Wednesday Night Rivalry
Wednesday Night Rivalry and Wednesday Night Hockey was the branding used for National Hockey League games that aired on NBCSN on Wednesday nights during the regular season from January 2013 to May 2021.
| Wednesday Night Rivalry | |
|---|---|
 NBCSN's Wednesday Night Hockey logo since 2018 | |
| Also known as | Wednesday Night Hockey |
| Genre | NHL game telecasts |
| Presented by | Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher John Forslund Joe Micheletti Pierre McGuire Brendan Burke A. J. Mleczko Liam McHugh Kathryn Tappen Keith Jones Patrick Sharp Anson Carter Mike Babcock Ryan Callahan Dominic Moore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 87 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company | NBC Sports |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBCSN |
| Original release | January 23, 2013 – May 12, 2021 |
| Related | |
| NHL on NBC | |
In the 2012–13 NHL season, NBCSN rebranded their coverage of Wednesday night games as Wednesday Night Rivalry. It primarily featured rivalry games, although the network has received criticism for games which do not seem to include a strong element of rivalry (such as Los Angeles-Detroit, Pittsburgh-Buffalo, and Chicago-Philadelphia) are common. NBCSN sometimes produces a Wednesday Nightcap game primarily featuring Western Conference teams immediately following their Wednesday Night Rivalry game. Beginning in the 2013–14 NHL season, NBCSN aired the series NHL Rivals, which looks back at the participating teams' historic rivalry, leading up to their Wednesday Night Rivalry game. That same season, NBCSN promoted the games with the slogan "The Night You Love To Hate".[1]
Beginning with the 2018–19 NHL season, NBC Sports rebranded its Wednesday night broadcasts of the NHL as Wednesday Night Hockey, with the focus shifting from rivalry games to powerhouse teams and top NHL stars. The first season of Wednesday Night Hockey featured more West Coast games and a few matchups featuring Canadian teams.[2]
Results
2012–13 season
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 3 | New York Rangers | 4 (OT) |
| January 30, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | Minnesota | 3 (SO) |
| February 6, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Montréal | 1 |
| February 13, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | St. Louis | 4 (SO) | Detroit | 3 |
| February 20, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 6 | Pittsburgh | 5 |
| 10 P.M. | St. Louis | 0 | Colorado | 1 (OT) | |
| February 27, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Washington | 1 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| March 6, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Colorado | 2 | Chicago | 3 |
| March 13, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 2 | New Jersey | 5 |
| March 20, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Minnesota | 4 | Detroit | 2 |
| March 27, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Montréal | 6 (SO) | Boston | 5 |
| April 3, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | New York Rangers | 6 |
| April 10, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 5 | New Jersey | 4 |
| April 17, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Buffalo | 3 (SO) | Boston | 2 |
| April 24, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 1 | Detroit | 3 |
2013–14 season
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Buffalo | 1 | Detroit | 2 |
| October 9, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | St. Louis | 3 |
| October 16, 2013 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 2 | Washington | 0 |
| October 23, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 5 | Buffalo | 2 |
| October 30, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| November 6, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | N.Y. Rangers | 5 |
| November 13, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 2 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| November 20, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 4 | Washington | 0 |
| November 27, 2013 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 1 | Detroit | 6 |
| December 4, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 6 | Detroit | 3 |
| December 11, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 2 | Chicago | 7 |
| December 18, 2013 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 4 (SO) | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
| January 8, 2014 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Chicago | 2 |
| January 15, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 3 | Pittsburgh | 4 |
| January 22, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 4 | Detroit | 5 (SO) |
| January 29, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 2 | N.Y. Islanders | 1 |
| February 5, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 5 | Buffalo | 1 |
| February 26, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 4 | Buffalo | 5 (OT) |
| 10 P.M. | Los Angeles | 6 | Colorado | 4 | |
| March 5, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 4 | Philadelphia | 6 |
| March 12, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 4 | Montréal | 1 |
| March 19, 2014 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 0 | Chicago | 4 |
| March 26, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 1 | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
| April 2, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Detroit | 3 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Phoenix | 0 | Los Angeles | 4 | |
| April 9, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 3 | Pittsburgh | 4 (SO) |
| 10:30 P.M. | San Jose | 2 | Anaheim | 5 |
2014–15 season
TSN's Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger begin to make appearances on Wednesday Night Rivalry as NHL insiders every pregame and first intermission.[4]
