2011-12 NHL TV schedule

The puck drops on the 2011 NHL season on Thursday, Oct. 6, beginning at 7pm ET with a doubleheader on Versus. First up, the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins welcome the Eastern Conference rival Philadelphia Flyers. The Bruins kept their core together, while the Flyers revamped their team in the offseason to beef up their defense and goaltending. The second game has the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting last season’s Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks. Versus/NBC Sports Network, NBC and NHL Network air games nationally this season (more games air on locally on regional sports networks in some NHL markets). Full national NHL TV schedule after the jump. A few notes on the NHL TV schedule:

Versus will be rebranded as NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) on Jan. 2, 2012

Key Dates: Versus airs two NHL Premiere games from Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 7-8. NBC begins its NHL coverage with a Black Friday game with Detroit at Boston on Nov. 25. The 2012 NHL Winter Classic outdoor game between the N.Y. Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers at Citizens Bank Park is Monday, Jan. 2, at 1pm ET on NBC. NBC Sports Network airs the NHL All-Star Weekend festivities Jan. 27-29. Hockey Day in America is Sunday, Feb. 19, with a doubleheader on NBC and a night game on NBCSN.

NHL Network (NHLN) is the U.S. feed of NHL Network, which may differ from games shown on NHLN in Canada

Some of NBC’s games may vary regionally. NBC also has a flex schedule that allows some games to shift to NBCSN. Check your local listings closer to game day for the games shown in your area.

2011-12 NATIONAL NHL TV SCHEDULE
(All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject To Change.)

OCTOBER
Thursday, Oct. 6
Philadelphia at Boston, 7pm (Versus)
Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 10pm (Versus)
Friday, Oct. 7
N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles (in Stockholm), 1pm (Versus)
Saturday, Oct. 8
N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim (in Stockholm), 1pm (Versus)
Tampa Bay at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Oct. 9
Montreal at Winnipeg, 5pm (NHLN)
Monday, Oct. 10
Tampa Bay at Washington, 7pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Oct. 11
Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Boston at Carolina, 7:30pm (Versus)
Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 13
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Oct. 15
Boston at Chicago, 8:30pm (NHLN)
Monday, Oct. 17
Colorado at Toronto, 7pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 7:30pm (Versus)
Thursday, Oct. 20
Washington at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Oct. 22
Minnesota at Vancouver, 4pm (NHLN)
Detroit at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7:30pm (Versus)
Thursday, Oct. 27
Montreal at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Oct. 28
San Jose at Detroit, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Oct. 29
Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 3pm (NHLN)
Boston at Montreal, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Oct. 31
San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (Versus)

NOVEMBER
Tuesday, Nov. 1
Anaheim at Washington, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Nov. 2
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30pm (Versus)
Thursday, Nov. 3
Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Nov. 4
Chicago at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Nov. 5
Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Nov. 7
N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (Versus)
Friday, Nov. 11
Washington at New Jersey, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Nov. 12
New Jersey at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Nov. 14
Buffalo at Montreal, 7pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Nov. 16
New Jersey at Buffalo, 7:30pm (Versus)
Thursday, Nov. 17
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Nov. 19
Detroit at Los Angeles, 4pm (NHLN)
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Nov. 21
Boston at Montreal, 7:30pm (Versus)
Friday, Nov. 25
Detroit at Boston, 1pm (NBC)
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 4pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Nov. 26
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 2pm (NHLN)
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Nov. 28
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 7:30pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Nov. 29
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30pm (Versus)

DECEMBER
Thursday, Dec. 1
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Dec. 2
Detroit at Buffalo, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Dec. 3
Montreal at Los Angeles, 3:30pm (NHLN)
Toronto at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Dec. 5
Phoenix at Chicago, 8pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Dec. 6
Detroit at St. Louis, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Dec. 7
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30pm (Versus)
Thursday, Dec. 8
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Dec. 10
Montreal at New Jersey, 1pm (NHLN)
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Dec. 12
New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Dec. 13
San Jose at Colorado, 9pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Dec. 14
Chicago at Minnesota, 7:30pm (Versus)
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Dec. 17
Boston at Philadelphia, 1pm (NHLN)
Los Angeles at Detroit, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Dec. 19
Anaheim at Dallas, 8pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Dec. 21
Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30pm (Versus)
Friday, Dec. 23
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Monday, Dec. 26
Dallas at St. Louis, 8pm (Versus)
Tuesday, Dec. 27
St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30pm (Versus)
Wednesday, Dec. 28
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7:30pm (Versus)

