NHL releases full Bruins-Sabres first round schedule

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BOSTON - APRIL 26: Miroslav Satan #81 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his game winning goal in the third period against the Buffalo Sabres in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on April 26, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Bruins defeated the Sabres 4-3 to win the series. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | Getty Images

After the regular season officially concluded late on Thursday night, the NHL finally released the full schedule for the first round series between YOUR Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres.

Bruins vs. Sabres schedule​

As you know, the Sabres are the higher seed and will have home-ice advantage in the first round. Games 1, 2, 5, and 7 will be in Buffalo, with games 3, 4, and 6 at TD Garden.

• Game 1: Sunday, April 19, 7:30 PM
• Game 2: Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 PM
• Game 3: Thursday, April 23, 7 PM
• Game 4: Sunday, April 26, 2 PM
• Game 5: Tuesday, April 28, TBD
• Game 6: Friday, May 1, TBD
• Game 7: Sunday, May 3, TBD

Bruins vs. Sabres TV channels​

While the NHL website doesn’t specify this, a release from the Bruins confirms that all first round games will be broadcast on NESN locally.

This is in keeping with the usual tradition/contractual obligations, where teams’ regular season broadcasters get the first round before everything moves to national channels in the second round.

As you can see below, these games will still be broadcast on the national channels as well, but should be available on good ol’ NESN in the New England area.

• Game 1: NESN, ESPN, SN360, TVAS
• Game 2: NESN, ESPN, SN360, TVAS
• Game 3: NESN, TNT, TruTV, HBO Max, SN360, TVAS
• Game 4: NESN, TNT, TruTV, HBO Max, SN360, TVAS
• Game 5: NESN, TBD
• Game 6: NESN, TBD
• Game 7: NESN, TBD

Bruins vs. Sabres radio broadcast schedule​

Per the B’s, Games 1 through 4 are confirmed to be broadcast on 98.5 The Sports Hub, with “TBD” after that.

Normally, the games being on 98.5 would be, to use an appropriate metaphor, a lay-up.

However, Celtics games are also broadcast on 98.5 The Sports Hub, and their first round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers will conflict with the Bruins-Sabres series on:

• Tuesday, April 21
• Sunday, April 26
• Tuesday, April 28

(Both teams have games on Sunday, April 19, as well, but the Celtics game is at 1 PM.)

As things look at the moment, it will be the Celtics who get bumped to 105.7 FM, with the B’s remaining on 98.5.

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Overall, this is a pretty standard schedule for the B’s, though the series does have two built-in back-to-back days off, which can help both teams during a rough-and-tumble playoff series.

A Sunday afternoon home playoff game at TD Garden should be a pretty fun atmosphere.

I’d imagine the Bruins-Sabres series should be near the top of the league leaderboard when it comes to eyeballs watching on TV in the United States, maybe only rivaled by the Flyers-Penguins series.

The Bruins always draw well on TV, and Buffalo is a leading “playoffs-on-TV” market even when the Sabres aren’t involved, so you can imagine how much the interest will spike with them back in the mix.

NHL playoff bracket challenge​

Loyal SCOC reader tupty set up a Bracket Challenge over on the NHL website. For those unfamiliar, it’s basically like a March Madness bracket, where you pick your teams, series scores, etc.

Details below:

For those who are interested, I created an unofficial Chowder bracket challenge league over at https://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/en/leagues/34345

Password is: scoc

While the current prize is bragging rights, I’ll see if we can’t find something to give to the winner.

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