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55-441: NHL Network may refer to: NHL Network (American TV channel) NHL Network (Canadian TV channel) The NHL Network (1975–79) See also National Hockey League on television Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NHL Network . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

110-509: A $ 5,000 fine after he used a homophobic slur. In game five, the Blues overcame a 3–1 deficit in the third period to send the game to overtime. In double-overtime, Patrick Kane scored the game-winner for the Blackhawks who avoided elimination with a 4–3 win. The Blackhawks came back from a 3–1 deficit in game six, scoring five unanswered goals in a 6–3 victory to force a seventh game. In game seven,

165-514: A 1–0 lead to win 3–1. Evgeni Malkin scored two power play goals and Matt Murray made 31 saves in game four for the Penguins in a 5–0 win. In game five, after the Penguins' four-goal second period, of which Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist, Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault pulled Henrik Lundqvist , who had given up six goals on 23 shots. The Penguins ended the series with a 6–3 victory. It

220-532: A 3–1 series lead in a 3–2 win in game four. The Wild avoided elimination in game five when forward Mikko Koivu scored his second goal of the game at 4:55 of the first overtime period, in a 5–4 win. In Game six, the Stars took a four-goal lead before the Wild attempted a late comeback by scoring three goals in under five minutes during the third period. Alex Goligoski scored the eventual series-winner for Dallas halfway through

275-482: A 3–2 series lead. James Neal scored 35 seconds into game one and Pekka Rinne made 27 saves for the Predators' 3–2 win. In game two, Rinne again made 27 saves in another 3–2 win to take their first ever 2–0 series lead. Before game three, Anaheim replaced goaltender John Gibson with Frederik Andersen who stopped all 27 shots he faced in a 3–0 Ducks victory. Andersen made 30 saves in a 4–1 victory in game four to tie

330-480: A 3–2 win. Game four saw Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford go after Blues rookie forward Robby Fabbri after the forward was bumped into the goaltender by Chicago captain Jonathan Toews . Five penalties were assessed and the Blackhawks scored on the power play that followed. Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for the Blues as they won the game 4–3. Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw was given a one-game suspension and

385-513: A 3–2 win. In the final game of the series, Alex Killorn scored with 1:43 left in the third period to give the Lightning a 1–0 lead and the series win. Games 3 and 4 were the last playoff games ever played at Joe Louis Arena . The arena closed after the 2016-17 as the Red Wings moved into Little Caesars Arena . This was the last of 25 consecutive playoff appearances by the Red Wings, and is to date

440-655: A Stanley Cup playoff series was played at the Barclays Center . The series contained the two teams with the longest playoff win drought in the league (the Islanders had not won a series since 1993 , and the Panthers since 1996). The team that both clubs defeated for their last respective playoff series victory were the Pittsburgh Penguins, of which Panthers' right winger Jaromir Jagr was a member. The Islanders defeated

495-662: A U.S. version of NHL Network, but opted to proceed with the launch. Since its official launch in the United States, the NHL Network announced on October 8, 2007 that it would begin being carried that month on Cablevision , Charter , Cox Communications , DirecTV , Dish Network , Xfinity and Time Warner Cable through carriage agreements that were struck with each of the providers. DirecTV has aired NHL Network on channel 215 since October 31, 2007. NHL.com announced on January 12, 2009 that AT&T U-verse would begin carrying

550-405: A four-game sweep in a playoff series. This was the third year in which the top three teams in each division make the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference (for a total of eight playoff teams from each conference). The following teams qualified for the playoffs: In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate

605-642: A global feed (both TV and online) for the All Star Game and the Stanley Cup Final. Current on-air talent includes: 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs The 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2015–16 season . They began on April 13, 2016, and ended on June 12, 2016, with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the cup by defeating

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660-550: A lack of major overlap between the two leagues' regular seasons). In April 2016, coinciding with the start of the playoffs , NHL Network introduced its own 1,200 square-foot set, "The Rink". The network will continue to operate under the league's new television contract consortium of ESPN and Turner Sports beginning with the 2021–22 season (which excludes NBCUniversal). NHL Network will continue to nationally air selected games not broadcast by either ESPN or Turner. SiriusXM NHL Network Radio launched in 2013. Comcast, owners of

715-408: A wild-card team had more points than its opponent during the regular season and did not have home ice advantage. New York won two of the three games of the regular season series. The Lightning defeated the Islanders in five games. The Islanders took game one by a score of 5–3 with two goals scored by Shane Prince . Tyler Johnson scored two goals in a 4–1 victory for the Lightning in game two to tie