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 1 | Boston | 2 |
| 10 P.M. | San Jose | 4 | Los Angeles | 0 | |
| October 15, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 (SO) | Detroit | 2 |
| October 22, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 5 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| October 29, 2014 | 7:30 P.M. | Detroit | 4 | Washington | 2 |
| November 5, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 3 | N.Y. Rangers | 4 (OT) |
| November 12, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 1 | Toronto | 6 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 5 | Anaheim | 6 (SO) | |
| November 19, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 0 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| December 3, 2014 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 1 | Chicago | 4 |
| December 10, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Toronto | 2 | Detroit | 1 |
| December 17, 2014 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 (OT) | Minnesota | 2 |
| January 7, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 (OT) | Pittsburgh | 2 |
| 10:30 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 4 | Anaheim | 1 | |
| January 14, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 0 | Washington | 1 |
| January 21, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 3 | Pittsburgh | 2 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 2 | San Jose | 4 | |
| January 28, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 0 | Washington | 4 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Chicago | 3 | Los Angeles | 4 | |
| February 4, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
| February 11, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Washington | 5 | San Jose | 4 | |
| February 18, 2015 | 7:30 P.M. | Detroit | 3 (SO) | Chicago | 2 |
| 10 P.M. | Los Angeles | 4 | Colorado | 1 | |
| February 25, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 4 | Washington | 3 |
| March 4, 2015 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 1 | Detroit | 2 (OT) |
| March 11, 2015 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Washington | 1 |
| March 18, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 1 | N.Y. Rangers | 0 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 2 | Anaheim | 3 (OT) | |
| March 25, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 1 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| April 1, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 4 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Colorado | 1 | San Jose | 5 | |
| April 8, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 0 | Washington | 3 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Dallas | 4 | Anaheim | 0 |
2015–16 season
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7, 2015 | 8 P.M. | NY Rangers | 3 | Chicago | 2 |
| 10:30 P.M. | San Jose | 5 | Los Angeles | 1 | |
| October 14, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 0 | Philadelphia | 2 |
| October 21, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 5 (OT) | Boston | 4 |
| October 28, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Washington | 1 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Nashville | 2 | San Jose | 1 | |
| November 4, 2015 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 6 (OT) | Chicago | 5 |
| November 11, 2015 | 7:30 P.M. | Montreal | 3 | Pittsburgh | 4 (SO) |
| November 18, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 2 (OT) | Detroit | 1 |
| December 2, 2015 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 1 | N.Y. Islanders | 2 (SO) |
| December 9, 2015 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Montreal | 1 |
| 10 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 4 | Colorado | 2 | |
| December 16, 2015 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 0 | Boston | 3 |
| January 6, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Chicago | 3 |
| January 13, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Philadelphia | 3 |
| January 20, 2016 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 2 | Detroit | 1 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Minnesota | 1 | Anaheim | 3 | |
| January 27, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 4 (OT) | Washington | 3 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Colorado | 4 | Los Angeles | 3 | |
| February 3, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 1 | Tampa Bay | 3 |
| February 10, 2016 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Pittsburgh | 0 |
| February 17, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
| February 24, 2016 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Boston | 5 |
| 10 P.M. | San Jose | 3 | Colorado | 4 (SO) | |
| March 2, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | Detroit | 2 |
| March 9, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | St. Louis | 3 (SO) |
| March 16, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 3 | Chicago | 2 |
| March 23, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 5 |
| March 30, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 1 | Philadelphia | 2 (SO) |
| April 6, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 0 | Detroit | 3 |
2016–17 season
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 12, 2016 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 5 | Chicago | 2 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 1 | San Jose | 2 | |
| October 19, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 1 |
| October 26, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 5 |
| November 2, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 3 | Philadelphia | 4 (OT) |
| November 9, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 (OT) | St. Louis | 1 |
| November 16, 2016 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Washington | 7 |
