Game 1 of the best-of-seven series between the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues is Monday at 8:30 p.m. and will be televised on Bally Sports North and ESPN.
That gives viewers who don’t get Bally Sports North as part of their cable, satellite or streaming package a chance to still catch the game on ESPN. Bally Sports North and ESPN will also have Game 2 Wednesday night, with Bally Sports North and TNT taking the broadcast for Game 3 on Friday.
Bally Sports North will cary every first-round game. But the national broadcast partners for Games 4-7 have not been announced.
At this point, there is no indication that the national broadcast of any game will be dumped to NHL TV, as was the case during the Timberwolves-Grizzlies NBA playoffs when Game 3 was on NBA TV.
That was a serious issue for fans who can’t get Bally Sports North.
So long as the playoff games are carried by the likes of ESPN and TNT, Wild fans with basic cable/satellite/streaming services should have no troubles watching the action.
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