Stanley Cup Final

2020 STANLEY CUP FINAL CONTINUES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

September 24, 2020 By admin

Tampa Bay Lightning Lead Dallas Stars in Series 2-1

Game 4 Pre-Game Coverage Begins Tomorrow with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN

“Right out of a storybook…First game. First shot. First goal.” – Doc Emrick on Steven Stamkos

“(The Stars) weren’t able to capitalize when they had the momentum. When you have it, you’ve got to do something with it.” – Eddie Olczyk

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 24, 2020 – The 2020 Stanley Cup Final between the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning continues with exclusive coverage of Games 4 and 5 on NBC Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. ET. Friday’s pre-game coverage begins with NHL Live at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN. All Stanley Cup Final games are taking place at Rogers Place in the NHL bubble in Edmonton, Alberta.

Eight-time Emmy Award-winner Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick will handle play-by-play duties for Games 4 and 5 alongside U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Olczyk (analyst) and Brian Boucher (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst). Emmy Award-winner Pierre McGuire will provide reports and player interviews throughout both games.

Kathryn Tappen will host studio coverage throughout the weekend alongside studio analysts Keith Jones, Anson Carter and Patrick Sharp.

Last night, Lightning captain Steven Stamkos returned from injury for his first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and scored on his very first shot in the first period, as Tampa Bay defeated Dallas 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead.

Highlighted quotes from last night’s matchup are below. Click here for full notes and quotes from Game 3.

Emrick on Tampa Bay C Steven Stamkos’ goal: “My goodness, right out of a storybook…First game. First shot. First goal.”

Emrick on the Lightning: “Inspired by the return of their captain, they have taken a lead in the series, two games to one…they have talked during these playoffs about how (Steven) Stamkos had inspired them just by being in the dressing room in civilian clothes, and then how it was so much fun to see him on the ice in skates in practice. But now, on the ice in skates – though briefly – scoring a goal on his first shot.”

Jones on the Lightning: “What impresses me the most is the way they reacted when (Steven) Stamkos could no longer participate in the game. He obviously was a big factor in the first period, scored the goal, but that can deflate a team when a guy’s unavailable when the second period rolls around…their depth really came to the forefront and their star players were outstanding.”

Olczyk on importance of capitalizing on momentum: “(The Stars) weren’t able to capitalize when they had the momentum. When you have it, you’ve got to do something with it. You saw it in the second period when Tampa had all of the momentum and put a crooked number on the board.”

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Senior Executive Vice President, Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs, Kim Davis, joined Anson Carter for a conversation on diversity and inclusion in hockey on the latest episode of NBC Sports’ Hockey Culture, an initiative led by Carter, dedicated to bringing equality and inclusion to the sport of hockey.

Bettman, Davis and Carter discussed a number of topics, including the NHL’s pause in play in late August during the playoffs to fight social injustice, how to increase diversity and inclusion in the sport of hockey and how they hope to see progress within the sport in the next five years.

Following is the weekend’s Stanley Cup Final schedule:

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)	Commentators
Fri., Sept. 25	NHL Live	NBCSN	7 p.m.	Kathryn Tappen, Keith Jones, Anson Carter, Patrick Sharp
	Game 4 – Tampa Bay vs. Dallas	NBC	8 p.m.	Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Brian Boucher, Pierre McGuire
Sat., Sept. 26	Game 5 – Dallas vs. Tampa Bay	NBC	8 p.m.	Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Brian Boucher, Pierre McGuire

2020 STANLEY CUP FINAL SCHEDULE

Date	Coverage	Network	Time (ET)
Fri., Sept. 25	Game 4 – Tampa Bay vs. Dallas	NBC	8 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 26	Game 5 – Dallas vs. Tampa Bay	NBC	8 p.m.
Mon., Sept. 28	Game 6 – Tampa Bay vs. Dallas*	NBC	8 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 30	Game 7 – Dallas vs. Tampa Bay*	NBC	8 p.m.

* If Necessary

–NBC SPORTS–

NOTES AND QUOTES – STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 3 ON NBCSN

September 23, 2020 By admin

Tampa Bay Lightning Defeat Dallas Stars 5-2 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

“Right out of a storybook…First game. First shot. First goal.” – Doc Emrick on Steven Stamkos

“(The Stars) weren’t able to capitalize when they had the momentum. When you have it, you’ve got to do something with it.” – Eddie Olczyk

Games 4 and 5 – Friday and Saturday Night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 23, 2020 – NBC Sports continued its exclusive presentation of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final tonight with Game 3 between the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on NBCSN. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos returned from injury for his first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and scored in the first period, as Tampa Bay defeated Dallas 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. All Stanley Cup Final games are being played at Rogers Place.

Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and Brian Boucher called the game along with Pierre McGuire providing reports and player interviews. Olczyk, Boucher and McGuire were on site at Rogers Place, while Emrick called the action from a home studio. Kathryn Tappen, Keith Jones, Anson Carter and Patrick Sharp provided studio commentary during intermissions from NBC Sports’ headquarters in Stamford, Conn. John Forslund also provided commentary from Rogers Place during pre-game coverage.

Following are notes and quotes from Game 3:

FIRST PERIOD

Emrick on Tampa Bay C Steven Stamkos’ goal, 2-0 Lightning: “My goodness, right out of a storybook.”

Boucher: “He was shot out of a cannon – the shot was a cannon as well.”

Emrick: “In their greatest dreams, Lightning fans could not have conceived this. Or maybe they could have (laughter).”

Emrick: “First game. First shot. First goal.”

Olczyk on C Jason Dickinson’s short-handed goal for Dallas, 2-1 Lightning: “Talking about another goaltender off of his angle here. Lots of room on the short side.”

Boucher: “I don’t know where (Andrei) Vasilevskiy was going. He didn’t locate (Jason) Dickinson. I think he was figuring that pass was going somewhere else, more to the middle of the ice. He was in the middle of the net. He was nowhere near his angle on that play.”

Boucher on RW Nikita Kucherov’s breakaway goal, 1-0 Lightning: “The turnover by the youngster, Miro Heiskanen – and he put it on the wrong guy’s tape…he loses his footing and when he does that, he puts it right on Kucherov’s tape.”

POST-GAME

Emrick: “Inspired by the return of their captain, they have taken a lead in the series, two games to one…they have talked during these playoffs about how (Steven) Stamkos had inspired them just by being in the dressing room in civilian clothes, and then how it was so much fun to see him on the ice in skates in practice. But now, on the ice in skates – though briefly – scoring a goal on his first shot.”

Sharp: “It was the depth of Tampa Bay in this one. They looked like a complete team with their captain back, all four lines contributed…tough team to beat right now.”

Jones: “What impresses me the most is the way they reacted when (Steven) Stamkos could no longer participate in the game. He obviously was a big factor in the first period, scored the goal, but that can deflate a team when a guy’s unavailable when the second period rolls around…their depth really came to the forefront and their star players were outstanding.”

THIRD PERIOD

Olczyk on importance of capitalizing on momentum: “(The Stars) weren’t able to capitalize when they had the momentum. When you have it, you’ve got to do something with it. You saw it in the second period when Tampa had all of the momentum and put a crooked number on the board.”

Boucher on Stamkos: “The excitement that he brought to his team and then after not playing, it’s about the leadership…only two minutes and 47 seconds played, but he’s had an effect on the Tampa Bay Lightning in a positive manner in this hockey game.”

Boucher on D Miro Heiskanen’s goal, 5-2 Lightning: “This puck bounced around on Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Dallas Stars were able to put it home…an unfortunate bounce for the Tampa Bay goaltender.”

SECOND INTERMISSION

Carter on Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman: “If the Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t have Victor Hedman on their team, I don’t know where they’d be. Yes, they’ve had guys elevate their game with no Steven Stamkos, but without No. 77, the Lightning would be in trouble.”

SECOND PERIOD

Olczyk on Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman’s power play goal, 3-1 Lightning: “That quick little wrister, cool number 10 (goals scored), he is in some rare air when it comes to playoff performances for defensemen scoring goals.”

Olczyk on Lightning C Brayden Point’s goal, 4-1 Lightning: “Just a terrible change here by the Dallas Stars…in the second period, you’ve got to make sure. The turnover and look at all of the players going off of the ice – it’s a 3-on-1.”

Boucher on Lightning LW Ondrej Palat’s goal, 5-1 Lightning: “A long shift for the Dallas defensemen. Out there for more than a minute and forty seconds. Not able to get the clear, several opportunities for Tampa Bay, they throw it to the net, doesn’t connect with (Ondrej) Palat on the back door, but then it goes back to Palat and you can see how tired (Esa) Lindell was, not able to recover…as the onslaught continues for Tampa Bay here in this second period.”

FIRST INTERMISSION

Jones on Stamkos: “It’s mind-boggling what great players are capable of doing…no rust on Stamkos, an outstanding start to this game for the Lightning captain…he does what Steven Stamkos does best, an outstanding goal.”

Carter on impact of Tampa Bay’s physical play: “Those hits eventually take their toll on the opposition…it forces the Dallas Stars defensemen to move the puck prematurely, before they’re ready to move the puck…(Miro Heiskanen) makes an uncharacteristic turnover. It’s all about the physical play and the hits that are paying off for the Tampa Bay Lightning.”

PRE-GAME

Boucher on the return of Stamkos: “You get an addition like this, it just gives you an emotional boost to have your captain in the lineup. You’ve got to make sure you don’t have a letdown because he’s put on his uniform.”

