The NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs begins Wednesday night with the Eastern Conference’s #5 Philadelphia Flyers visiting in-state rival #4 Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. Two additional games will air Wednesday night: the Western Conference #5 Detroit Red Wings travel to Nashville to face the #4 Predators at 8 p.m. ET on CNBC; and the Western Conference’s #8 Los Angeles Kings will meet the #1 Vancouver Canucks at 10:30 p.m. ET also on NBC Sports Network. Coverage begins on the NBC Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. ET with NHL Live. The 2012 NHL post-season marks the first time in league history that every first-round playoff game is being televised on a national platform. In order to televise as many as five games on a given day/night during the first round, the NBC Sports Group will present match-ups on NBC, the NBC Sports Network, the NHL Network, and NBCUniversal’s business channel CNBC in primetime.
| Wednesday, April 11 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh | NBCSN |
| 8 p.m. | Detroit @ Nashville | CNBC |
| 10:30 p.m. | Los Angeles @ Vancouver | NBCSN |
| Thursday, April 12 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Ottawa @ New York Rangers | NHL Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Washington @ Boston | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | San Jose @ St. Louis | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago @ Phoenix | NBCSN |
| Friday, April 13 | ||
| 7 p.m. | New Jersey @ Florida | NHL Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Detroit @ Nashville | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | Los Angeles @ Vancouver | NBCSN |
| Saturday, April 14 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Washington @ Boston | NBC |
| 7 p.m. | Ottawa @ New York Rangers | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | San Jose @ St. Louis | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago @ Phoenix | NBCSN |
| Sunday, April 15 | ||
| Noon | Nashville @ Detroit | NBC |
| 3 p.m. | Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia | NBC |
| 7:30 p.m. | New Jersey @ Florida | NBCSN |
| 10:30 p.m. | Vancouver @ Los Angeles | NBCSN |
| Monday, April 16 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Boston @ Washington | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | New York Rangers @ Ottawa | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | St. Louis @ San Jose | NBCSN |
| Tuesday, April 17 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Florida @ New Jersey | NHL Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Nashville @ Detroit | NBCSN |
| 9 p.m. | Phoenix @ Chicago | CNBC |
| Wednesday, April 18 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | New York Rangers @ Ottawa | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | Vancouver @ Los Angeles | NBCSN |
| Thursday, April 19 | ||
| 7 p.m. | Florida @ New Jersey | NHL Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Boston @ Washington | NBCSN |
| 8 p.m. | Phoenix @ Chicago | CNBC |
| 10:30 p.m. | St. Louis @ San Jose | NBCSN |
| Friday, April 20 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh | NBCSN |
| 8 p.m. | Detroit @ Nashville | CNBC |
| Saturday, April 21 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Washinton @ Boston | NBC |
| 6:30 p.m. | New Jersey @ Florida | NHL Network |
| 7 p.m. | Ottawa @ New York Rangers | NBCSN |
| 7:30 p.m. | San Jose @ St. Louis | CNBC |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago @ Phoenix | NBCSN |