770-445: The 1999–2000 season —both times winning their division—and fifth time in franchise history. For the fourth time in six years, all three California-based teams made the playoffs in the same season. And, for only the second time ever ( 1996 being the only other time), both Florida-based teams made the playoffs in the same season. For the first time since 2006 , and only the third time in league history, all Original Six teams who made

825-861: The Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada , following the National Basketball Association -owned NBA TV (which launched in March 1999) and the National Football League -owned NFL Network (which launched in November 2003); Major League Baseball would launch its own sports channel, MLB Network , on January 1, 2009. On June 1, 2015, The Globe and Mail columnist David Shoalts reported that NHL Network in Canada would cease operations on September 1, 2015; national media rights to

880-658: The San Jose Sharks four games to two, for their fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history. For only the second time in league history ( 1970 being the only other time), none of the NHL's seven Canadian-based teams qualified for the postseason. In addition, for the second season in a row and only the fifth (and most recent) time since joining the league in 1979 , all four former WHA teams (the Edmonton Oilers , Arizona Coyotes , Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche ) missed

935-663: The 2021–22 season, NHL Network also carried selected first round games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs . NHL Network has also aired other hockey leagues and events, such as the American Hockey League , college hockey , and as official USA broadcaster for such IIHF events like the IIHF World Junior Championship . It is also the producer of the NHL International television service providing

990-486: The Blues took a two-goal lead in the first period before the Blackhawks tied the game on goals by Marian Hossa and Andrew Shaw. In the third period, Troy Brouwer scored the series-winner as the Blues advanced past the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since 2012 with a 3–2 win. The Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific Division, earning 103 points. The Nashville Predators finished as

1045-459: The Flyers 6–1 in game three. In game four, Philadelphia avoided elimination by switching goaltender Steve Mason , who gave up six goals in the previous game, to Michal Neuvirth who made 31 saves in a 2–1 win. The Flyers forced a sixth game after Neuvirth made 44 saves in a 2–0 win in game five; the Flyers had 11 shots in a playoff win, the fewest ever in franchise history. Nicklas Backstrom scored

1100-588: The NHL Network was developed out of a joint venture between the NHL and cable provider Comcast , as part of a broadcast rights agreement that resulted in the NBC Sports Network (then known as Outdoor Life Network) acquiring partial cable television rights to regular season, and Stanley Cup playoff and finals games from the National Hockey League. It became the third sports-oriented cable network devoted to programming from and controlled by one of

1155-533: The NHL in Canada had been acquired by Rogers Communications beginning in the 2014–15 season, and the Bell Media employees who managed the network's Canadian arm on behalf of the NHL were laid off that July. In August 2015, it was announced that the NHL had reached a six-year deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) to take over the management of the NHL's digital properties, as well as NHL Network. Operations and production of NHL Network's programming

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1210-507: The Pacific Division, earning 102 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 98 points to finish third in the Pacific. This was the fourth meeting between these two teams, with Los Angeles winning two of the three previous meetings. They last met in the 2014 Western Conference first round , which Los Angeles came back from a 3–0 deficit to defeat the Sharks in seven games. San Jose won three of the five games of

1265-479: The Panthers in six games and won a playoff series for the first time since 1993 . John Tavares scored a goal and two assists for the Islanders in a 5–4 win in game one. In game two, Roberto Luongo recorded 41 saves in a 3–1 win to help the Panthers tie the series. The Islanders came back from a two-goal deficit in the second period to win game three in overtime on Thomas Hickey 's wrist shot. In game four, Jaromir Jagr had an assist to reach 200 points overall in

1320-450: The Penguins to take game two by a score of 2–1. Matt Murray made 47 saves for the Penguins in game three for a 3–2 victory. In game four, Patric Hornqvist scored the game-winner for the Penguins in overtime as well as an assist in a 3–2 win. The Capitals avoided elimination in game five, with Braden Holtby stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced in a 3–1 win. In game six, Pittsburgh took a 3–0 lead with two goals from Phil Kessel before

1375-498: The Red Wings in five games. Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov scored twice and goalie Ben Bishop made 34 saves in a 3–2 win in Game 1. Tyler Johnson recorded two goals in Game 2 in a 5–2 win for the Lightning. In Game 3, Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard was replaced with Petr Mrazek , who stopped all 16 shots in a 2–0 win. In Game 4, Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Jonathan Drouin assisted on all three goals scored by Tampa Bay in

1430-408: The Stars in game one in a 4–0 victory. Jamie Benn scored the game winner in game two in a 2–1 win for the Stars to take a 2–0 lead in the series. In game three, after Patrick Sharp scored two goals in the first period for the Stars, the Wild scored four consecutive goals to take the lead. Jason Pominville scored two of the Wild goals in a 5–3 win. Antti Niemi made 28 saves to help the Stars take

