The NHL's postseason is officially underway with the most unconventional Stanley Cup tournament in the trophy's 127-year history. With five games staggered throughout Saturday between the hub cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada we have a sports festival display of hockey. Last week, there were three days of exhibition games played. The teams are all in encampment around Edmonton and Toronto. Today there are five games, with teams playing multiple matchups against the same teams, and a round robin type of playoff too. The "Eastern Conference" teams are playing their games in the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, normal home of the Maple Leafs, the "Western" teams are playing in the Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, the home of the Edmonton Oilers, which opened in 2016. The point behind these exercises, I suppose, are to crown a Stanley Cup Champion in October, a few weeks before next year's season begins. Some of the teams, who were not among the chosen 16 teams for this playoff, should be well rested when the next season's play begins... In any case, the schedule for the upcoming days of play is the following: EASTERN CONFERENCE (Scotiabank Arena) Round-robin Sunday, Aug. 2: Flyers vs. Bruins, 3 p.m. ET – NBC Monday, Aug. 3: Capitals vs. Lightning, 4 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Lightning vs. Bruins, 4 p.m. ET – NBCSN Thursday, Aug. 6: Capitals vs. Flyers, TBD Saturday, Aug. 8: Flyers vs. Lightning, TBD Sunday, Aug. 9: Bruins vs. Capitals, TBD (5) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens Saturday, Aug. 1: Canadiens vs. Penguins, 8 p.m. ET – NBC Monday, Aug. 3: Canadiens vs. Penguins, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Penguins vs. Canadiens, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN Friday, Aug. 7: Penguins vs. Canadiens* Saturday, Aug. 8: Canadiens vs. Penguins* (6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (11) New York Rangers Saturday, Aug. 1: Rangers vs. Hurricanes, 12 p.m. ET – NBCSN Monday, Aug. 3: Rangers vs. Hurricanes, 12 p.m. ET – NBCSN Tuesday, Aug. 4: Hurricanes vs. Rangers, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN Thursday, Aug. 6: Hurricanes vs. Rangers* Saturday, Aug. 8: Rangers vs. Hurricanes* (7) New York Islanders vs. (10) Florida Panthers Saturday, Aug. 1: Panthers vs. Islanders, 4 p.m. ET – NBCSN Tuesday, Aug. 4: Panthers vs. Islanders, 12 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Islanders vs. Panthers, 12 p.m. ET – NBCSN Friday, Aug. 7: Islanders vs. Panthers* Sunday, Aug. 9: Panthers vs. Islanders* (8) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (9) Columbus Blue Jackets Sunday, Aug. 2: Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs, 8 p.m. ET – NBCSN Tuesday, Aug. 4: Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs, 4 p.m. ET – NBCSN Thursday, Aug. 6: Maple Leafs vs. Blue Jackets, TBD Friday, Aug. 7: Maple Leafs vs. Blue Jackets*, TBD Sunday, Aug. 9: Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs*, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE (Rogers Place) Round-robin Sunday, Aug. 2: Blues vs. Avalanche, 6:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Monday, Aug. 3: Stars vs. Golden Knights, 6:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Avalanche vs. Stars, 6:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Thursday, Aug. 6: Golden Knights vs. Blues, TBD Saturday, Aug. 8: Golden Knights vs. Avalanche, TBD Sunday, Aug. 9: Stars vs. Blues, TBD (5) Edmonton Oilers vs. (12) Chicago Blackhawks Saturday, Aug. 1: Blackhawks vs. Oilers, 3 p.m. ET – NBC Monday, Aug. 3: Blackhawks vs. Oilers, 10:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Oilers vs. Blackhawks, 10:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Friday, Aug. 7: Oilers vs. Blackhawks*, TBD Saturday, Aug. 8: Blackhawks vs. Oilers*, TBD (6) Nashville Predators vs. (11) Arizona Coyotes Sunday, Aug. 2: Coyotes vs. Predators, 2 p.m. ET – USA Network Tuesday, Aug. 4: Coyotes vs. Predators, 2:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Wednesday, Aug. 5: Predators vs. Coyotes, 2:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Friday, Aug. 7: Predators vs. Coyotes*, TBD Sunday, Aug. 9: Coyotes vs. Predators*, TBD (7) Vancouver Canucks vs. (10) Minnesota Wild Sunday, Aug. 2: Wild vs. Canucks, 10:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Tuesday, Aug. 4: Wild vs. Canucks, 10:45 p.m. ET – USA Network Thursday, Aug. 6: Canucks vs. Wild, TBD Friday, Aug. 7: Canucks vs. Wild*, TBD Sunday, Aug. 9: Wild vs. Canucks*, TBD (8) Calgary Flames vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets Saturday, Aug. 1: Jets vs. Flames, 10:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Monday, Aug. 3: Jets vs. Flames, 2:30 p.m. ET – NBCSN Tuesday, Aug. 4: Flames vs. Jets, 4:45 p.m. ET – NBCSN Thursday, Aug. 6: Flames vs. Jets*, TBD Saturday, Aug. 8: Jets vs. Flames*, TBD * – if necessary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/1907911919.7464911.1596341551000%40mail.yahoo.com.
