NBC, Versus Hit the Ice for Stanley Cup Finals

Now that the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings have clinched their berths in the Stanley Cup Finals—a rematch of last year’s matchup, won by Detroit—NBC and Versus announced their TV schedule for the NHL’s championship round. NBC will air games one, two, five (if necessary), six (if necessary), and seven (if necessary), while Versus will deliver games three and four.

Pierre McGuire will continue his “Inside the Glass” coverage, in which he is stationed between both benches and “translates hockey shorthand” from coaches and players, as he puts it, for viewers. NBC Sports coordinating producer Sam Flood added that analyst Eddie Olczyk was also “fighting for more telestration elements.”

The complete Stanley Cup Finals schedule:
Game one, Saturday, May 30, Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m., NBC
Game two, Sunday, May 31, Pittsburgh at Detroit, TBA (evening), NBC
Game three, Tuesday, June 2, Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., Versus
Game four, Thursday, June 4, Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., Versus
* Game five, Saturday, June 6, Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m., NBC
* Game six, Tuesday, June 9, Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., NBC
* Game seven, Friday, June 12, Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m., NBC
* If necessary