m.
	Chicago	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	St. Louis	Colorado	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 17	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBC	Noon
Mon., Jan. 18	Columbus	Detroit	NBCSN	Noon
	Boston	N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	5 p.m.
	Buffalo	Philadelphia	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
	Arizona	Vegas	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 19	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 20	Edmonton	Toronto	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	Minnesota	Anaheim	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 21	Tampa Bay	Columbus	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	Montreal	Vancouver	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 24	Detroit	Chicago	NBC	12:30 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 26	N.Y. Islanders	Washington	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 27	Chicago	Nashville	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 1	Pittsburgh	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 2	Buffalo	N.Y. Islanders	NBCSN	6 p.m.
	Minnesota	Colorado	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 3	Detroit	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	5:30 p.m.
	Boston	Philadelphia	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Vegas	San Jose	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 7	Philadelphia	Washington	NBC	Noon
Mon., Feb. 8	Buffalo	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 9	Pittsburgh	New Jersey	NBCSN	6 p.m.
	Tampa Bay	Nashville	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 10	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 14	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBC	3 p.m.
	Colorado	Vegas	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 15	N.Y. Islanders	Buffalo	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 16	Washington	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 17	Chicago	Detroit	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
	Winnipeg	Edmonton	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 20	Vegas	Colorado	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 21	Philadelphia	Boston	NBC	3 p.m.
	Florida	Detroit	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 23	Pittsburgh	Washington	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 24	N.Y. Rangers	Philadelphia	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	Los Angeles	St. Louis	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 28	Boston	N.Y. Rangers	NBC	Noon
	Detroit	Chicago	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., March 2	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., March 3	Washington	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	St. Louis	Anaheim	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., March 7	Buffalo	N.Y. Islanders	NBC	Noon
	Tampa Bay	Chicago	NBCSN	2:30 p.m.
	New Jersey	Washington	NBCSN	5 p.m.
	N.Y. Rangers	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., March 9	N.Y. Rangers	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	6 p.m.
	Chicago	Dallas	NBCSN	8:30 p.m.
Wed., March 10	Vegas	Minnesota	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	Los Angeles	Anaheim	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., March 14	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Mon., March 15	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., March 16	Boston	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., March 17	Philadelphia	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
	Edmonton	Calgary	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Sun., March 21	Vegas	Los Angeles	NBCSN	6 p.m.
Mon., March 22	Anaheim	Minnesota	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., March 23	New Jersey	Philadelphia	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., March 24	Anaheim	Minnesota	NBCSN	5:30 p.m.
	Buffalo	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	8 p.m.
	Los Angeles	San Jose	NBCSN	10:30 p.m.
Sun., March 28	N.Y. Rangers	Washington	NBC	Noon
	Columbus	Detroit	NBCSN	3 p.m.
	New Jersey	Boston	NBCSN	5:30 p.m.
	Nashville	Chicago	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Mon., March 29	N.Y. Islanders	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., March 30	Carolina	Chicago	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 31	Arizona	St. Louis	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
	Los Angeles	Vegas	NBCSN	10 p.m.
Sun., April 4	Detroit	Tampa Bay	NBC	Noon
	Dallas	Carolina	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Tues., April 6	Pittsburgh	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., April 7	Edmonton	Ottawa	NBCSN	5 p.m.
	Montreal	Toronto	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., April 13	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., April 14	Vegas	Los Angeles	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sat., April 17	Pittsburgh	Buffalo	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun., April 18	Washington	Boston	NBC	Noon
	N.Y. Islanders	Philadelphia	NBCSN	6:30 p.m.
	Los Angeles	Colorado	NBCSN	9 p.m.
Mon., April 19	Detroit	Dallas	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., April 20	Washington	Boston	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	St. Louis	Colorado	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Wed., April 21	Nashville	Chicago	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	San Jose	Vegas	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sat., April 24	Colorado	St. Louis	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun., April 25	Boston	Pittsburgh	NBC	3 p.m.
	Columbus	Tampa Bay	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Mon., April 26	Carolina	Dallas	NBCSN	7:30 p.m.
Tues., April 27	Washington	Philadelphia	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Wed., April 28	St. Louis	Minnesota	NBCSN	7 p.m.
	Colorado	Vegas	NBCSN	9:30 p.m.
Sun., May 2	Tampa Bay	Detroit	NBC	3 p.m.
Mon., May 3	TBD	TBD	NBCSN	TBD
Tues., May 4	TBD	TBD	NBCSN	TBD
Wed., May 5	Washington	N.Y. Rangers	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Thur., May 6	TBD	TBD	NBCSN	TBD
Sat., May 8	TBD	TBD	NBC	3 p.m.
	TBD	TBD	NBCSN	TBD