Game 7 Averages Total Audience Delivery of Nearly 9 Million Viewers (8.914), Making It Most-Watched NHL Game On Record (Since 1994)

Viewership Peaked at 10.4 Million Viewers

Blues-Bruins Game 7 is Most-Streamed NHL Game Ever

2019 Stanley Cup Final is Most-Watched Final in Four Years & Up 11% vs. 2018

2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Are Most-Watched Playoffs in 23 Years & Up 6% vs. Last Season

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 13, 2019 – Last night’s 2019 Stanley Cup Final Game 7, in which the St. Louis Blues defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-1, to capture their first-ever Stanley Cup, averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of nearly 9 million viewers (8.914), making it the most-watched NHL game on record and propelling the seven-game Stanley Cup Final and 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs to numerous viewership and streaming milestones, according to Fast National data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Following are consumption highlights for Game 7, the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, and the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs:

• Game 7 averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of nearly 9 million viewers (8.914), making it the most-watched NHL game on record;
• Blues-Bruins Game 7 is the most-streamed NHL game ever, delivering an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 191,500 viewers;
• St. Louis delivered a 41.8 local rating for Game 7, NBC Sports’ highest-rated Blues game ever in the market;
• The seven-game 2019 Stanley Cup Final averaged a TAD of 5.468 million, making it the most-watched Stanley Cup Final in four years and the third-most watched Final on record;
• Overall, the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged a TAD of 1.530 million viewers, ranking as the most-watched Stanley Cup Playoffs in 23 years.

GAME 7

Despite a 4-0 score late in the third period and an eventual three-goal victory by the Blues, Game 7 (8-11 p.m. ET) averaged a TAD of 8.914 million viewers across NBC, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, making it the most-watched NHL game on record and up 4% vs. the previous Game 7 eight years earlier between the Bruins and Vancouver Canucks (June 5, 2011), which averaged a TV-only 8.537 million viewers on NBC. Digital streaming was not yet available at that time. Game 7 was also up 35% compared to viewership for Blues-Bruins Game 6 on Sunday night (6.610 million viewers).

The term “on record” refers to the current Nielsen measuring system, which began in 1994. Game 7 is believed to be the most-watched NHL game in 45+ years, when different measurement tools were used to record viewership, making it difficult to verify.

The TAD of 8.914 million does not include the numerous large-scale viewership parties in both cities, with some reporting attendance at those events in excess of 40,000.

 

Top 5 Most-Watched NHL Games On Record (Since 1994):

Rank	Network	Game	Date	Viewers (000)
1	NBC	SCF Game 7: St. Louis/Boston	6/12/2019	8,914 (TAD)
2	NBC	SCF Game 7: Boston/Vancouver	6/15/2011	8,537
3	NBC	SCF Game 6: Chicago/Philadelphia (OT)	6/9/2010	8,279
4	NBC	SCF Game 6: Chicago/Boston	6/24/2013	8,160
5	NBC	SCF Game 6: Tampa Bay/Chicago	6/15/2015	8,064 (TAD)

 

TV ONLY/HH RATING: On TV only, Game 7 averaged 8.723 million viewers and a household rating of 4.90 on NBC. The 8.723 million viewers won the night for NBC among average viewers, A18-49 and A25-54, with Game 7 as the No. 1 show. It also delivered NBC with its most-watched Wednesday night since Feb. 20 (featuring Chicago Fire/Chicago PD event, 8.964 million).

PEAK: TV-only viewership for Game 7 peaked at 10.4 million viewers from 10:15-10:30 p.m. when the Blues extended their lead on the way to winning the first Stanley Cup in their history.

STREAMING: Blues-Bruins Game 7 is the most-streamed NHL game ever in all major categories, delivering an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 191,500 viewers, and totaling 34.5 million live minutes and 526,000 uniques.

LOCAL: St. Louis delivered a 41.8 local rating, NBC Sports’ highest-rated Blues game ever in the market, topping Game 6 by 27% (33.0). It is also NBC Sports’ third-highest rated local market rating for an NHL game ever, behind Boston’s 43.4 for Game 7 vs. Vancouver in 2011 and Pittsburgh’s 42.2 for Game 7 vs. Detroit in 2009.

The 41.8 rating in St. Louis exceeded the market’s rating for Super Bowl LIII (2019), which delivered a 39.8 rating for Rams-Patriots. The Rams played in St. Louis from 1995-2015. In addition to the 41.8 rating, St. Louis delivered a 60 share, meaning six in 10 households in the market that were watching television at the time were tuned into Game 7.

Boston delivered a 30.2 local rating (and 48 share), NBC Sports’ highest NHL rating in the market in six years (2013 CHI-BOS Cup-clinching Game 6, 33.0) and fourth overall (also behind 2011 VAN-BOS Games 6-7).

 

Top 10 Markets for Game 7:

Rank	Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	41.8
2	Boston	30.2
3	Providence	24.4
4	Buffalo	13.9
5	Kansas City	10.1
6	Ft. Myers	9.4
7	Pittsburgh	9.2
8	Hartford	8.4
9	Las Vegas	7.6
10	Denver	7.4

 

In addition, Game 7 powered 11 markets to register their highest or second-highest NHL rating ever for a game that did not include their home team:

1. Buffalo 13.9:               #2 (behind 2006, Game 7, EDM-CAR, 17.9)
2. Las Vegas 7.6:            #1
3. Denver 7.4:                 #2 (2015, Game 6, TB/CHI, 7.6)
4. Raleigh 6.3:                #1
5. Chicago 6.2:               #2 (2011, Game 7, BOS-VAN, 6.4)
6. Nashville 5.8:              #1
7. Philadelphia 5.8:         #2 (2017, Game 6, PIT-NAS, 6.4)
8. New York 5.1:              #1
9. Phoenix 4.7:                #1
10. Dallas 3.5:                   #1
11. Miami 2.8:                   #2 (2018, Game 5, WSH-VGK, 2.9)

2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

For the first seven-game Stanley Cup Final in eight years, Blues-Bruins averaged a TAD of 5.468 million viewers across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, making it the most-watched Stanley Cup Final in four years (2015, CHI-TB, 5.600 million, 6 games), the third-most watched Final on record (behind 2015 and 2013, CHI-BOS, 5.753 million, 6 games), and up 11% vs. 2018’s five-game Final (WSH-VGK, 4.925 million). It is the most-watched non-Blackhawks Stanley Cup Final on record. For TV only, the 2019 Stanley Cup Final averaged 5.330 million viewers and a 3.01 household rating for five games on NBC and two games on NBCSN.

Blues-Bruins also delivered the most-streamed Stanley Cup Final ever, with an AMA of 137,800 viewers, 176.3 million live minutes, and 1.3 million uniques.