1485-508: The Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 96 points. This was the second meeting between these teams in the playoffs; their only previous series was the 2011 Western Conference quarterfinals , which Nashville won in six games. Nashville won two of the three games of the regular season series. For the fourth straight year, the Ducks were eliminated in a seventh game at home after having

1540-459: The Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 87 points. This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Minnesota's current NHL franchise and its former NHL franchise (then known as the North Stars ). Dallas won four of the five games of the regular season series. The Stars defeated the Wild in six games. Jamie Benn scored a goal and two assists and goalie Kari Lehtonen made 22 saves for

1595-411: The channel. This was followed on June 2, 2009 with the announcement that NHL Network and Comcast had reached an agreement to carry the channel on the provider's Digital Classic Tier, which increased subscribership of the channel from the then-estimated two million subscribers in its placement on the "Sports Entertainment" tier to over 10 million on its Digital Classic package. In 2016, Sling TV became

1650-514: The first over-the-top media service to offer NHL Network. In 2011, AT&T U-verse refused to carry NHL Network over a planned increase in retransmission payments. The NHL Network originally shared some programming with its now-defunct sister network in Canada , with the main differences in programming between the two networks being the carriage of domestically targeted commercials and live game telecasts. For those live NHL games aired throughout

1705-402: The first round, the lower seeded wild card in the conference played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card played against the other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed; in

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1760-442: The five games of the regular season series. The Blues defeated the Blackhawks in seven games after nearly giving up a 3–1 series lead. In game one, neither team scored in regulation; David Backes scored 9:04 into the first overtime for the Blues as goalie Brian Elliott made 35 saves in the win. In game two, Patrick Kane had two assists to help the Blackhawks win 3–2. The Blues recovered in game three, as Elliot made 44 saves in

1815-403: The four-game regular season series. The Capitals defeated the Flyers in six games. Capitals goalie Braden Holtby shut out the Flyers in game one, stopping all 19 shots he faced in a 2–0 win. In game two, Holtby made 41 saves and a fluke goal by Capitals forward Jason Chimera turned to be the game-winning goal in a 4–1 win. The Capitals scored a franchise record five power play goals to rout

1870-637: The game into overtime. In the second overtime, Tavares scored his second goal and the series winner. The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 97 points. The Detroit Red Wings earned 93 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the second meeting between these teams; their only previous meeting was in last year's Eastern Conference First Round which Tampa Bay won in seven games. The teams split their four-game regular season series this year. The Lightning defeated

1925-414: The game, broke the tie to give the Sharks a 4–3 lead; Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson provided insurance goals as the Sharks ended the series with a 6–3 victory. This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was in the 2004 Eastern Conference quarterfinals , which Tampa Bay won in five games. This was the first series in the current playoff format in which

1980-473: The game-winner for the Kings at 3:47 of the first overtime. In game four, all three Sharks goals came on the power play before the Kings tried to make a comeback cutting the deficit to 3–2, but that was the final score of the game. In game five, the Sharks took a 3–0 lead until the Kings scored three goals to tie the game in the second period. Early in the third period, San Jose rookie Joonas Donskoi 's second goal of

2035-413: The game-winner for the Lightning 1:49 into overtime in a 2–1 win. Victor Hedman scored twice and Ben Bishop stopped all 28 shots for the Lightning in game five to move on to the conference finals for the second season in a row and third in six seasons. This was the ninth playoff meeting between these teams, with Pittsburgh winning seven of the eight previous series. Their most recent meeting

2090-599: The last time in which they made the playoffs. The Washington Capitals earned the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team with 120 points. The Philadelphia Flyers finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card, earning 96 points. This was the fifth meeting between these teams; with both teams splitting the four previous series. They last met in the 2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinals , which Philadelphia won in seven games. These teams split

2145-543: The last two but winning four of the six overall. They last met in last year's Eastern Conference First Round , which the Rangers won in five games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games of the regular season series. The Penguins defeated the Rangers in five games. Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist scored a hat trick in a 5–2 win in game one. J. T. Miller had three assists to help the Rangers win 4–2 in game two. In game three, Pittsburgh scored three times after New York took

2200-417: The last two rounds, it was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record. The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division, earning 103 points. The New York Islanders finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 100 points. This was the first meeting between these two teams. Florida won two of the three games of the regular season series. This was the first time that