| November 30, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | N.Y. Islanders | 5 |
| 10:30 P.M. | San Jose | 4 | Los Angeles | 1 | |
| December 7, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Washington | 4 (OT) |
| December 14, 2016 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Pittsburgh | 4 (OT) |
| 10 P.M. | Philadelphia | 4 | Colorado | 3 | |
| December 21, 2016 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 2 | Philadelphia | 3 (SO) |
| January 4, 2017 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 5 | Philadelphia | 2 |
| January 11, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 2 | Washington | 5 |
| January 18, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 5 | Detroit | 6 (SO) |
| 10:30 P.M. | San Jose | 3 | Los Angeles | 2 | |
| January 25, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 0 |
| February 1, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Washington | 5 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Colorado | 0 | Los Angeles | 5 | |
| February 8, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 4 (OT) | Minnesota | 3 |
| February 15, 2017 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 2 | Detroit | 0 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Florida | 6 (OT) | San Jose | 5 | |
| February 22, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 4 | Philadelphia | 1 |
| March 1, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Chicago | 4 |
| March 8, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 1 | Boston | 6 |
| March 15, 2017 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 0 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| March 22, 2017 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Islanders | 3 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| March 29, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| April 5, 2017 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 0 | Washington | 2 |
2017–18 season
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2017 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 5 | Pittsburgh | 4 (OT) |
| 10:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 5 | San Jose | 3 | |
| October 11, 2017 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Washington | 2 |
| October 18, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | St. Louis | 5 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Montreal | 1 | Los Angeles | 5 | |
| October 25, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Buffalo | 1 | Columbus | 5 |
| November 1, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 0 | Chicago | 3 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Nashville | 1 | San Jose | 4 | |
| November 8, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 4 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 5 | San Jose | 1 | |
| November 15, 2017 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Chicago | 6 |
| November 29, 2017 | 7:30 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 1 | Boston | 3 |
| December 6, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | Washington | 6 |
| December 13, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Detroit | 2 (OT) |
| December 20, 2017 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 3 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| January 3, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| January 10, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Minnesota | 2 | Chicago | 1 |
| January 17, 2018 | 7:30 P.M. | Montreal | 1 | Boston | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Anaheim | 5 | |
| January 24, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Toronto | 3 (OT) | Chicago | 2 |
| January 31, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 3 | Washington | 5 |
| February 7, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 6 | N.Y. Rangers | 1 |
| February 28, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 1 | St. Louis | 2 |
| March 7, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 5 | Philadelphia | 2 |
| March 14, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | N.Y. Rangers | 4 (OT) |
| March 21, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 1 | St. Louis | 2 (OT) |
| March 28, 2018 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 2 | Washington | 3 (OT) |
| April 4, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Chicago | 4 | St. Louis | 3 |
2018–19 season (as Wednesday Night Hockey)
As part of the new Wednesday Night Hockey format, "Inside the Glass" reporter Pierre McGuire is now assigned to work the late game of Wednesday Night Hockey doubleheaders while Brian Boucher takes over "Inside the Glass" reporting duties for the early game alongside Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk. McGuire joins the lead team of Emrick and Olczyk only during single-header Wednesday Night Hockey games. In addition, Kathryn Tappen replaced Liam McHugh as the studio host for the first half of the season when the latter was promoted to work postgame coverage of Sunday Night Football. The Toronto-Winnipeg game on October 24 marked the first-ever regular-season NHL on NBC broadcast to feature only Canadian teams and an NBC-produced broadcast (as opposed to a simulcast of a Canadian network).[8] [2]
On February 20, Mike Tirico made his NHL announcing debut calling the Blackhawks–Red Wings game with Olczyk and Boucher.[9]
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2018 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 0 | Washington | 7 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Anaheim | 5 | San Jose | 2 | |
| October 10, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Vegas | 2 | Washington | 5 |
| October 17, 2018 | 7 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Washington | 4 (OT) |
| 9:30 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Calgary | 5 | |