 

Top 10 Markets across the Stanley Cup Final on NBC/NBCSN:

Rank	Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	28.7
2	Boston	25.5
3	Providence	19.2
4	Buffalo	9.5
5	Kansas City	5.6
6	Pittsburgh	5.3
7	Hartford	5.2
8	Ft. Myers	4.5
9	Las Vegas	4.4
10	Denver	4.3

2019 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

On the strength of the Blues-Bruins historic seven-game Stanley Cup Final, 17 overtime games, compelling storylines, emerging teams, and exciting young stars, the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged a TAD of 1.530 million viewers for 86 games across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app to rank as the most-watched Stanley Cup Playoffs in 23 years (1996, 1.564 million, ESPN/ESPN2/FOX, 61 games). Compared to 2018 (1.445 million), this year’s Playoffs are up 6%. The 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged a TV-only 1.476 million viewers and a 0.87 HH rating.

NBC Sports Group’s cable coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs concluded by averaging Total Audience Delivery of 1.076 million viewers for 67 games across NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, ranking as the best Stanley Cup Playoffs cable delivery in 22 years (1997, 1.121 million, ESPN/ESPN2), the fourth-best cable delivery on record, and up 2% vs. last year (1.053 million).

 

Top 10 Markets for 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs (86 games; NBC/NBCSN/USA/CNBC):

Rank	Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	5.2
2	Boston	4.9
3	Providence	3.9
4	Buffalo	3.4
t5	Pittsburgh	2.0
t5	Denver	2.0
7	Columbus, OH	1.9
t8	Raleigh	1.7
t8	Minn-St. Paul	1.7
10	Las Vegas	1.5

–NBC SPORTS–

Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

Emrick to Call His Fifth-Career Stanley Cup Final Game 7

Bravo TV Host Andy Cohen & NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley Expected to Join NBC Sports’ Game 7 Coverage

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 12, 2019 – NBC Sports’ comprehensive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs culminates with a dramatic winner-take-all Stanley Cup Final Game 7 tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, as Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins host Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues in the first Cup Final Game 7 in eight years. Pre-game coverage from Boston begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special two-hour edition of NHL Live.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of tonight’s pre-game coverage on NBCSN and Game 7 coverage on NBC.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call of tonight’s Game 7 from Boston’s TD Garden.

Tonight’s Game 7 edition of NHL Live will feature outdoor sets in Boston to capture the scene amongst the fans, as the city hopes to welcome its first Stanley Cup since 2011 and hosts a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 for the first time in the team’s 95-year history.

Mike Tirico will host tonight’s Game 7 coverage from TD Garden. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission, and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outdoor sets in Boston, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter. Tonight’s pre-game coverage will include a number of segments surrounding the series, including features on Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask and forward Brad Marchand, as well as Blues center Ryan O’Reilly.

Bravo TV host Andy Cohen will make an appearance during tonight’s coverage on NHL Live for a pre-game interview. NBA Hall-of-Famer and analyst Charles Barkley is expected to join the set during first intermission of Game 7 tonight on NBC.

Tonight marks Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick’s fifth career Stanley Cup Final Game 7 broadcast and his 45^th Game 7 broadcast all-time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following is a list of sports announcers who have called a number of Game 7s in the Final Round of the three major U.S. Sports that play best-of-7 series since 1970:

ANNOUNCER	CHAMPIONSHIP(S)	NUMBER	YEARS
Joe Buck	World Series	6	’17, ’16, ’14, ’11, ’02, ‘01
Doc Emrick	Stanley Cup Final	5	’19, ‘11, ’09, ’06, ‘87
Curt Gowdy	World Series	4	’75, ’73, ’72, ‘71
Al Michaels	World Series; NBA Finals	4	MLB: ’87, ’85, ‘72; NBA: ‘05
Gary Thorne	Stanley Cup Final	4	’04, 03, ’01, ‘94
Mike Breen	NBA Finals	3	’16, ’13, ‘10

 

GAME 7 – BLUES-BRUINS – TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Bruins forced tonight’s Game 7 with a 5-1 win in Game 6 in St. Louis on Sunday night. Tuukka Rask continued his dominant postseason performance, stopping 28 of 29 shots he faced to lead Boston to victory and avoid elimination. Brad Marchand scored on the power play in the first period to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead, Brandon Carlo scored the game-winner early in the third period, and captain Zdeno Chara capped Boston’s four-goal third period with an empty-netter. Blues center Ryan O’Reilly scored for the third straight game, and goalie Jordan Binnington made 27 saves in the effort for St. Louis.

This marks the 17^th time in NHL history that the Stanley Cup Final will require a Game 7 and the first time since 2011, when Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron each scored twice as the Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Vancouver. The home team is 12-4 all-time in Stanley Cup Final Game 7s, but the road team has won each of the prior two Game 7s (Bruins, 2011; Penguins, 2009).

 

WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One again presents live play-by-play audio coverage of Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) are calling their fourth straight Stanley Cup Final as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joined the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher has been doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the game. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins during Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. NBCSB will offer live post-game shows and analysis for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

“Pack it up and headed to Boston for a Game 7. Nothing better than that.” – Eddie Olczyk

“There aren’t many things better in all of the sports world than a seventh game.” – Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick

Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

Emrick to Call His Fifth-Career Stanley Cup Final Game 7

Sunday Night’s Bruins-Blues Delivers NBC Sports’ Most Watched Non-Clinching Game 6 in NBC Sports History

Complete Notes & Quotes from Game 6

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 11, 2019 – NBC Sports’ comprehensive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs culminates with a dramatic winner-take-all Stanley Cup Final Game 7 on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, as Tuukka Rask and the Boston Bruins host Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues in the first Cup Final Game 7 in eight years. Pre-game coverage from Boston begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special two-hour edition of NHL Live.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of Wednesday night’s pre-game coverage on NBCSN and Game 7 coverage on NBC.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call of Game 7 from Boston’s TD Garden.

Wednesday’s Game 7 edition of NHL Live will feature outdoor sets in Boston to capture the scene amongst the fans, as the city hopes to welcome its first Stanley Cup since 2011. Mike Tirico will host Wednesday night’s Game 7 coverage from TD Garden. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission, and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outdoor sets in Boston, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter.

