The Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators will start their Eastern Conference Finals series on Saturday May 13. Here’s a complete TV schedule.
On Saturday, May 13, the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins will begin their Eastern Conference Finals series. The winner will advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh are the defending champions and looking to repeat. On the other side of the ice, Ottawa is having a storybook season and they isn’t quite ready for it to end yet.
The Senators will go into the series as the underdogs. They advanced to the conference finals by beating the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers. Erik Karlsson is a legitimate Conn Smythe candidate. The Senators live and die by the two-time Norris Trophy winner.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh emerged victorious over the Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals. Despite losing both Games 5 and 6 to the Caps, they bounced back strong when they needed to in Game 7. Marc-Andre Fleury has been a life saver for them so far in the postseason and is the biggest reason they were able to beat the Capitals.
Here’s a look at the television schedule for the Eastern Conference Finals.
Game 1: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, May 13, 7 p.m. NBC, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports
Game 2: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, May 15, 8 p.m. NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
Game 3: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, May 17, 8 p.m. NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
Game 4: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, May 19, 8 p.m. NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
*Game 5: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, May 21, 3 p.m. NBC, CBC, TVA Sports
*Game 6: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, May 23, 8 p.m. NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
*Game 7: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, May 25, 8 p.m. NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports
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Pittsburgh enters this series as the favorites, but Ottawa is in familiar territory as an underdog. They’ve used to it at this point, and all they’ve done so far this season is prove their critics wrong.