NHL Playoff Schedule Information Thread

[Brodeur]

I thought they were using allegiant why can't t mobile be used

Busy week as others alluded to. T-Mobile has Smackdown on Friday (5pm local), NXT on Saturday morning (should wrap up around 1pm local), and then Raw on Monday night (5pm).

I can't say I know the exact logistics, but it seems feasible that they could transform the rink after NXT and have it ready for a Sunday night game, and then reconstruct for Raw. Definitely seems like a pain and as others pointed out, some of WWE's crew may be preoccupied with WrestleMania at Allegiant.

Easter game yessss

Jesus is overrated anyways.

I have a good memory of going to Kings/Wings game 3 on Easter Sunday 2001. If I recall correctly it was a really late start (8 or 8:30pm) because the Lakers had a game earlier that day. I must have gotten back to San Diego super late and then I drove back up a couple days later when a different buddy wanted to go to Game 4. Either I was on Spring Break or I had more free time in college than I remembered.

After looking it up, the Lakers had a regular season game with a peculiar 2:30pm local start time. Maybe because of Easter?

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[redwings8831]

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Why doesn't the NHL make Toronto or Montreal drop the puck at 8:50 PM local time? Why does the Central always need to be the ones? Hmmm

 

[David Suzuki]

ugly schedule lol

 

[Rob Brown]

Toronto/Ottawa, Florida/Tampa, and Carolina/NJ all playing at the same time (albeit staggered starts) on Tuesday? Nice job NHL.

 

[NYRfan85]

2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st-round schedule

There's some truly wonky scheduling there, including a 6PM local start on a Tuesday, an 11PM ET game for VGK, and the battle of Florida not starting until Tuesday. Poor Dallas really got shafted on those 8:30PM local start times again.

 

[thebestnic]

Why doesn't the NHL make Toronto or Montreal drop the puck at 8:50 PM local time? Why does the Central always need to be the ones? Hmmm

The two central teams play on the same day, but you do you boo and complain about Mtl/Tor like usual

 

[red devil]

 

[MrHeiskanen]

The two central teams play on the same day, but you do you boo and complain about Mtl/Tor like usual

I will keep boo'ing the NHL until they make an East team start their game at 8:50pm .. it's bullshit going to the arena and having the game start at 9pm.. you don't get home until 1am.. later if it's OT. Garbage.

 

[barriers]

I will keep boo'ing the NHL until they make an East team start their game at 8:50pm .. it's bullshit going to the arena and having the game start at 9pm.. you don't get home until 1am.. later if it's OT. Garbage.

Then look at the Florida/Tampa Bay series start time and quit 'yer bitchin'

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Then look at the Florida/Tampa Bay series start time and quit 'yer bitchin'

Damn, that's the first time I've ever seen it.. to be honest didn't even look because it never happens.

 

[barriers]

Damn, that's the first time I've ever seen it.. to be honest didn't even look because it never happens.

Definitely sucks for local fans. Thanks for taking me being a dick in stride!

 

[thebestnic]

Club going up, on a tuesday

 

[NikB]

“Game 5: Avalanche at Stars, Monday, Arpil 27, TBD *”

“Game 6: Maple Leafs at Senators, Friday, May 1, TBD *”

Having multiple day of the week errors, and spelling error on nhl.com’s official press release is actually pathetic. Come on now.

 

[MrLunatik]

Zero interest in staged acting.

that's fine, I don't like broadway plays or the opera or country music... but I'm not going to passively-aggressively mock them like a petulant child

 

[MiscBrah]

Toronto/Ottawa, Florida/Tampa, and Carolina/NJ all playing at the same time (albeit staggered starts) on Tuesday? Nice job NHL.

So stupid. Why are there 3 Eastern games and only one Western game that night?

 

[Summer Rose]

So stupid. Why are there 3 Eastern games and only one Western game that night?

Arena availability can sometimes make things pretty screwy in the first round. Amalie Arena has no non-hockey events until Saturday the 26th though, so I don't know what's going on with that.

 

[MrLunatik]

Arena availability can sometimes make things pretty screwy in the first round. Amalie Arena has no non-hockey events until Saturday the 26th though, so I don't know what's going on with that.

TV. Before Rogers had exclusivity in Canada, the different networks were given a priority order and essentially did a fantasy draft of what series they wanted in he first round. I imagine the same is done with ESPN and TNT

 

[voyageur]

The Jets getting early starts in both their home games is something that I didn't expect to happen. Great for the whiteout parties.

Winnipeg getting all their games on CBC, while Montreal's Monday game is on Rogers is another one I never saw coming.

Some pretty brutal start times in there. I wonder how NHLPA feels about the disadvantages some teams have compared to others. Can't say it's what the people wanted, just the bosses in high offices.

 

[Summer Rose]

The Jets getting early starts in both their home games is something that I didn't expect to happen. Great for the whiteout parties.

Winnipeg getting all their games on CBC, while Montreal's Monday game is on Rogers is another one I never saw coming.

Some pretty brutal start times in there. I wonder how NHLPA feels about the disadvantages some teams have compared to others. Can't say it's what the people wanted, just the bosses in high offices.

I also wonder how the NHLPA feels about it. It sucks for us hardcore fans (which we pretty much are by definition by posting on a hockey message board), and people going to the game. The NHL can get away with taking us for granted though. They're chasing the casual viewer to increase total viewership, and it's apparently working out in that regard.

 

[rojac]

I will keep boo'ing the NHL until they make an East team start their game at 8:50pm .. it's bullshit going to the arena and having the game start at 9pm.. you don't get home until 1am.. later if it's OT. Garbage.

48% of US population lives in Eastern Time Zone, 29% in Central.

 

[voyageur]

48% of US population lives in Eastern Time Zone, 29% in Central.

Still with a change in the playoff format, divisional playoffs, you can guarantee MST or PST starts for double headers. There is no reason why you can't have games overlap, 7EST, 7CST,7:30 MST/7-7:30 PST.

 

[JKG33]

The longer we go without getting a schedule the more likely Vegas is losing a home game and will be forced to play game 1 on the road. Love to see it. That’s what you deserve for loaning out your arena to a phony wrasslin show for 5 days.

Lmfao get a clue

 

[JKG33]

People complaining about the start times really don't get how many factors are at play. Certain games needing to be on certain days cause of arena availability, staggered starts, and the TV networks having a say at what they think is best for ratings.

Not quite as simple as one person making a spreadsheet and saying yup looks good

 

[jkrdevil]

Arena availability can sometimes make things pretty screwy in the first round. Amalie Arena has no non-hockey events until Saturday the 26th though, so I don't know what's going on with that.

It’s to get certain series to line up to have games on certain days. They want Ottawa-Toronto to line up for the following Saturday for Sportsnet and for the Habs and Leafs to go on opposite days. Also, the NFL draft is the following Thursday so they only have television slots that night across on espn2 and tbs. They also want the following Monday to have a Game 4 to ensure that night is filled.

They also want puzzle that is putting the schedule together landed on 3 eastern time zone games on Tuesday. TBS has baseball and TNT has the NBA, so they had to squeeze a triple header on ESPN in order to get all the games on national TV.