Wednesday night will be Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick’s fifth career Stanley Cup Final Game 7 broadcast and his 45^th Game 7 broadcast all-time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following is a list of sports announcers who have called a number of Game 7s in the Final Round of the three major U.S. Sports that play best-of-7 series since 1970:

ANNOUNCER	CHAMPIONSHIP(S)	NUMBER	YEARS
Joe Buck	World Series	6	’17, ’16, ’14, ’11, ’02, ‘01
Doc Emrick	Stanley Cup Final	5	’19, ‘11, ’09, ’06, ‘87
Curt Gowdy	World Series	4	’75, ’73, ’72, ‘71
Al Michaels	World Series; NBA Finals	4	MLB: ’87, ’85, ‘72; NBA: ‘05
Gary Thorne	Stanley Cup Final	4	’04, 03, ’01, ‘94
Mike Breen	NBA Finals	3	’16, ’13, ‘10

GAME 7 – BLUES-BRUINS – WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Bruins forced Wednesday’s Game 7 with a 5-1 win in Game 6 in St. Louis on Sunday night.

Tuukka Rask continued his dominant postseason performance, stopping 28 of 29 shots he faced to lead Boston to victory. Brad Marchand scored on the power play in the first period to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead, Brandon Carlo scored the game-winner early in the third period, and captain Zdeno Chara capped Boston’s four-goal third period with an empty-netter. Blues center Ryan O’Reilly scored for the third straight game, and goalie Jordan Binnington made 27 saves in the effort for St. Louis.

This marks the 17^th time that the Stanley Cup Final will require a Game 7 and the first time since 2011, when Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron each scored twice as the Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Vancouver. The home team is 12-4 all-time in Stanley Cup Final Game 7s, but the road team has won each of the prior two Game 7s (Bruins, 2011; Penguins, 2009).

 

SUNDAY NIGHT’S BRUINS-BLUES DELIVERS NBC SPORTS’ HIGHEST OVER-NIGHT RATING FOR NON-CLINCHING GAME 6

• Sunday night’s series-tying Stanley Cup Final Game 6 on NBC had a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 6.618 million, making it the most-watched non-clinching Game 6 in NBC Sports history.
• Although down slightly from 2017’s Pittsburgh-Nashville Game 6 (7.086 million), Sunday night’s 5-1 blowout win for the Bruins over the Blues was up 21% vs. 2016’s Pittsburgh-San Jose Game 6 (5.476 million). Both 2017 and 2016 were Cup-clinching Game 6s.
• Across NBC Sports streaming platforms, the game stands as the second-most streamed NHL game ever in Average Minute Audience (141,000 viewers).
• With a 33.0 local rating in St. Louis, this was NBC Sports’ highest-rated Blues game ever in the market, topping Game 5’s delivery (30.1).
• Top 5 markets for Sunday’s game:

Rank	Metered Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	33.0
2	Boston	27.6
3	Providence	21.7
4	Buffalo	10.8
5	Kansas City	8.2

 

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One again presents live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) are calling their fourth straight Stanley Cup Final as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joined the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher has been doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

The 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins during the Stanley Cup Final. NBCSB will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

Pre-Game Coverage Begins at 6 p.m. ET with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick to Call His Fifth-Career Stanley Cup Final Game 7

Sunday Night’s Bruins-Blues Delivers NBC Sports’ Most Watched Non-Clinching Game 6 in NBC Sports History

Complete Notes & Quotes from Game 6

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 10, 2019 – For the first time in eight years, there will be a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 on NBC, after Tuukka Rask and the Boston Bruins avoided elimination last night by defeating Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues 5-1 in Game 6 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. The series will now move to TD Garden in Boston, Mass., on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET for the winner-take-all Game 7 on NBC. Pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a special two-hour edition of NHL Live.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of Wednesday night’s pre-game coverage on NBCSN and Game 7 coverage on NBC.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call of Game 7 from Boston’s TD Garden.

Wednesday night will be Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick’s fifth career Stanley Cup Final Game 7 broadcast and his 45^th Game 7 broadcast all-time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following is a list of sports announcers who have called a number of Game 7s in the Championship/Final Rounds of the three major U.S. Sports that play best-of-7 series since 1970:

ANNOUNCER	CHAMPIONSHIP(S)	NUMBER	YEARS
Joe Buck	World Series	6	’17, ’16, ’14, ’11, ’02, ‘01
Doc Emrick	Stanley Cup Final	5	’19, ‘11, ’09, ’06, ‘87
Curt Gowdy	World Series	4	’75, ’73, ’72, ‘71
Al Michaels	World Series; NBA Finals	4	MLB: ’87, ’85, ‘72; NBA: ‘05
Gary Thorne	Stanley Cup Final	4	’04, 03, ’01, ‘94
Mike Breen	NBA Finals	3	’16, ’13, ‘10

 

 

Wednesday’s Game 7 edition of NHL Live will feature outdoor sets in Boston to capture the scene amongst the fans, as the city hopes to welcome its first Stanley Cup since 2011. Mike Tirico will host Wednesday night’s Game 7 coverage from TD Garden. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission, and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outdoor sets in Boston, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter.

 

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 7 – BLUES-BRUINS – WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Blues entered Game 6 on Sunday night with a chance to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history on home in St. Louis. However, the Bruins avoided elimination with a four-goal third period and forced a decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final with a 5-1 victory at Enterprise Center.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask continued his dominant postseason performance, stopping 28 of 29 shots he faced to lead Boston to victory. Brad Marchand scored on the power play in the first period to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead, Brandon Carlo scored the game-winner early in the third period, and captain Zdeno Chara capped Boston’s four-goal third period with an empty-netter. Blues center Ryan O’Reilly scored for the third straight game, and goalie Jordan Binnington made 27 saves in the effort for St. Louis.

After last night’s win by the Bruins, Boston will host a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 for the first time on Wednesday night. It will be the 17^th Stanley Cup Final Game 7 since the NHL went to the best-of-7 format in 1939, but the first since 2011, when the Bruins won 4-0 at the Vancouver Canucks.

 

SUNDAY NIGHT’S BRUINS-BLUES DELIVERS NBC SPORTS’ MOST WATCHED NON-CLINCHING GAME 6 IN NBC SPORTS HISTORY

• Last night’s series-tying Stanley Cup Final Game 6 on NBC had a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 6.618 million, making it the most-watched non-clinching Game 6 in NBC Sports history.

 

• Although down slightly from 2017’s Pittsburgh-Nashville Game 6 (7.086 million), last night’s 5-1 blowout win for the Bruins over the Blues was up 21% vs. 2016’s Pittsburgh-San Jose Game 6 (5.476 million). Both 2017 and 2016 were Cup-clinching Game 6s.

 

• Across NBC Sports streaming platforms, the game stands as the second-most streamed NHL game ever in Average Minute Audience (141,000 viewers).

 

• With a 33.0 local rating in St. Louis, this was NBC Sports’ highest-rated Blues game ever in the market, topping Game 5’s delivery (30.1).

