Here’s where you can watch the Eastern Conference first round playoff matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings.
It’s every hockey fan’s favorite time of the year. The NHL Playoffs get underway on Wednesday.
As always, the first round of the playoffs offers a number of matchups that promise to be exciting and hotly contested. One such pairing is between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings, who kick off their first round series on Wednesday evening at Amalie Arena.
The two teams met last year in the first round, with the Lightning winning in seven games to key a run to the Stanley Cup Finals. This year’s series has a chance to go that far again, as the two teams appear to be fairly evenly matched.
Tampa Bay racked up 97 points in the regular season to finish second in the Atlantic Division. It has the talent to go on another deep run, but it will have to overcome a number of injuries to important players. It took until the last day of the season, but Detroit is headed back to the playoffs for the 25th consecutive year, after piling up 93 points, third in the Atlantic.
The TV schedule for the Red Wings-Lightning series is as follows:
Game 1, Wednesday: Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., NBCSports Network, CBC, Fox Sports Detroit.
Game 2, Friday: Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, FSD.
Game 3, Sunday: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, FSD.
Game 4, April 19: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m., NBCSN, CBC, FSD.
x-Game 5, April 21: Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBD
x-Game 6, April 24: Tampa Bay at Detroit, TBD
x-Game 7, April 26: Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBD
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