NHL Playoff Schedule Information

[nabby12]

No thread yet? Any ideas when each series starts?

 

[Nasti]

Maybe when we know all the matchups.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

I would think it's gonna be released tomorrow.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

The Avs still have a game to decide the Central

 

[Sharkbomb]

Gotta figure out the matchups first, since most of the stadiums are multiuse and some have NBA teams playing playoff games too.

 

[FlaPanthers11]

Panthers Bruins is all but confirmed for a Monday start with the Celtics playing Tuesday in Boston. Assume every other day from there.

Keefe said Tampa Toronto is likely a Tuesday start

 

[jkrdevil]

For those interested in the tv slots in the U.S. see the link below. The empty nights belong to TNT/TBS who haven’t posted their daily schedules yet all the way through.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs TV Schedule

Watch or stream every moment of the quest for the Stanley Cup with the 2025 NHL playoff TV schedule on ESPN, ABC, TNT, TBS, Hulu and more.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Of note the first round stretches out an extra day with Game 7’s on Monday May 1. That and them having to schedule around the NFL draft means we will likely see some two day breaks in series.

 

[nabby12]

 

[nabby12]

1st-round schedule for Games 1, 2 of 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs | NHL.com

Remainder of schedule to be announced Friday

www.nhl.com

 

[PROUD PAPA]

I was hoping Devils-Rangers and Leafs-Lightning would be on opposite nights.

 

[5minutemajor]

The most important thing is that there will be afternoon games on weekends. Not every game needs to start 7PM Eastern, or later for the Western conference.

A 2PM start on Saturdays and Sundays. Followed by a 4:30PM start. Then 7PM. For the first round.

For rounds 2-3, a 3PM start on Saturday and Sunday if there are games scheduled.

For the Cup Final, they can start at 8:20 if that really needs to be a thing.

 

[redwings8831]

Not sure if anything is confirmed yet but Xfinity has channels set for some of the game 1s in their TV guide.

Monday:
FLA at BOS - 7:00 ESPN
NYI at CAR - 7:00 ESPN2
MIN/SEA at DAL - 9:30 ESPN
LA at EDM - 9:30 ESPN2

Tuesday:
NYR at NJ - 7:00 ESPN or TBS
TB at TOR - 7:00 ESPN or TBS
MIN/SEA at COL - 9:30 ESPN
WPG at VGK - 9:30 ESPN2

 

[Stephen23]

Not sure if anything is confirmed yet but Xfinity has channels set for some of the game 1s in their TV guide.

Monday:
FLA at BOS - 7:00 ESPN
NYI at CAR - 7:00 ESPN2
MIN/SEA at DAL - 9:30 ESPN
LA at EDM - 9:30 ESPN2

Tuesday:
NYR at NJ - 7:00 ESPN or TBS
TB at TOR - 7:00 ESPN or TBS
MIN/SEA at COL - 9:30 ESPN
WPG at VGK - 9:30 ESPN2

Based off last year's schedule, start times were scattered during Week Nights at 7pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm and 10pm. I am assuming they will do the same this year because it basically allowed the ability to bounce back and forth between games during the intermissions without missing too much time.

 

[boredmale]

Monday:

MIN/SEA at DAL - 9:30 ESPN


Tuesday:

MIN/SEA at COL - 9:30 ESPN

I am surprised these 2 series are not decided more by who Seattle plays then who the Avalanche play given that it will be much easier programming the Seattle series since it's a late PST game.

 

[Muffin]

I am surprised these 2 series are not decided more by who Seattle plays then who the Avalanche play given that it will be much easier programming the Seattle series since it's a late PST game.

Colorado is the home team. Nuggets play Monday.

 

[boredmale]

Colorado is the home team. Nuggets play Monday.

Fair enough, I didn't take that into consideration. I guess also they can change up the schedule for games 2-7(ie it won't be a game every 2 nights). Those PST starts though do make it easier when trying to come out with a schedule(especially compared to Central Time Zone teams like Dallas, Winnipeg and Minnesota)

 

[The Crypto Guy]

It's crazy they don't have the complete East schedule released yet.

 

[boredmale]

It's crazy they don't have the complete East schedule released yet.

My guess is they want to figure out the final 2 series so the can program them accordingly(they will probably try as hard to make sure that the Boston and Rangers series don't have much overlap)

 

[jkrdevil]

Based off last year's schedule, start times were scattered during Week Nights at 7pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm and 10pm. I am assuming they will do the same this year because it basically allowed the ability to bounce back and forth between games during the intermissions without missing too much time.

Looking at the espn schedule on the espn app on Monday ESPN will have games at 7:30 and 10, and espn 2 will have 7pm and 9:30.

Same on Tuesday, except ESPN2 just has a lone game at 9:30. TBS will have a game on that night at 7pm.

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

SUPER wise to put Tampa/Toronto and New Jersey/New York on at the exact same time. Big brain stuff.

 

[dukedukowski]

Avalanche probably just lay down tonight. No reason to over extend before playoffs

 

[redwings8831]

First round schedules are out.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

SUPER wise to put Tampa/Toronto and New Jersey/New York on at the exact same time. Big brain stuff.

So f***ing annoying I cant watch any of the Leafs/Tampa series now.

 

[Rob Brown]

So f***ing annoying I cant watch any of the Leafs/Tampa series now.

Lol yeah, Devils/Rangers was the East series I was most excited about other than Leafs/Lightning. Oh well.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

830 and 3 pm local start times for the Jets home games?