 

• Top 5 markets for last night’s game:

 

Rank	Metered Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	33.0
2	Boston	27.6
3	Providence	21.7
4	Buffalo	10.8
5	Kansas City	8.2

 

 

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein will host the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

The 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins during the Stanley Cup Final. NBCSB will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

Notes & Quotes from Game 6

“And the Bruins have forced a Game 7.” – Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick

“Tuukka Rask has been great all postseason and he’s been as good as he’s ever been in this game tonight.” – Mike Milbury

“I’d say it’s edge-of-your-seat stuff, but everyone in the building is standing.” – Mike Tirico

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 9, 2019 – For the first time in eight years, there will be a Stanley Cup Final Game 7 on NBC.

NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the Stanley Cup Final continued tonight on NBC, as the Boston Bruins avoided elimination by defeating the St. Louis Blues 5-1 in Game 6 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. The series now moves to TD Garden in Boston, Mass., on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET, with the winner claiming the Stanley Cup. Pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire had the call from St. Louis. This marks the 13^th consecutive year that Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire have combined to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports.

Pre-game coverage began on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET with a two-hour edition of NHL Live, featuring outdoor sets in St. Louis to capture the scene amongst the fans. Mike Tirico hosted Game 6 coverage outside of Enterprise Center. Liam McHugh anchored pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. In addition, Kathryn Tappen hosted pre-game and post-game coverage from outside sets in St. Louis alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter.

During the first intermission, McHugh, Milbury and Jones interviewed actress and  St. Louis native Jenna Fischer, who starred in the NBC series The Office.

NHL Live included:

• A feature on Jaden Schwartz family who became bone marrow donors following the death of Jaden’s sister, Mandi, to leukemia in 2011
• A segment on Bruins captain Zdeno Chara

Coverage shifted inside Enterprise Center at 7:30 p.m. ET with McHugh, Milbury, Jones and Tirico.

Post-Game

Emrick: “And the Bruins have forced Game 7.”

Olczyk: “Pack it up and headed to Boston for a Game 7. Nothing better than that.”

Emrick: “There aren’t many things better in all of the sports world than a seventh game.”

Milbury: “It does (feel like it should end this way). There have been some great moments from both teams. I thought St. Louis came out with purpose, intensity, and they got their power-play opportunity early, couldn’t make anything of it, and then (Brayden) Schenn took a poor penalty for boarding from behind, O’Reilly takes a second one for delay of game lofting the puck into the stands, and then Brad Marchand sticks a knife in him. Really, that was a huge turning point.”

Third Period

Emrick on Karson Khulman goal: “My goodness, what a ripper!”

Olczyk on Khulman: “Very noticeable since the first period that the bruins are not turning down any opportunities to fire the puck at the net. You couldn’t place the puck in the net any better.”

Emrick: “(Brandon) Carlo with a seeing-eye bouncer from the right point that becomes the second goal of the game.”

Olczyk: “We talked about the bouncing puck in the second period. What ends up happening? It hits, it skips, and it goes inside the blocker into the back of the net.”

Second Intermission

Tirico: “I’d say it’s edge-of-your-seat stuff, but everyone in the building is standing.”

Milbury: “Tuukka Rask has been great all postseason and he’s been as good as he’s ever been in this game tonight.”

Jones on Rask: “He’s been doing whatever it takes to win this game. He has been fabulous once again.”

Milbury: “You can’t ask much more than what Ryan O’Reilly is giving and he’s all of a sudden put himself into the superstar category here in the Stanley Cup Final.”

Second Period

Emrick: “Hope you’re enjoying this, especially if you’re not a fan of either of the two teams. It’s wonderful hockey and if you’re not invested then you’re not going to the antacids and things right now.”

Olczyk on ice quality: “We mentioned earlier in the game, Doc, in the first period, remember with the O’Reilly chant when the puck was kind of rolling and bouncing everywhere. It’s a really warm day here in St. Louis today and as the day goes on, the ice deteriorates, gets a little worse. Something to keep an eye on moving forward here, instead of trying to make those cute little plays.”

McGuire on Bruins G Tuukka Rask: “He’s been like Velcro.”

Milbury: “They had it all going their way, St. Louis, but penalties took over and Boston took advantage of it.”

First Intermission

Jenna Fischer: “I literally have been waiting my whole life for this. I grew up here in St. Louis, — the Blues, the Cardinals — we’re such a sport city. This means everything to us.”

NHL Live on NBCSN (6 – 8 p.m. ET)

Emrick: “It should be lots of fun and lots of noise. The Blues want an all-night party and their fans to miss work tomorrow. The Bruins, how about a Game 7 back in New England?”

Olczyk on major sports comebacks: “Considering where they (St. Louis Blues) have come from, it could be one of the ultimate sports comebacks ever. Three days into this year, they were dead last in the entire National Hockey League, and here they are, only one win away from winning the greatest trophy in all of professional sports.”

Milbury on ideal first 10 minutes for Bruins: “It would look just like it looked like in Game 5 for Boston, except that they would hit the back of the net behind Binnington. They have to beat him early. Those pushes are great, but you feel pretty good about yourself if you’re St. Louis if you can withstand that push. Boston has to push as hard as they can in that first 10 minutes, as they did in Game 5, but they’ve got to have some results.”

Jones on David Backes: “I would’ve played him. I think it’s a mistake. I think the St. Louis Blues are going to try to feed off of that. Speed is one thing, I get it from the Boston Bruins perspective, but grit and all the intangibles that David Backes brings to the lineup, I think they’re way too important to have him sitting in the stands. Time will tell how that plays out, but I’d be wanting David Backes out there on the ice for me if I was playing for the Boston Bruins.

Jones on the Blues: “The St. Louis Blues have proven that their leadership core and their head coach are very calming. In big moments, the Blues have played their best games. As the series has moved along, the St. Louis Blues have become better. That’s all good things looking forward to tonight where they have the chance to eliminate the Boston Bruins.”

Olczyk on no-call in Game 5: “You want the game to be played on the ice. If it’s a penalty, you want the referees to call it whether it’s the first play of the game or the last play of the game. Look, they make mistakes. That’s the reality of it… But you like to see this decided on the ice by the players, not necessarily by the officials having a hand in it. They’re there to protect the game, to call the game – but you want it to be decided by the guys on the ice.”

Boucher on Tuukka Rask: “I expect a really good performance from Rask. The one guy that I’m not concerned about in the Bruins locker room is Tuukka Rask, with the way that he’s played throughout this postseason. I expect him be a brick wall back there and give his team a chance. There’s no way that Tuukka Rask is going to come into this hockey game tonight and be overwhelmed, be nervous – he’s the guy with experience, he’s the guy who’s played in this situation before.”

