The NHL released the North American TV broadcast schedule for the round robin games and playoff qualifying round earlier this evening.
The league’s main broadcast partners for these games will be NBC, NBCSN, and NHL Network in the United States, along with SportsNet, CBC, and TVA Sports in Canada.
It’s important to note that the league’s schedule doesn’t include local broadcast affiliates. In fact, in the press release, the league notes “many games will be available in the local market on the team partner regional sports network.”
Put simply, this schedule doesn’t feature NESN, but I’d be shocked if the exhibition game, the three round robin games, and the entire first round of the playoffs weren’t all on NESN — unless the games are on main NBC (those usually get sole billing).