JANUARY
Sunday, Jan. 1
Calgary at Nashville, 6pm (NHLN)
Monday, Jan. 2
NHL Winter Classic: N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia (at Citizens Bank Park), 1pm (NBC)
San Jose at Vancouver, 10pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Jan. 3
Detroit at Dallas, 8:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Jan. 4
Boston at New Jersey, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Friday, Jan. 6
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Jan. 7
Vancouver at Boston, 1pm (NHLN)
Detroit at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Jan. 8
Detroit at Chicago, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Jan. 10
San Jose at Minnesota, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Jan. 12
Montreal at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Jan. 13
Tampa Bay at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Jan. 14
Chicago at Detroit, 12:30pm (NBC)
Colorado at Dallas, 3pm (NHLN)
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Jan. 15
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7pm (NBCSN)
Monday, Jan. 16
Dallas at St. Louis, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Buffalo at Chicago, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Jan. 19
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Jan. 20
Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Jan. 21
N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 1pm (NHLN)
San Jose at Vancouver, 4pm (NHLN)
Montreal at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Jan. 22
Boston at Philadelphia, 3pm (NBC)
Washington at Pittsburgh, 3pm (NBC)
Monday, Jan. 23
St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Minnesota at Colorado, 9pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Detroit at Montreal, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Sunday, Jan. 29
NHL All-Star Game (Ottawa) (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Jan. 31
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (NBCSN)

FEBRUARY
Wednesday, Feb. 1
N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Feb. 2
Carolina at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Feb. 4
Pittsburgh at Boston, 1pm (NHLN)
Los Angeles at Carolina, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Feb. 5
Boston at Washington, 12:30pm (NBCSN)
Monday, Feb. 6
Detroit at Phoenix, 8pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Feb. 7
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Feb. 8
Boston at Buffalo, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Feb. 9
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, Feb. 10
Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Feb. 11
Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 2pm (NHLN)
Montreal at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Feb. 12
Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Monday, Feb. 13
San Jose at Washington, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Anaheim at Minnesota, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Boston at Montreal, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Feb. 16
Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Feb. 18
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1pm (NHLN)
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Feb. 19 (Hockey Day in America)
San Jose at Detroit, 12:30pm (NBC)
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 12:30pm (NBC)
Boston at Minnesota, 3pm (NBC)
St. Louis at Chicago, 3pm (NBC)
New Jersey at Montreal, 6pm (NBCSN)
Monday, Feb. 20
Washington at Carolina, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Detroit at Chicago, 8pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, Feb. 23
Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, Feb. 25
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1pm (NHLN)
Washington at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Chicago at Los Angeles, 8pm (NHLN)
Sunday, Feb. 26
Chicago at Anaheim, 7pm (NBCSN)
Monday, Feb. 27
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 7:30pm (NBCSN)

MARCH
Friday, March 2
N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, March 3
Toronto at Montreal, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, March 4
Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Chicago at Detroit, 4pm (NHLN)
Philadelphia at Washington, 7pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Monday, March 5
Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, March 6
Minnesota at Colorado, 9pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, March 7
Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, March 8
Tampa Bay at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, March 9
N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 8:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, March 10
Washington at Boston, 1pm (NHLN)
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, March 11
Los Angeles at Chicago, 7pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Monday, March 12
Anaheim at Colorado, 9pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, March 13
Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, March 14
Colorado at Buffalo, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, March 15
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, March 17
Philadelphia at Boston, 1pm (NHLN)
St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7pm (NHLN)
Sunday, March 18
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Washington at Chicago, 7pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Monday, March 19
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, March 20
Phoenix at Dallas, 8pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, March 21
Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, March 22
Washington at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Saturday, March 24
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7pm (NHLN)
Boston at Los Angeles, 9pm (NHLN)
Sunday, March 25
Minnesota at Washington, 5pm (NBCSN)
Nashville at Chicago, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Monday, March 26
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, March 27
Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, March 28
Detroit at Columbus, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, March 29
Washington at Boston, 7pm (NHLN)
Friday, March 30
Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30pm (NHLN)
Saturday, March 31
Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 1pm (NHLN)
Montreal at Washington, 7pm (NHLN)

APRIL
Sunday, April 1
Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Monday, April 2
Washington at Tampa Bay, 7pm (NBCSN)
Tuesday, April 3
Pittsburgh at Boston, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Wednesday, April 4
Detroit at St. Louis, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Thursday, April 5
Columbus at Colorado, 9pm (NBCSN)
Friday, April 6
Phoenix at St. Louis, 7:30pm (NBCSN)
Saturday, April 7
Buffalo at Boston, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 3pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Chicago at Detroit, 4pm (NBC or NBCSN)
Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30pm (NHLN)

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