Boucher on Jordan Binnington: “He got the volume in Game 5 and it was the first time in this series that he really had an opportunity to make a difference in a game in this series. I feel like through Games 1 through 4, he didn’t have a ton of work, but in that first period in Boston in Game 5, he really had the chance to make an imprint – and he did. He was fantastic with 17 saves. I thought he steadied the ship for the St. Louis Blues and allowed them to kind of get their feet under them in the hockey game, and that’s what a goaltender needs to do on the road – give his team a chance to win. He certainly did that, his best game of the series was in Game 5.”

Tappen on Ryan O’Reilly: “He has been an absolute beast in this series.”

Sharp on Boston’s Marchand/Bergeron/Pastrnak line underperforming: “I don’t think it’s a slump that the top line’s going through, it’s just tough sledding out there. The St. Louis Blues are doing an excellent job of finishing checks, and not just these three guys, but everyone in a Boston Bruins jersey. If you handle the puck for two seconds out there, someone’s going to lay a body on you. It’s starting to take its toll in this series.”

Carter: “The last couple of days, all we’ve been talking about is the referees. So I want to see if the standards are going to change. If they call it a lot more tight than the last couple of games, where the Blues PK (penalty kill) has been outstanding, then it’s going to favor the Boston Bruins.”

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NBC Sports’ coverage of Game 7 begins Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Pre-game coverage begins on NBCSN with a special two-hour edition of NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET.

– NBC SPORTS–

 

Blues Lead Series 3-2; Pre-Game Coverage from St. Louis Starts at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live Before Moving to NBC at 8 p.m. ET

 “Calls made and calls not made are not only altering for that specific game, but they can be history-altering.” – Eddie Olczyk during last night’s Game 5

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 7, 2019 – The Stanley Cup will be in the building as NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final continues with Game 6 on Sunday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues are on the brink of winning the first Stanley Cup in franchise history after a Game 5 victory last night, while Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins look to stave off elimination and extend the series to a decisive Game 7. Sunday’s coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a two-hour edition of NHL Live from St. Louis before moving to NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of all 2019 Stanley Cup Final games.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call Sunday night from Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

NHL Live will feature outdoor sets in St. Louis to capture the scene amongst the fans, as the city hopes to welcome its first-ever Stanley Cup championship. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission, and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outdoor sets in St. Louis, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter.

Last night’s coverage on NHL Live also included a feature narrated by Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day – the largest armed conflict in human history. The segment highlights the story of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, and Bobby Bauer – childhood friends from Kitchener, Ontario, and Bruins teammates in the late 1930’s and 40’s. The linemates helped deliver the Bruins Stanley Cup titles in 1939 and 1941 before putting their NHL careers on hold to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Click here to watch the piece.

 

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 6 – BRUINS-BLUES – SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

With a 2-1 Game 5 victory over the Boston Bruins last night, the St. Louis Blues are now one win away from the first Stanley Cup in franchise history, and can win it on home ice on Sunday. Goalie Jordan Binnington made 38 saves in last night’s win and set an NHL record for most road wins by a rookie goalie (nine) in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and tied the record for most wins by a rookie goalie in a single postseason (15). Offseason acquisition Ryan O’Reilly scored his third goal in the past two games, and had an assist on David Perron’s goal in the third period.

The Blues took a 2-0 lead on Perron’s eventual game-winning goal midway through the third period, which was scored shortly after a controversial no-call on a trip by Blues forward Tyler Bozak on Bruins forward Noel Acciari. Bruins captain Zdeno Chara played 16:42 with a facial injury that required the defenseman to wear a plastic jaw protector attached to his helmet. He was injured blocking a shot in the second period of Game 4.

 

Notes & Quotes from Game 5:

Milbury on no-call: “Acciari gets tripped right here by Bozak. You can see the official has a clear view of it, a crystal-clear view. Look at him. There is nothing to impede his view of the trip, and he does have a clean trip. This is what he saw, no call, and seconds after that the puck is in the back of the Boston net. This is a disaster causing Cam Neely to act like this. I don’t blame him. You work all year long to eliminate 29 teams to get yourself in a position to be two out of three in the Stanley Cup Final and an official blows a call as badly as that was blown. That’s just unforgivable and I don’t know where Kelly Sutherland lines up again but it shouldn’t be refereeing another Stanley Cup Final game.”

Olczyk on no-call: “Calls made and calls not made are not only altering for that specific game, but they can be history-altering.”

Emrick on no-call: “It is a game governed by judgment calls, and when you see what we see on replay, it’s mystifying.”

Jones on O’Reilly: “He scored the goal, but he has influenced the game in so many different ways…he’s got the A-game going, it was demonstrated clearly in the previous game, and he’s continued to get to the net here using his great hockey sense to create chances and bury a goal here.”

Milbury on Binnington: “Binnington was just right on it, right on top of it the entire game. And when he wasn’t right on top of it, he got a little bit lucky… Now it’s up to the Blues to get their game back. Dump it out, dump it in, you can see semblances of it. They need to show more of it.”

Milbury on Binnington: “Jordan Binnington was simply outstanding, by far the best he’s played. The Blues just wanted to survive this period from my estimation. They knew there was going to be a big push by the Boston Bruins, the emotional start to this game, and then they threw some great opportunities at them.”

Tirico on the series: “There’s no momentum in this series and I think that’s ratcheted up. Now we have a best two out of three, no momentum, big question about the biggest – literally and figuratively – player for Boston, the team with the two games at home. This is so fascinating. This is what makes a great series, these pivot points here.”

Roenick on the Blues and head coach Craig Berube: “It’s one of the most remarkable turnarounds we’ve ever seen in sports.”

Click here for complete Notes & Quotes from Game 5.

Following is the remaining telecast schedule for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with networks and start times. Pre-game coverage will begin each night with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Sun., June 9	Game 6 – Boston at St. Louis	NBC	8 p.m.
Wed., June 12	Game 7 – St. Louis at Boston*	NBC	8 p.m.

*if necessary

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

All games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins throughout the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

NBC Sports Boston will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

 

 

“You work all year long to eliminate 29 teams to get yourself in a position to be two out of three in the Stanley Cup Final and an official blows a call as badly as that was blown. That’s just unforgivable.” – Mike Milbury

“It’s one of the most remarkable turnarounds we’ve ever seen in sports.” – Jeremy Roenick on the Blues and head coach Craig Berube

“Calls made, calls not made are not only altering for that specific game – they can be history-altering.” – Eddie Olczyk

“O’Reilly is just en fuego right now. Every aspect of his game is just outstanding.” – Pierre McGuire on Blues forward Ryan O’Reilly

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 6, 2019 – The St. Louis Blues are one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history following a 2-1 Game 5 win over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston, Mass., tonight on NBC. The series moves to Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo., for Game 6 on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

The Blues took a 2-0 lead on David Perron’s eventual game-winning goal midway through the third period, which was scored shortly after a controversial no-call on a trip by Blues forward Tyler Bozak on Bruins forward Noel Acciari.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire had the call from Boston. This marks the 13^th consecutive year that Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire have combined to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports.