Olczyk on Dallas’ approach to facing Stamkos: “You want to welcome him to the Stanley Cup Final. You want to challenge him, you want to be in his face, you want to take away time and space because he is a world-class player. You want to make life really miserable for him.”

Jones on Tampa Bay: “Tampa has proven that they can take the hits and stay disciplined at the same time…but not just take the hits, but play aggressively as well.”

Jones on Dallas C Tyler Seguin: “He’s one of the leaders on the Dallas Stars…he’s got to be feeling the pressure of not scoring, but it hasn’t leaked into other parts of his game…if he scores, he’s going to score again. That’s one thing Tampa has to be careful of…that’s a big part of a series. When star players score, there’s usually a couple goals that follow shortly.”

Sharp on Dallas D Jamie Oleksiak: “I’ve seen this skill level from him from the day he entered the league. I got the chance to play with him…he always works on his skills after practice, he’s as talented as anyone on the roster, seems like he has confidence now, knows when to jump in the rush and it’s paying off big time for the Dallas Stars.”

Sharp on Dallas: “No team uses more hair product than the Dallas Stars. In pre-game warmups, Jamie Benn leads the way, but (Tyler) Seguin is never putting a helmet on.”

Carter on sacrifices players have made since returning to play: “It’s a big-time sacrifice. That’s why I said winning the championship this year is probably the hardest in NHL history because guys are away from their families for so long. I’m not playing in the NHL right now, but I’ve been away for two months. Thank goodness for FaceTime. Family is so important to hockey players.”

–NBC SPORTS–

NBC SPORTS PRESENTS LIVE BIG-EVENT SPORTS ALL WEEKEND LONG BEGINNING TODAY

September 18, 2020 By admin

Live-Event Weekend Coverage Features Sunday Night Football, U.S. Open Golf, NHL Stanley Cup Final, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, Notre Dame Football, Premier League Soccer and Tour de France Conclusion

Big Events to Air Across NBC, NBCSN, GOLF Channel, USA Network, Peacock and NBC Sports Digital Platforms

STAMFORD, Conn. – September 18, 2020 – NBC Sports will present an unprecedented weekend of live big-event sports over the next three days across numerous NBCUniversal properties – NBC, NBCSN, GOLF Channel, USA Network, Peacock and NBC Sports digital platforms.

From today through September 20, NBCUniversal properties will combine to present more than 125 live event coverage hours.

Among the highlights of NBC Sports’ live event coverage for this weekend:

- Sunday Night Football: A star-studded QB matchup headlines this week’s edition of NBC’s Sunday Night Football as Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks (1-0) host Cam Newton and the New England Patriots (1-0). Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET with Football Night in America on NBC, followed by kickoff at 8:20 p.m. ET from CenturyLink Field.

- U.S. Open: The U.S. Open returns home to NBC Sports. The USGA stages the 120^th edition of the U.S. Open this week (thru Sunday) from Winged Foot Golf Club, and NBC Sports will present nearly 45 hours of live primary coverage of the championship exclusively across NBC, GOLF Channel, NBC Sports digital platforms, and Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service. Viewers tuning will recognize a familiar musical refrain previously synonymous with NBC Sports’ coverage of the U.S. Open, as Yanni’s In Celebration of Man will be incorporated throughout the championship.

- NHL Stanley Cup Final: Game 1 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final between the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning will be presented tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC immediately following U.S. Open coverage from Winged Foot Golf Club.

- NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs: NBC Sports presents the first elimination race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs tomorrow night in primetime at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN from iconic Bristol Motor Speedway, as the field of 16 narrows to 12 and drivers fight to keep their championship hopes alive. Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, Bristol also hosts the regular season finale for the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which has 11 of its 12 Playoff spots decided entering the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.”

- Notre Dame Football: NBC Sports’ 30^th season of Notre Dame Football continues tomorrow when the No. 7 Fighting Irish (1-0) host South Florida (1-0) at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind., at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. Following last weekend’s victory over Duke, Notre Dame moved to No. 7 in the country. The Fighting Irish were led last week by QB Ian Book, who passed for 263 yards and one touchdown, and RB Kyren Williams, who totaled 205 yards from scrimmage (112 rushing, 93 receiving) and two rushing touchdowns.

- Premier League: USMNT star Christian Pulisic – who’s hoping to return from injury – and Chelsea host 2019-20 champions Liverpool this Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET exclusively on Peacock Premium, highlighting NBC Sports’ Premier League schedule this weekend.

- Tour de France: NBC Sports’ live coverage of the 107^th Tour de France concludes this weekend on NBCSN with Stage 21 starting at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday from Mantes-la-Jolie in France. Following yesterday’s Stage 18 victory by Poland’s Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Slovenia’s Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) currently sits in first place and carries a 57-second lead over Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and a 1:27 lead over third-place Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) into this weekend’s final stages.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will stream live coverage to desktops, mobile, tablets, and connected TVs 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 available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast.