| October 24, 2018 | 7 P.M. | Toronto | 4 | Winnipeg | 2 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 1 | Colorado | 0 | |
| November 7, 2018 | 7:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Washington | 2 |
| 10 P.M. | Nashville | 4 | Colorado | 1 | |
| November 14, 2018 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 0 | Chicago | 1 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Anaheim | 0 | Vegas | 5 | |
| November 28, 2018 | 7 P.M. | St. Louis | 3 | Detroit | 4 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Colorado | 6 | |
| December 5, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Edmonton | 3 (SO) | St. Louis | 2 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | Anaheim | 4 | |
| December 12, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Chicago | 6 |
| December 19, 2018 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 2 | Washington | 1 |
| January 2, 2019 | 7 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 7 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| 9:30 P.M. | San Jose | 5 | Colorado | 4 | |
| January 9, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Nashville | 4 (OT) | Chicago | 3 |
| January 16, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Boston | 3 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | San Jose | 3 | Arizona | 6 | |
| January 23, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Washington | 3 | Toronto | 6 |
| 10 P.M. | Nashville | 2 | Vegas | 1 | |
| January 30, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 2 | Pittsburgh | 4 |
| February 6, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 3 | N.Y. Rangers | 4(SO) |
| February 13, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Edmonton | 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| February 20, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Chicago | 5 (OT) | Detroit | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Boston | 3 (SO) | Vegas | 2 | |
| February 27, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 4 (OT) | N.Y. Rangers | 3 |
| 10 P.M. | Chicago | 4 | Anaheim | 3 | |
| March 6, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Washington | 5 | Philadelphia | 3 |
| 10 P.M. | St. Louis | 5 | Anaheim | 4 | |
| March 13, 2019 | 7 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | Toronto | 4 |
| 9:30 P.M. | New Jersey | 6 | Edmonton | 3 | |
| March 20, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 5 (OT) | Washington | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Winnipeg | 3 | Anaheim | 0 | |
| March 27, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Boston | 6 |
| 10 P.M. | Vegas | 3 | Colorado | 4 | |
| April 3, 2019 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 3 | Chicago | 4 (SO) |
2019–20 season (as Wednesday Night Hockey)
For this season only, Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and "Inside the Glass" reporter Brian Boucher will call the Wednesday Night Hockey match-up while Pierre McGuire will appear on other broadcasts. In addition, Kathryn Tappen replaced Liam McHugh as the studio host for the first half of the season when the latter was promoted to work postgame coverage of Sunday Night Football. [10]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NHL regular season ended on March 12.
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 3 | St. Louis | 2 (OT) |
| 10:30 P.M. | San Jose | 1 | Vegas | 4 | |
| October 9, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | New Jersey | 0 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Los Angeles | 2 | Vancouver | 8 | |
| October 16, 2019 | 7 P.M. | Colorado | 2 | Pittsburgh | 3 (OT) |
| 9:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 3 | Edmonton | 6 | |
| October 23, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 2 | Tampa Bay | 3 |
| October 30, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Minnesota | 1 | St. Louis | 2 |
| November 6, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 1 | N.Y. Rangers | 5 |
| November 13, 2019 | 7:30 P.M. | Washington | 2 | Philadelphia | 1 (SO) |
| 10:00 P.M. | Chicago | 5 | Vegas | 3 | |
| November 20, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Washington | 5 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| December 4, 2019 | 8 P.M. | St. Louis | 0 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| December 11, 2019 | 7 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Washington | 3 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 1 | Colorado | 3 | |
| December 18, 2019 | 8 P.M. | Colorado | 4 | Chicago | 1 |
| January 8, 2020 | 7:30 P.M. | Washington | 2 | Philadelphia | 3 |
| 10 P.M. | Dallas | 2 | Los Angeles | 1 | |
| January 15, 2020 | 8 P.M. | Philadelphia | 4 | St. Louis | 3 (OT) |
| January 22, 2020 | 8 P.M. | Detroit | 2 | Minnesota | 4 |
| January 29, 2020 | 7:30 P.M. | Nashville | 5 | Washington | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Tampa Bay | 4 | Los Angeles | 2 | |
| February 5, 2020 | 8 P.M. | Boston | 2 | Chicago | 1 (OT) |
| February 12, 2020 | 7:30 P.M. | Montreal | 1 | Boston | 4 |
| 10 P.M. | Calgary | 3 | Los Angeles | 5 | |
| February 19, 2020 | 8 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 6 | Chicago | 3 |
| February 26, 2020 | 8 P.M. | Buffalo | 2 | Colorado | 3 |
| 10:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 1 | Los Angeles | 2 | |
| March 4, 2020 | 7 P.M. | Philadelphia | 5 | Washington | 2 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Anaheim | 4 | Colorado | 3 (OT) | |
| March 11, 2020 | 8 P.M. | San Jose | 2 | Chicago | 6 |
2020–21 season (as Wednesday Night Hockey)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2020–21 NHL season has been delayed to January 13, 2021, and all teams played a 56-game division-only schedule with the NHL temporarily realigning divisions to minimize travel as much as possible, with all seven Canadian teams playing one division due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada.