Pre-game coverage began on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET with a two-hour edition of NHL Live, featuring outdoor sets in Boston to capture the scene amongst the fans. Mike Tirico hosted Game 5 coverage outside of TD Garden. Liam McHugh anchored pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. In addition, Kathryn Tappen hosted pre-game and post-game coverage from outside sets in Boston alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter. Former Boston Red Sox catcher and captain Jason Varitek also joined the set during pre-game coverage on NHL Live.

NHL Live included:

• A feature on Blues head coach Craig Berube and his midseason takeover to turn the team’s season around;
• A profile on Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron;
• A feature on Blues offseason acquisition Ryan O’Reilly;
• A feature narrated by Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day that highlighting the story of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, and Bobby Bauer – childhood friends from Kitchener, Ontario, and Bruins teammates in the late 1930’s and 40’s.

Coverage shifted inside the arena at 7:30 p.m. ET with McHugh, Milbury, Jones and Tirico.

 

Post-Game

Milbury on no-call: “Acciari gets tripped right here by Bozak. You can see the official has a clear view of it, a crystal-clear view. Look at him. There is nothing to impede his view of the trip, and he does have a clean trip. This is what he saw, no call, and seconds after that the puck is in the back of the Boston net. This is a disaster causing Cam Neely to act like this. I don’t blame him. You work all year long to eliminate 29 teams to get yourself in a position to be two out of three in the Stanley Cup Final and an official blows a call as badly as that was blown. That’s just unforgivable and I don’t know where Kelly Sutherland lines up again but it shouldn’t be refereeing another Stanley Cup Final game.”

Milbury on no-call: “Many storylines here, but the one that’s going to stick for most people is most definitely this poor call, or non-call, on the Boston Bruins. This should never have happened, and Bruins fans have a right to be upset.”

Jones on no-call prior to David Perron’s goal: “That obviously had a direct influence on the goal, because Acciari was still laying on the ice. It looks like he bumped his head when he fell down, so a missed call becomes a disaster for the officials because the puck ends up in the net. Not often that you see a call that’s missed like that then immediately ends up being a goal. This was not a situation that the Bruins wanted to find themselves in.”

Third Period

Olczyk after DeBrusk goal: “Obviously, with the way things have transpired here, you think about the no-call, the trip on Acciari.”

Olczyk: “Calls made, calls not made are not only altering for that specific game – they can be history-altering.”

Emrick on no-call: “It is a game governed by judgment calls, and when you see what we see on replay, it’s mystifying.”

McGuire on no-call: “That’s a trip. And Bozak puts his hands up. He knows.”

Olczyk on no-call Bozak trip on Acciari: “The reason that the official did not blow the play dead is because St. Louis had possession of the puck in the offensive zone. So even though Acciari was shaken up, the play continued because the Blues had possession and Acciari just barely got to his knees, and the puck ended up in the back of the net.  It could have easily been a penalty on Bozak because you saw the leg come out and give him a whiplash type of kick with the skate, and there you see him looking.”

Second Intermission

Sharp: “I never liked playing with 11 forwards and seven (defensemen), it always messed me up as a forward.”

Milbury: “(The Bruins) have to find the speed game that they generated in the first period. The problem with that is I don’t think they can do it against St. Louis. St. Louis defense is strong, much quicker than we thought, their exits are easy, simple, they’re getting it in deep, and the pressure of the forwards of St. Louis has been incessant. I don’t know if they can get the job done.”

Milbury on O’Reilly: “Look at the attitude on him. He’s meant to be here right now, there’s no second-guessing. This guy’s got lots of confidence.”

Jones on O’Reilly: “He scored the goal, but he has influenced the game in so many different ways…he’s got the A-game going, it was demonstrated clearly in the previous game, and he’s continued to get to the net here using his great hockey sense to create chances and bury a goal here.”

Second Period

Olczyk: “David Krejci slides in and saves the day with Rask down and out. Remember that save.”

Emrick: “Krejci made the save that kept this from being 2-0.”

McGuire: “O’Reilly is just en fuego right now. Every aspect of his game is just outstanding. He’s winning races, he’s not the fastest player. He’s out-battling people, he’s not the biggest guy. His hockey sense is exquisite.”

Olczyk on O’Reilly’s goal: “Once you have a goaltender down, you’ve got to move the puck laterally and that’s what O’Reilly does.”

McGuire on Zach Sanford’s assist to O’Reilly: “Zach Sanford, put on this line before Game 4, this is his third assist in three games. Through the legs, patience from O’Reilly, he puts it up and over Charlie McAvoy, and look at that play from O’Reilly. What a spectacular finish off the feed by Sanford.”

First Intermission

Milbury: “Binnington was just right on it, right on top of it the entire game. And when he wasn’t right on top of it, he got a little bit lucky… Now it’s up to the Blues to get their game back. Dump it out, dump it in, you can see semblances of it. They need to show more of it.”

Milbury: “Jordan Binnington was simply outstanding, by far the best he’s played. The Blues just wanted to survive this period from my estimation. They knew there was going to be a big push by the Boston Bruins, the emotional start to this game, and then they threw some great opportunities at them.”

Jones on Zdeno Chara: “I saw a team that was energized with his return to the lineup.”

Tirico: “High stakes, high energy, high emotion after 20.”

First Period

Emrick on the first period: “17 shots to 7, Boston. Lots of collisions.”

Olczyk on Ivan Barbashev’s hit on Marcus Johansson: “That is a high heavy hit that caught him right in the jaw. Johansson opened up right there…the NHL reviews all hits whether they are penalties or not. Anything that is close, they will look out regardless of what the call or non-call is on the ice.”

NHL Live on NBCSN (6 – 8 p.m. ET)

Olczyk on Zdeno Chara starting Game 5: “I’m not surprised. Hockey players, this time of year, somehow find a way.”

McHugh: “Chara is on the ice with his teammates. We were here for a couple games, Game 1 and 2. This is the loudest we’ve heard it at this moment.”

Milbury on the scene in Boston: “I started with the Bruins in ’74 and left in the early ‘90s, and have lived around here most of my life. I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s amazing – a mass of humanity, and it’s been fun to be a part of it.”

Tirico on the series: “There’s no momentum in this series and I think that’s ratcheted up. Now we have a best two out of three, no momentum, big question about the biggest – literally and figuratively – player for Boston, the team with the two games at home. This is so fascinating. This is what makes a great series, these pivot points here.”

