NBCSN carries back-to-back games featuring Canadian teams. The U.S. channel starts out with the Toronto Maple Leafs shortest road trip to Buffalo on Tuesday. Wednesday Night Hockey showcases Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in St. Louis.
The NHL Network blows off Hockey Night in Canada for the second time in 3 weeks and picks up a different Sunday night game other than Hometown Hockey as the Calgary Flames are in Chicago.
CBC starts out Saturday night with the Maple Leafs in the Twin Cities. Gary Bettman's dream desert team will be in Edmonton in the nightcap.
Citytv is content to get the Winnipeg Jets in New Jersey.
Rogers Sportsnet has a weekend of Montréal Canadiens home games with the New York Rangers on Saturday. San Jose will be in town on Sunday with Hometown Hockey from Boisbriand, QC. The regional channels will match NBCSN with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday Night Hockey.
NBCSN
Tuesday
Toronto @ Buffalo, 7:30p
Wednesday
Edmonton @ St. Louis, 8p
NHL Network
Sunday
Calgary @ Chicago, 7p
Tape delayed
Friday Los Angeles @ Edmonton, 1p
Chicago @ Winnipeg, 3p
Sunday Toronto @ Minnesota, Noon
Monday Winnipeg @ NY Rangers, 2p (2-hour)
Thursday Edmonton @ St. Louis, 1p
ESPN+
Saturday
San Jose at Ottawa, 2p
Thursday
Minnesota at Edmonton, 9p
CBC
Saturday
Toronto @ Minnesota, 7p
Las Vegas @ Edmonton, 10p
Citytv
Saturday
Winnipeg @ New Jersey, 7p
Rogers Sportsnet
Saturday
NY Rangers @ Montréal, 7p
Sunday
San Jose @ Montréal, 7p
Wednesday
Edmonton @ St. Louis, 8p
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Toronto's Andreas Johnsson had a hat trick in the first 12:20 of the game, but didn't have the best performance by a player on a Canadian team Saturday night. Patrik Laine had 5 goals for Winnipeg in St. Louis. Thought the NHL Network might switch the matinee rebroadcasts to carry the stellar performance but that did not happen.
Rogers took the Canadiens leaving the Jets for Citytv, but the Rogers-owned OTA network got the much better game.
Next Saturday, @RonMacLeanHTH and the #HockeyNight panel will wear the original baby blue Hockey Night in Canada blazers and will auction them off after the show in support of #HockeyFightsCancer month. 💜 pic.twitter.com/JVOjCvB2Wt
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 18, 2018
Ron McLean and Bob Cole were the only current people who knew the baby blues from 1971-1987. Special guest Dave Hodge looked very familiar in that jacket. McLean took over for Hodge in March 1987 after the pen-flipping incident. McLean had a nice interview with Hodge in the pregame.
Speaking of older CBC nostalgia, the NHL Network ran the 2003 Heritage Classic on the 15th anniversary on November 22. Was fun to hear Chris Cuthbert with Greg Millen and Glenn Healy from that night in the cold in Edmonton. Cuthbert was with CBC during the era of the baby blues.
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The Grey Cup mentions were limited to the promotion for Hometown Hockey. The Hockey Night in Canada baby blue blazers might have proved to be a distraction. Even with 4 games, the CFL cities didn't match up with the NHL cities. The Grey Cup was not held in the east.
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We are nearing the end of the fall season for the CBC so CBC promos will switch to such activities as alpine skiing. The early game only had 5 promos likely because the 3rd period went so quickly. We should note that the telecast added a power play promo when there was no power play.
Early game: Frankie Drake Mysteries (1st); Alpine Skiing; Still Standing; Canada's Smartest Person Junior (2nd); Mr. D (3rd)
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