2255-433: The league's former cable partner NBCSN, is also the largest cable television provider in the United States. The company was contractually obligated to carry NHL Network on its systems by the summer of 2007 at the latest, so it would be available in time for the 2007–08 NHL season . Both Comcast and the NHL had an option to terminate their contract after the 2006–07 season, which would have voided Comcast's obligation to launch

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2310-414: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NHL_Network&oldid=992237246 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages NHL Network (American TV channel) Launched on October 1, 2007,

2365-412: The number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with home ice advantage played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team was at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two wild cards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference. In

2420-582: The only goal for the Capitals in game six for his team to move onto the second round. The Pittsburgh Penguins finished second in the Metropolitan Division, earning 104 points. The New York Rangers earned 101 points in the regular season to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the seventh meeting between these teams, and the third meeting in three consecutive seasons, with Pittsburgh losing

2475-414: The playoffs (three in total) were eliminated in the first round. The New York Islanders won their first post-season series since the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs , ending the third longest post-season win drought in NHL history. For the seventh consecutive season and eleventh out of thirteen seasons, a team from California was in the Western Conference final. For the first time since 2002 , no team lost in

2530-466: The playoffs. The Washington Capitals made the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. This was the final season of the Detroit Red Wings ' 25-season playoff appearance streak, the longest streak at the time and tied for third longest in NHL history. The Florida Panthers qualified for the playoffs for only the second time since

2585-402: The playoffs. The Panthers won the game 2–1. Games five and six both ended in double-overtime with identical scores of 2–1 and New York winning both games. In game five, Alan Quine scored the game-winner on a power play 16:00 into the second overtime. Thomas Greiss made 47 saves in the victory. In game six, Tavares scored the first New York goal with 54 seconds left in the third period to send

2640-504: The regular season series. The Sharks defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, Joe Pavelski scored twice including the game-winner to help the Sharks win 4–3. Sharks goalie, and former Kings backup goalie, Martin Jones allowed one goal on 27 shots in game two in a 2–1 win. Game three in San Jose required overtime with the game tied 1–1 after regulation time, before Tanner Pearson scored

2695-473: The season, they are primarily simulcasts of feeds from one of the team's regional rightsholders or Canadian rightsholder Sportsnet , including CBC -aired Hockey Night in Canada coverage on Saturday evenings. In 2021, the network introduced its first original broadcasts, the NHL Network Showcase , which is modeled after MLB Network's MLB Network Showcase , and air on weekend afternoons. Until

2750-414: The series. Games three and four both ended in overtime with Lightning victories as well as Nikita Kucherov scoring the tying goal in the third period. In game three, Kucherov scored with 39 seconds left in the third period to send it to overtime. In overtime, Brian Boyle scored the game-winner for a 5–4 win. In game four, Kucherov scored 7:49 into the third period to tie the game. Jason Garrison scored

2805-423: The series. Three players for the Ducks, Ryan Getzlaf , David Perron , and Sami Vatanen , had two points in a 5–2 win in game five to stake the Ducks to a 3–2 series lead. The Predators forced their first ever seventh game after Rinne made 26 saves in a 3–1 win. In game seven, Rinne stopped 36 shots for the Predators in a 2–1 win to advance to the second round. The Los Angeles Kings finished second in

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2860-581: The third period as the Stars hung on for a 5–4 victory. The St. Louis Blues finished second in the Central Division earning 107 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned 103 points to finish third in the Central. This was the twelfth playoff meeting between these two rivals with Chicago winning eight of the eleven previous series. Their most recent meeting was the 2014 Western Conference First Round , which Chicago won in six games. St. Louis won three of

2915-400: Was in the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals , which Pittsburgh won in seven games. Pittsburgh won three of the five games of the regular season series. The Penguins defeated the Capitals in six games. T. J. Oshie scored a hat-trick, his third goal being in overtime, in game one for the Capitals in a 4–3 win. Former Capitals forward Eric Fehr scored the game-winner in the third period for

2970-533: Was shifted from Toronto to the Secaucus, New Jersey facilities of MLB Network . There has been minor talent sharing between the networks, and MLB Network cross-promoted an NHL Stadium Series game at Coors Field by building a scale hockey rink in its Studio 42 (which itself is designed to resemble a scaled baseball field). For much of the 2015–16 season, NHL Network studio programs originated from redecorated versions of MLB Network's existing studio sets (enabled by

3025-451: Was the first time the Rangers were eliminated in the opening round since 2011 , snapping a five-year advancement streak. This was also the first playoff series in which two goaltenders on the same team played in and subsequently won their playoff debut, with Jeff Zatkoff winning game one and Matt Murray winning game three. The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division, earning 109 points. The Minnesota Wild finished as

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