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In case you’re questioning why the NHL set a Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks sport for an 8:15 p.m. ET begin time on Tuesday, or why the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils are getting underway at 6:45 p.m., there’s truly an excellent clarification.
After a well-received launch in 2023, the NHL Frozen Frenzy is again for an additional 12 months on Tuesday night time. All 32 groups are in motion, and all 16 video games get their distinctive begin occasions.
The motion will start with the Washington Capitals visiting the Philadelphia Flyers, beginning at 6 p.m. ET, and finish with the Los Angeles Kings visiting the Vegas Golden Knights at 11 p.m. ET, making for almost eight hours of steady motion.
Like final 12 months, ESPN would be the flagship broadcaster for the occasion. On its principal community, it’ll air a tripleheader that includes Capitals/Flyers, the Colorado Avalanche on the Seattle Kraken at 8:30 p.m. ET, then Kings/Golden Knights to wrap up the day’s pleasure.
As well as, John Buccigross will host a dwell five-hour whiparound present with assist from analysts Kevin Weekes and P.Ok. Subban. From 7 p.m. ET to midnight, they’ll bounce from sport to sport whereas exhibiting the perfect targets, saves and performs from all 16 clashes.
The NFL Crimson Zone-style protection was successful with viewers final season — regardless of going up towards the opening night time of the NBA common season and Sport 7 of the 2023 NLCS between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies.
I usually simply watch 3 NHL video games without delay, however this experiment with Frozen Frenzy is successful IMO
Doing a fantastic job with transitions and @KevinWeekes @Buccigross including insights from sport to sport
That is hockeys model of NFL Crimson Zone, my hats off to your entire manufacturing
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 25, 2023
This 12 months, the NBA is on the docket once more, opening its 2024-25 season with a doubleheader. However baseball is on maintain till the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers play Sport 1 of the World Collection on Friday, Oct. 25, so extra eyeballs must be up for grabs this 12 months.
The primary hour of the whiparound present will air solely on ESPN+. Beginning at 8 p.m. ET, the ultimate 4 hours will even run on ESPN2.
Lots of Tuesday’s matchups are tasty, too.
The Capitals/Flyers opener will see high-profile rookie Matvei Michkov go up towards his legendary countryman Alex Ovechkin for the primary time within the NHL. The Canucks and Blackhawks contest will characteristic North Vancouver native Connor Bedard enjoying towards his hometown group for simply the second time in his NHL profession.
The Rangers and Canadiens matchup in Montreal is the one Authentic Six matchup of the night. Avalanche versus Kraken is a rematch of the 2023 first-round collection that noticed Seattle knock off the defending Stanley Cup champions in its first-ever playoff look. And with their rabid new followers firmly behind them, the Utah Hockey Membership will look to stay unbeaten on dwelling ice because the Ottawa Senators cease by to kick off a three-game street journey.
Final 12 months’s slate of video games featured 10 wins by the street group and a complete of 102 targets, or 6.4 targets per sport. The best-scoring contests have been 7-4 wins by the Avalanche (over the New York Islanders) and the Minnesota Wild (over the Edmonton Oilers).
Jonas Johansson of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins every earned shutouts. And simply two video games required greater than 60 minutes to be settled. The Kraken’s clutch captain-to-be Jordan Eberle was the extra time hero in his group’s 5-4 street win over the Detroit Crimson Wings, whereas Frank Vatrano sealed the deal within the Anaheim Geese’ 3-2 OT win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
If followers in Canada wish to sustain with all of the motion, they’re going to must stream Sportsnet+ and run their very own distant. Sportsnet will air three nationwide video games on its networks: Capitals/Flyers, the Boston Bruins on the Nashville Predators (8:45 p.m. ET) and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Calgary Flames (9:30 p.m. ET).
Canadian followers within the respective broadcast areas will even be capable of catch the Rangers at Canadiens (7:15 p.m. ET, TSN2/RDS), the Maple Leafs at Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m. ET, TSN4), the Jets at Blues (8 p.m. ET, TSN3), the Canucks at Blackhawks (8:15 p.m. ET, Sportsnet Pacific) and the Hurricanes at Oilers (9 p.m. ET, Sportsnet West/TVA).
And whereas there isn’t any whiparound service for Canadians on Tuesday, hockey followers north of the border will get a weekly style of the format this season as a part of Prime Video’s new NHL protection. Each Thursday night time, host Andi Petrillo and a panel of analysts are protecting followers updated with all of the video games across the league on ‘NHL Coast to Coast.’
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