NBCSN opened the season with a season-opening triple header on January 13, 2021 as part of Wednesday Night Hockey. 19 different teams featured in 19 Wednesday Night Hockey matchups which will include a blend of Eastern, Western, and Canadian markets. Star players such as Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Carey Price, David Pastrnak, Claude Giroux, and the #1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, Alexis Lafreniere will be featured in Wednesday Night Hockey. 14 out of the 19 Wednesday Night Hockey matchups will feature a team that made the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. However, not all games will be exclusive, unlike in previous seasons.[11][12]
NBC did not name a presumptive lead play-by-play voice following the retirement of Mike Emrick and chose to rotate between John Forslund and Kenny Albert.[13] Eventually, Mike Tirico was added to the rotation starting with the Bruins-Flyers game on February 3.
This was the final season of NBC broadcasting NHL games before the league's new American national television contracts with ESPN/ABC and TNT beginning with the 2021–22 season.[14][15][16][17] TNT has largely maintained Wednesday night as the primary night for its coverage.[18]
| Date | Time | Away team | Score | Home team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2021 | 5:30 P.M. | Pittsburgh | 3 | Philadelphia | 6 |
| 8 P.M. | Chicago | 1 | Tampa Bay | 5 | |
| 10:30 P.M.[nb 1] | St. Louis | 4 | Colorado | 1 | |
| January 20, 2021 | 7 P.M. | Edmonton | 3 | Toronto | 1 |
| 9:30 P.M.[nb 2] | Minnesota | 3 | Anaheim | 2 | |
| January 27, 2021 | 7:30 P.M. | Chicago | 1 | Nashville | 2 (SO) |
| February 3, 2021 | 5:30 P.M.[nb 3] | Detroit | 1 | Tampa Bay | 5 |
| 8 P.M.[nb 4] | Boston | 4 | Philadelphia | 3 (OT) | |
| February 10, 2021 | 7 P.M. | Boston | 3 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 (OT) |
| February 17, 2021 | 7:30 P.M. | Chicago | 2 | Detroit | 0 |
| 10 P.M. | Winnipeg | 2 | Edmonton | 3 | |
| February 24, 2021 | 7 P.M. | N.Y. Rangers | 3 | Philadelphia | 4 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 2 | St. Louis | 1 | |
| March 3, 2021 | 7 P.M. | Washington | 2 | Boston | 1 (OT) |
| 9:30 P.M.[nb 5] | St. Louis | 3 | Anaheim | 2 | |
| March 10, 2021 | 7 P.M. | Vegas | 3 | Minnesota | 4 |
| 9:30 P.M.[nb 6] | Los Angeles | 5 | Anaheim | 1 | |
| March 17, 2021 | 7:30 P.M. | Philadelphia | 0 | N.Y. Rangers | 9 |
| 10 P.M. | Edmonton | 7 | Calgary | 3 | |
| March 24, 2021 | 5:30 P.M.[nb 7] | Anaheim | 2 | Minnesota | 3 |
| 8 P.M.[nb 8] | Buffalo | 2 | Pittsburgh | 5 | |
| 10:30 P.M. | Los Angeles | 2 | San Jose | 4 | |
| March 31, 2021 | 7:30 P.M.[nb 9] | Philadelphia | 1 | Buffalo | 6 |
| 10 P.M. | Los Angeles | 4 | Vegas | 2 | |
| April 7, 2021 | 5 P.M. | Edmonton | 4 | Ottawa | 2 |
| 7:30 P.M. | Montreal | 2 | Toronto | 3 | |
| April 14, 2021 | 7:30 P.M.[nb 10] | Colorado | 4 | St. Louis | 3 |
| 10 P.M. | Vegas | 6 | Los Angeles | 2 | |
| April 21, 2021 | 7 P.M. | Nashville | 4 | Chicago | 5 (OT) |
| 9:30 P.M.[nb 11] | San Jose | 2 | Vegas | 5 | |
| April 28, 2021 | 7 P.M. | St. Louis | 4 | Minnesota | 3 |
| 9:30 P.M. | Colorado | 2 | Vegas | 5 | |
| May 5, 2021 | 7 P.M.[nb 12] | Washington | 4 | N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
| 9:30 P.M.[nb 13] | Colorado | 2 | San Jose | 3 | |
| May 12, 2021 | 9 P.M.[nb 14] | Minnesota | 0 | St. Louis | 4 |
Ratings
Wednesday Night Rivalry has produced successful viewership for NBCSN.