Boucher on Jordan Binnington in Game 4: “That was a team victory for the St. Louis Blues, and that’s important because when you give up five goals and get pulled in the prior game, it’s important to get a game where you feel good about yourself again. I think that was the case in Game 4.”

Roenick on the Blues and head coach Craig Berube: “It’s one of the most remarkable turnarounds we’ve ever seen in sports.”

Sharp on Chara: “This doesn’t look like a guy who’s out there for inspirational and emotional purposes. He looks to me like he’s getting ready to play a hockey game. And if he does, what a lift that would be to the Boston Bruins.”

Sharp on Chara: “The scene a couple nights ago in St. Louis was an ugly one. Puck to the face, lot of people reporting a broken jaw – either way, there are some teeth missing. It’s an ugly, ugly feeling.”

Tappen on Chara during media availability: “He did not respond to media questions, he answered questions on a piece of paper.”

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NBC Sports’ coverage of Game 6 begins Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Pre-game coverage begins on NBCSN with a special two-hour edition of NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET.

– NBC SPORTS–

 

Series Tied 2-2; Pre-Game Coverage from Boston Starts at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick Narrates Segment on the 75^th Anniversary of D-Day During Tonight’s Pre-Game Coverage

Mike Tirico to Host Game 5 Coverage from TD Garden

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 6, 2019 – NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with a pivotal Game 5, as Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins host Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues with the series currently tied at two games apiece. Pre-game coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a two-hour edition of NHL Live.

The winner of tonight’s Game 5 will have the opportunity to win the Stanley Cup in Game 6 in St. Louis on Sunday night on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of all 2019 Stanley Cup Final games.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call tonight from TD Garden.

Mike Tirico will host tonight’s Game 5 coverage from TD Garden in Boston. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outside sets in Boston to capture the scene amongst the fans, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Brian Boucher, and Anson Carter.

Tonight’s pre-game coverage will include a number of segments surrounding the series, including features on Bruins center Patrice Bergeron, Blues head coach Craig Berube, and Blues center Ryan O’Reilly.

Coverage on NHL Live will also include a feature narrated by Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick on the 75^th Anniversary of D-Day – the largest armed conflict in human history. The piece highlights the story of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, and Bobby Bauer – childhood friends from Kitchener, Ontario, and members of the Bruins’ so-called “Kraut line” of the late 1930’s and 40’s. The linemates helped deliver the Bruins Stanley Cup titles in 1939 and 1941 before putting their NHL careers on hold to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II.

 

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 5 – BLUES-BRUINS – TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Blues evened the Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece with a 4-2 victory over the Bruins on Monday night in St. Louis, marking the Blues’ first home Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history. Blues center Ryan O’Reilly had two goals in the win, including the game-winner in the third period. Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo had the primary assist on both the game-winning goal and Vladimir Tarasenko’s first-period goal. Tarasenko has now scored a goal in five of the last six games this postseason. Rookie goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 21 of 23 shots in Game 4 after allowing five goals and being pulled midway through Game 3.

Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was struck in the face by a puck in the second period of Game 4 and did not return to the ice. Both Chara and defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, who was injured in Game 2, are game-time decisions for tonight’s pivotal Game 5.

Click here for complete Notes & Quotes from Game 4.

Following is the remaining telecast schedule for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with networks and start times. Pre-game coverage will begin each night with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Thur., June 6	Game 5 – St. Louis at Boston	NBC	8 p.m.
Sun., June 9	Game 6 – Boston at St. Louis	NBC	8 p.m.
Wed., June 12	Game 7 – St. Louis at Boston*	NBC	8 p.m.

*if necessary

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

All games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins throughout the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

NBC Sports Boston will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

Series Tied 2-2; Pre-Game Coverage from Boston Starts at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

Complete Notes and Quotes from Game 4

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 5, 2019 – NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final continues tomorrow, Thursday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with a pivotal Game 5, as Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins battle Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues with the series tied at two games apiece. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a two-hour edition of NHL Live.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of all 2019 Stanley Cup Final games.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike “Doc” Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from TD Garden tomorrow night. This is the 13^th consecutive year calling the Stanley Cup Final, one of the longest streaks by any broadcast team calling a major U.S. team sport championship.

Mike Tirico will host tomorrow night’s Game 5 coverage from outside TD Garden. Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site to capture the scene amongst the fans alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage from outside sets in Boston alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Brian Boucher, Anson Carter and Patrick Sharp.

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 5 – BLUES-BRUINS – TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Blues evened the Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece with a 4-2 victory over the Bruins Monday night in St. Louis, marking the Blues’ first home Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history. Blues offseason acquisition Ryan O’Reilly had two goals in the win, including the game-winner in the third period. Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo had the primary assist on both the game-winning goal and Vladimir Tarasenko’s first-period goal. Tarasenko has scored a goal in five of the last six games this postseason. Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 21 of 23 shots in Game 4 after allowing five goals and being pulled midway through Game 3.

Click here for complete Notes & Quotes from Game 4.

Following is the remaining telecast schedule for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with networks and start times. Pre-game coverage will begin each night with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Thur., June 6	Game 5 – St. Louis at Boston	NBC	8 p.m.
Sun., June 9	Game 6 – Boston at St. Louis	NBC	8 p.m.
Wed., June 12	Game 7 – St. Louis at Boston*	NBC	8 p.m.

*if necessary

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“BY THE NUMBERS”

5^th        This series marks the 5^th time in the last 60 years that teams have alternated wins through the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final. In the last two instances, the winner of Game 5 lost the series (2004: Calgary Flames; 2001: New Jersey Devils).

6          The Blues have recorded the most games in a single postseason (6) with a goal in the opening two minutes.

14        Binnington’s 14 wins in these playoffs are one shy of tying the NHL single postseason rookie record.

20        Boston now has 20 different goal scorers this postseason, one shy of Philadelphia’s NHL record set in 1987.

23        Boston has 23 power-play goals this postseason, one shy of matching the franchise record set in 1991. They are the first team with 23 power-play goals in a postseason since the 2010 Flyers.

72%    When a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final series is tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 goes on to win the series 72% of the time (18-7).

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

All games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins throughout the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

NBC Sports Boston will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–

Series Tied 2-2; Pre-Game Coverage from Boston Starts at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Two-Hour Edition of NHL Live

“Now we press the restart button.” – Mike Milbury following Game 4

Complete Notes and Quotes from Game 4

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 4, 2019 – NBC Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final continues Thursday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC with a pivotal Game 5, as Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins battle Vladimir Tarasenko and the St. Louis Blues for the series lead at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. The Final is currently deadlocked at two games apiece. Last night’s series-tying Game 4 victory by the Blues guarantees a Stanley Cup Final Game 6 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday night.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for all desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs – will provide streaming coverage of all 2019 Stanley Cup Final games.

