The final games of the wild 2024-25 regular season are tonight, and today the NHL released its TV schedule for Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The postseason action starts Saturday with a pair of Western Conference matchups on Warner Bros. Discovery sister nets TNT and truTV: the Presidents Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets hosting the surging St. Louis Blues at 3 p.m. Pacific time, followed by the Colorado Avalanche visiting the Dallas Stars at 3:30 p.m. Both games also will stream on Max.
Action continues Sunday with three more games, with the rest of the eight first-round series starting Monday on ESPN or ESPN2. See the full schedule below.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are crammed with storylines this season. Among the juiciest is the fourth consecutive first-round matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers. The Canadian club has dispatched their longtime archrivals each of the past three years, but the California team is having one of the best seasons in its 58-year history.
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Elsewhere in the West, the Pacific Division champion Vegas Golden Knights will have home-ice advantage over wild-card team the Minnesota Wild. The Eastern Conference matchups feature the Washington Capitals — whose captain Alexander Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record this month — against the unlikely wild card Montreal Canadiens; the Toronto Maple Leafs, who haven’t won the Cup since 1967 vs. the Ottawa Senators, who made the playoffs for the first time since 2017; and defending champion Florida Panthers against in-state rival Tampa Bay Lightning.
Here is the TV schedule for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs ((all times Pacific):
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles KingsGame 1: Oilers at Kings, Monday, April 21, 7 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 2: Oilers at Kings, Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m. PT; TBS, MaxGame 3: Kings at Oilers, Friday, April 25, 7 p.m. PT; TNT, truTV, MaxGame 4: Kings at Oilers, Sunday, April 27, 6::30 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Oilers at Kings, Tuesday, April 29, TBD *Game 6: Kings at Oilers, Thursday, May 1, TBD *Game 7: Oilers at Kings, Saturday, May 3, TBD *
St. Louis Blues vs. Winnipeg JetsGame 1: Blues at Jets, Saturday, April 19, 3 p.m. PT; Max, truTV, TNTGame 2: Blues at Jets, Monday, April 21, 4:30 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 3: Jets at Blues, Thursday, April 24, 6:30 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 4: Jets at Blues, Sunday, April 27, 1 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Blues at Jets, Wednesday, April 30, TBD *Game 6: Jets at Blues, Friday, May 2, TBD *Game 7: Blues at Jets, Sunday, May 4, TBD *
Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas StarsGame 1: Avalanche at Stars, Saturday, April 19, 5:30 p.m. PT; Max, truTV, TNTGame 2: Avalanche at Stars, Monday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 3: Stars at Avalanche, Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 4: Stars at Avalanche, Saturday, April 26, 6:30 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, Max, SNGame 5: Avalanche at Stars, Monday, Arpil 27, TBD *Game 6: Stars at Avalanche, Thursday, May 1, TBD *Game 7: Avalanche at Stars, Saturday, May 3, TBD*
Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsGame 1: Wild at Golden Knights, Sunday, April 20, 7 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 2: Wild at Golden Knights, Tuesday, April 22, 8 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 3: Golden Knights at Wild, Thursday, April 24, 6 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 4: Golden Knights at Wild, Saturday, April 24, 1 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Wild at Golden Knights, Tuesday, April 29, TBD *Game 6: Golden Knights at Wild, Thursday, May 1, TBD *Game 7: Wild at Golden Knights, Saturday, May 3, TBD *
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple LeafsGame 1: Senators at Maple Leafs, Sunday, April 20, 4 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 2: Senators at Maple Leafs, Tuesday, April 22, 4:30 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 3: Maple Leafs at Senators, Thursday, April 24, 4 p.m. PT; ESPN2Game 4: Maple Leafs at Senators, Saturday, April 26, 4 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Senators at Maple Leafs, Tuesday, April 29, TBD *Game 6: Maple Leafs at Senators, Friday, May 1, TBD *Game 7: Senators at Maple Leafs, Saturday, May 3, TBD *
Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay LightningGame 1: Panthers at Lightning, Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 p.m. PT; ESPN,Game 2: Panthers at Lightning, Thursday, April 24, 3:30 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 3: Lightning at Panthers, Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 4: Lightning at Panthers, Monday, April 28, TBDGame 5: Panthers at Lightning, Wednesday, April 30, TBD *Game 6: Lightning at Panthers, Friday, May 2, TBD *Game 7: Panthers at Lightning, Sunday, May 4, TBD *
Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsGame 1: Canadiens at at Capitals, Monday, April 21, 4 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 2: Canadiens at Capitals, Wednesday, April 23, 4 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 3: Capitals at Canadiens, Friday, April 25, 4 p.m. PT; TNT, truTV, MaxGame 4: Capitals at Canadiens, Sunday, April 27, 3:30 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Canadiens at Capitals, Wednesday, April 30, TBD *Game 6: Capitals at Canadiens, Friday, May 2, TBD *Game 7: Canadiens/at Capitals, Sunday, May 4, TBD *
New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina HurricanesGame 1: Devils at Hurricanes, Sunday, April 20, 12 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 2: Devils at Hurricanes, Tuesday, April 22, 3 p.m. PT; ESPNGame 3: Hurricanes at Devils, Friday, April 25, 5 p.m. PT; TBS, MaxGame 4: Hurricanes at Devils, Sunday, April 27, 12:30 p.m. PT; TBS, truTV, MaxGame 5: Devils at Hurricanes, Tuesday, April 29, TBD *Game 6: Hurricanes at Devils, Friday, May 2, TBD *Game 7: Devils at Hurricanes, Sunday, May 4, TBD ** If necessary
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