During its inaugural season, Wednesday Night Rivalry was called "the hottest new brand in sports" by Forbes. It claimed six of the top eight most-watched NHL regular-season telecasts ever on NBC Sports Network and averaged 646,000 viewers. With the success of Wednesday Night Rivalry, the 2012–13 NHL season was the most watched NHL season on cable in 19 years.[3]
During the 2013–14 NHL season, Wednesday Night Rivalry averaged 559,000 viewers, up 26% from its average viewership of Wednesday night games during the 2011–12 NHL season (443,000). The first two seasons of Wednesday Night Rivalry has recorded none games with more than 700,000 viewers as compared to four during the two seasons prior to the introduction of Wednesday Night Rivalry.[4]
During the 2014–15 NHL season, NBCSN's Wednesday Night Rivalry coverage averaged 565,000 viewers. NBCSN's opening night coverage of Bruins-Flyers had an opening-night cable record 956,000 viewers. Seven of the 10 most-watched NHL games on NBCSN were Wednesday Night Rivalry games.[5]
During the 2015–16 NHL season, Wednesday Night Rivalry averaged 608,000 viewers and produced three of the 10 most-watched NHL regular-season games on NBCSN during their time as the NHL pay television carrier. NBCSN's 10-most watched games of the 2015–16 season were either Wednesday Night Rivalry or Sunday Night Hockey games.[6]
Notes
- Originally scheduled to air exclusively on NBCSN, but was blacked out in the Denver market due to a carriage dispute with Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Dish Network and Comcast. The game was televised locally on Altitude instead.
- Blacked out in the Los Angeles market. Game was televised locally on Fox Sports West.
- Blacked out in the Detroit and Tampa markets. Game was televised locally on Fox Sports Detroit and Fox Sports Sun. A third game between Vegas and San Jose was originally scheduled to air on NBCSN, but was postponed to February 25 due to COVID-19 protocols.
- Also aired in Canada on Sportsnet.
- Blacked out in the Los Angeles and Hawaii markets. Game was televised locally on Prime Ticket.
- Blacked out in the Los Angeles and Hawaii market. Game was televised locally on Fox Sports West (Kings feed) and Prime Ticket (Ducks feed).
- Blacked out in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market. Game was televised locally on Fox Sports North.
- Also aired in Canada on Sportsnet in lieu of the postponed Edmonton Oilers–Montreal Canadiens game.
- Blacked out in the Philadelphia market. Game was televised locally on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Replaced the originally scheduled game between Arizona and St. Louis, which was moved to February 8. The Philadelphia–Buffalo game was originally scheduled on March 30.
- Blacked out in the Denver market. Game was televised locally on Altitude Sports and Entertainment. Game was originally scheduled on February 6.
- Blacked out in the Las Vegas market. Game was televised locally on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.
- Blacked out in the Washington, D.C. market. Game was televised locally on NBC Sports Washington.
- Blacked out in the Denver market. Game was televised locally on Altitude Sports and Entertainment.
- Blacked out in the St. Louis market. Game was televised locally on Bally Sports Midwest. Game was originally scheduled on April 30.
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