Following is the NBC Sports’ schedule for major sporting events this week (all times ET, subject to change):

Date	Time (ET)	Coverage	Platform
Fri., Sept. 18	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France: Stage 19: Bourg-en-Bresse / Champagnole	NBCSN
Fri., Sept. 18	7:30 a.m.	U.S. Open – Second Round	Peacock
Fri., Sept. 18	9:30 a.m.	U.S. Open – Second Round	GOLF Channel
Fri., Sept. 18	4 p.m.	U.S. Open – Second Round	NBC
Fri., Sept. 18	6:30 p.m.	NASCAR: Xfinity Series – Countdown to Green	NBCSN
Fri., Sept. 18	7 p.m.	NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing – Bristol	NBCSN
Fri., Sept. 18	7 p.m.	Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open	GOLF Channel
Fri., Sept. 18	9 p.m.	NASCAR: Xfinity Series Post-Race	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	6:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	7 a.m.	Tour de France: Stage 20: Lure / La Planche des Belles Filles	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	7 a.m.	Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open	GOLF Channel
Sat., Sept. 19	9 a.m.	U.S. Open – Third Round	Peacock
Sat., Sept. 19	11 a.m.	U.S. Open – Third Round	NBC
Sat., Sept. 19	2:30 p.m.	College Football: Notre Dame v. South Florida	USA Network
Sat., Sept. 19	6:30 p.m.	NASCAR America Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	7 p.m.	NASCAR Cup Series – Countdown to Green	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	7:30 p.m.	NASCAR Cup Series Racing – Bristol	NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 19	7:30 p.m.	NHL Stanley Cup Final – Game 1: Dallas vs. Tampa Bay	NBC
Sat., Sept. 19	7:30 p.m.	Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open	GOLF Channel
Sat., Sept. 19	10:30 p.m.	NASCAR America Post-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., Sept. 20	6 a.m.	Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open	GOLF Channel
Sun., Sept. 20	8 a.m.	U.S. Open – Final Round	Peacock
Sun., Sept. 20	9 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., Sept. 20	9:30 a.m.	Tour de France: Stage 21: Mantes-la-Jolie / Paris Champs-Élysées	NBCSN
Sun., Sept. 20	10 a.m.	U.S. Open – Final Round	GOLF Channel
Sun., Sept. 20	11:30 a.m.	Premier League: Chelsea v. Liverpool	Peacock
Sun., Sept. 20	Noon	U.S. Open – Final Round	NBC
Sun., Sept. 20	1:30 p.m.	Premier League Live	Peacock
Sun., Sept. 20	6 p.m.	Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open	GOLF Channel
Sun., Sept. 20	7 p.m.	Football Night in America	NBC
Sun., Sept. 20	8:20 p.m.	*SNF:* New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks	NBC

–NBC SPORTS–

BLUES-BRUINS GAME 7 ON NBC IS MOST-WATCHED NHL GAME ON RECORD

June 13, 2019 By admin

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:

Buffalo 13.9: #2 (behind 2006, Game 7, EDM-CAR, 17.9)
Las Vegas 7.6: #1
Denver 7.4: #2 (2015, Game 6, TB/CHI, 7.6)
Raleigh 6.3: #1
Chicago 6.2: #2 (2011, Game 7, BOS-VAN, 6.4)
Nashville 5.8: #1
Philadelphia 5.8: #2 (2017, Game 6, PIT-NAS, 6.4)
New York 5.1: #1
Phoenix 4.7: #1
Dallas 3.5: #1
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–

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 7 – ST. LOUIS BLUES VS. BOSTON BRUINS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

June 12, 2019 By admin

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–

STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 7 – ST. LOUIS BLUES VS. BOSTON BRUINS – WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

June 11, 2019 By admin

“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.

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

–NBC SPORTS–

FIRST STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 7 IN EIGHT YEARS TO BE PLAYED THIS WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M. ET ON NBC

June 10, 2019 By admin

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.

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

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.

COMPREHENSIVE BRUINS COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS BOSTON

STREAMING COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM AND THE NBC SPORTS APP

–NBC SPORTS–

FIRST STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 7 IN EIGHT YEARS TO BE PLAYED THIS WEDNESDAY AT 8 PM ET ON NBC

June 9, 2019 By admin

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:

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–

GAME 6 – ST. LOUIS BLUES CAN WIN FIRST STANLEY CUP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY ON SUNDAY NIGHT ON NBC

June 7, 2019 By admin

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.

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

–NBC SPORTS–

2019 STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 5 NOTES & QUOTES – ST. LOUIS BLUES VS. BOSTON BRUINS

June 6, 2019 By admin

“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–

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