Seven-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike “Doc” Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning ‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst Pierre McGuire will have the call from TD Garden on Thursday night. This is the 13^th consecutive year calling the Stanley Cup Final, one of the longest streaks by any broadcast team calling a major U.S. team sport championship.

Thursday’s pre-game coverage on NBCSN will begin at 6 p.m. ET with a two-hour edition of NHL Live, featuring outdoor sets amongst the fans around TD Garden to capture the atmosphere in Boston.  Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage on-site alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Kathryn Tappen will host pre-game and post-game coverage alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Patrick Sharp, Anson Carter and Brian Boucher.

Last night’s Game 4 coverage included a number of St. Louis and Blues-centric elements, including a feature on 11-year-old Laila Anderson, a Blues super-fan who is battling a rare disease called HLH, a systemic inflammatory syndrome. Click here to watch.

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 5 – BLUES-BRUINS – THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

The Blues evened the Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece with a 4-2 victory over the Bruins last night in St. Louis. The victory marked the Blues’ first home Stanley Cup Final win in franchise history. Ryan O’Reilly had two goals, including the game-winner in the third period. Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for St. Louis, Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist, and Alex Pietrangelo had two assists. Goalie Jordan Binnington made 21 saves to lift his team to victory after allowing five goals on 19 shots in Game 3 on Saturday. The Blues’ win snapped the Bruins’ five-game road winning streak this postseason.

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Notes & Quotes from last night’s Game 4 in St. Louis:

McHugh on St. Louis atmosphere: “This crowd was electric tonight. They were engaged on every single moment of the action.”

Jones on Bruins missing Captain Zdeno Chara: “A really courageous effort by the Bruins missing their captain. Zdeno Chara sitting on the bench the entire third period, never opened his mouth, so you have to wonder what happened there – broken jaw? He never spoke. That is a major issue in this series moving forward.”

Milbury on the series: “A game they really needed to win. I don’t think anybody thought the Bruins were going to get beat three in a row especially two at home if they won this game, but now we press the restart button.”

McGuire on Blues Game 4 performance: “One of the strengths of the Blues all night long, they’ve been angling fantastically well, taking away the speed quotient of the Bruins in the neutral zone.”

Olczyk on Blues final goal: “Brayden Schenn jumps on ice, change of lines, they force a turnover, the Bruins not able to get the puck in deep and get anything sustained, and Schenn hits the wide-open net.”

Wayne Gretzky on Blues physicality: “That starts with their coach. Craig Berube was one of the most honest players to ever play the game, played hard, played tough, straight ahead. So, if they play hard, physical hockey, this still could be a long series. It’s not over yet.”

Click here for complete Notes & Quotes from Game 4.

Following is the remaining telecast schedule for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final with networks and start times. Pre-game coverage will begin each night with NHL Live at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Thur., June 6	Game 5 – St. Louis at Boston	NBC	8 p.m.
Sun., June 9	Game 6 – Boston at St. Louis	NBC	8 p.m.
Wed., June 12	Game 7 – St. Louis at Boston*	NBC	8 p.m.

*if necessary

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2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL CONTINUES TO DELIVER RATINGS & VIEWERSHIP MILESTONES

GAME 4

• Last night’s series-tying Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on NBC delivered a 3.84, up 5% from last Monday’s Game 1 on NBC (3.67) and stands as the highest overnight delivery of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs to date.
• Last night’s game was the fourth-best Stanley Cup Final Game 4 in NBC Sports history, trailing CHI-BOS (4.57; 6/19/13), PIT-NAS (4.14; 6/5/17) and LAS-WAS (3.94; 6/4/18).
• NBC is expected to win the night in primetime (8-11 p.m. ET).
• Top 5 Markets for last night’s Game 4:

Rank	Market	Rating
1	St. Louis	28.0
2	Boston	26.0
3	Providence	19.7
4	Buffalo	9.8
5	Kansas City	5.2

 

GAME 3

• Saturday night’s Game 3 on NBCSN, in which the Bruins dominated the Blues 7-2, averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 3.049 million viewers.
• The game ranks behind Game 2 as NBCSN’s most-watched telecast of the year to date. It’s also NBCSN’s second-most watched telecast (behind Game 2) in the last 12 months.
• NBCSN won the night in primetime against all other networks among average viewers, and the A18-49 and A25-54 demos.
• With 2.930 TV-only viewers on NBCSN, Game 3 ranked as the top cable program of the weekend and the most-watched sports program on Saturday.
• Across NBC Sports streaming platforms, the game delivered an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 118,900, which ranks as a Top 5 delivery for an NHL game on NBC Sports Digital.

2019 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS CABLE COVERAGE

• Game 3 concluded NBCSN’s NHL coverage for the year and NBC Sports’ cable coverage for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which also included CNBC and USA Network.
• Across 67 games for the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, NBC Sports averaged a TAD of 1.076 million viewers, the second-best Stanley Cup Playoff delivery in 22 years, the fourth-best cable delivery on record, and up 2% vs. last year (1.053 million).

 

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WESTWOOD ONE AND NBC SPORTS RADIO PRESENT LIVE AUDIO COVERAGE OF THE 2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL

In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will once again present live play-by-play audio coverage of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final featuring the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) return for the fourth straight season as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the Stanley Cup Final. Former NHL goaltender Brian Boucher joins the crew as rinkside reporter. Boucher will be doing double-duty throughout the series, serving as a pregame/postgame analyst for NBC Sports in addition to working rinkside for radio during the games. Florida Panthers announcer Steve Goldstein hosts the pregame, intermission, and postgame reports.

All games of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final will be available on NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, WestwoodOneSports.com, the NHL app, SiriusXM Radio (NHL Channel 91), and TuneIn. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music. The stream can also be found on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices via the Westwood One Sports Skill.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

NBC Sports Boston will provide comprehensive local multi-platform coverage for the Boston Bruins throughout the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

NBC Sports Boston will offer live post-game shows and analysis throughout the Stanley Cup Final for the Bruins. Michael Felger, along with former NHL player Tony Amonte and U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan will headline postgame coverage. NBCSB Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty will weigh in from on-site at the arena throughout the series. NBCSB’s daily programming, including Early Edition, Boston Sports Tonight, and simulcasts of The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand & Felger and Mazz shows will also provide in-depth coverage throughout the Final. The My Teams app will offer the postgame show streamed live as well as additional extensive Bruins coverage.

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

NBCSports.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 the Stanley Cup Playoffs via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

–NBC SPORTS–