NHL Game of the Week

The NHL Game of the Week is a weekly presentation of National Hockey League games that air on NBC. The NHL began airing on NBC in the 2005-06 NHL season and typically produces one game per weekend, typically on Sunday afternoons, beginning the weekend of the NFL Conference Championship games.

NHL Game of the Week
Also known as
  • Star Sunday
GenreNHL game telecasts
Presented byMike Emrick
Eddie Olczyk
Brian Boucher
Kenny Albert
Joe Micheletti
Pierre McGuire
John Forslund
A.J. Mleczko
Liam McHugh
Kathryn Tappen
Mike Milbury
Keith Jones
Patrick Sharp
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons11
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time180 minutes or until game ends
Production company(s)NBC Sports
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture format480i (SDTV),
720p (HDTV)
Original releaseJanuary 14, 2006 (2006-01-14) –
present
Chronology
Related showsNHL on NBC

During the 2016–17 NHL season, NBC Sports began to promote both the Game of the Week and Sunday Night Hockey broadcasts under the Star Sunday brand, focusing primarily on the NHL's star players. Star Sunday features extensive pre-game, in-game and post-game coverage of each featured player. The first game under the new package featured the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings on January 22, 2017, with Ryan McDonagh and Dylan Larkin the featured players of their respective teams.[1]

Schedules

2006–07 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 13, 2007 2 P.M. Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 3
Boston 1 NY Rangers 3
Los Angeles 5 St. Louis 6
January 28, 2007 3:30 P.M. Colorado 1 Detroit 3
Dallas 1 Anaheim 4
Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 1
February 11, 2007 3:30 P.M. Colorado 5 Dallas 7
Tampa Bay 4 New Jersey 1
Chicago 5 Columbus 4
February 18, 2007 3:30 P.M. Washington 2 Pittsburgh 3
Chicago 1 NY Rangers 2
San Jose 2 Dallas 5
March 4, 2007 12:30 P.M. Colorado 4 (OT) Detroit 3
Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 4 (SO)
March 11, 2007 12:30 P.M. Boston 6 Detroit 3
Carolina 1 NY Rangers 2 (SO)
March 25, 2007 12:30 P.M. Boston 1 Pittsburgh 5
NY Rangers 2 (SO) NY Islanders 1
April 1, 2007 12:30 P.M. Detroit 4 Columbus 1
6 P.M. Los Angeles 2 San Jose 6
April 8, 2007 1 P.M. Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 4
Chicago 2 Dallas 3

2007–08 season

Starting this season, NBC aired these Game of the Week games on a national basis, in addition to carrying the national broadcasts of the Winter Classic every First day of the year and the Stanley Cup Playoffs during the Spring.

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 20, 2008 1:30 P.M. Boston 3 NY Rangers 1
February 3, 2008 2 P.M. NY Rangers 5 Montreal 3
February 10, 2008 1 P.M. Anaheim 3 Detroit 2
February 17, 2008 1 P.M. Detroit 0 Dallas 1
March 2, 2008 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 4 NY Rangers 5 (SO)
March 9, 2008 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 Washington 2
March 16, 2008 12 P.M. Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 7
March 30, 2008 3 P.M. NY Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 3
April 6, 2008 12:30 P.M. Chicago 1 Detroit 4

2008–09 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 18, 2009 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 0 Pittsburgh 3
February 8, 2009 12:30 P.M. Detroit 2 Pittsburgh 0
February 15, 2009 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 5 NY Rangers 2
February 22, 2009 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 2 Washington 5
March 8, 2009 12:30 P.M. Boston 3 NY Rangers 4
March 15, 2009 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 1 NY Rangers 4
March 22, 2009 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 1
April 5, 2009 12:30 P.M. Minnesota 2 Detroit 3
April 12, 2009 2 P.M. Detroit 0 Chicago 3

2009–10 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 17, 2010 12:30 P.M. Chicago 4 (SO) Detroit 3
January 24, 2010 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1
January 31, 2010 12:30 P.M. Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 2 (SO)
February 7, 2010 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 Washington 5 (OT)
March 7, 2010 12:30 P.M. Detroit 5 Chicago 4
March 14, 2010 12:30 P.M. Washington 4 Chicago 3
March 21, 2010 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 1 Boston 2
April 4, 2010 12:30 P.M. Detroit 3 Philadelphia 4
April 11, 2010 12:30 P.M. Boston 4 (SO) Washington 3

2010–11 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 23, 2011 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1
February 6, 2011 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 0 Washington 3
February 13, 2011 12:30 P.M. Boston 2 Detroit 4
February 20, 2011 12:30 P.M. Washington 2 Buffalo 1
Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Rangers 2
Detroit 2 (SO) Minnesota 1
3:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 3 (SO)
March 6, 2011 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 0 NY Rangers 7
March 13, 2011 12:30 P.M. Chicago 3 Washington 4
March 20, 2011 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 2
April 3, 2011 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 3 (SO) Philadelphia 2
April 10, 2011 12:30 P.M. Detroit 4 Chicago 3

2011–12 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 14, 2012 12:30 P.M. Chicago 2 Detroit 3 (OT)
January 22, 2012 12:30 P.M. Washington 3 Pittsburgh 4 (OT)
February 12, 2012 12:30 P.M. Washington 2 NY Rangers 3
February 19, 2012 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 6
San Jose 2 Detroit 3
St. Louis 1 Chicago 3
3:30 P.M. Boston 0 Minnesota 2
March 4, 2012 12:30 P.M. Boston 3 NY Rangers 4
March 11, 2012 12:30 P.M. Boston 2 Pittsburgh 5
March 18, 2012 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 3 (OT)
April 1, 2012 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 4
April 7, 2012 1 P.M. Chicago 3 (SO) Detroit 2

2012–13 season
Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 19, 2013 3 P.M. Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 1
Chicago 5 Los Angeles 2
January 20, 2013 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 2 Buffalo 5
February 3, 2013 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 6 Washington 3
February 10, 2013 12:30 P.M. Los Angeles 2 Detroit 3
February 17, 2013 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 3
3:30 P.M. Los Angeles 2 Chicago 3
March 3, 2013 12:30 P.M. Chicago 2 (SO) Detroit 1
March 10, 2013 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 4 Washington 1
March 17, 2013 12:30 P.M. Boston 1 Pittsburgh 2
March 31, 2013 12:30 P.M. Chicago 7 Detroit 1
April 7, 2013 12:30 P.M. St. Louis 1 Detroit 0
April 14, 2013 12:30 P.M. Chicago 2 St. Louis 0
April 21, 2013 3 P.M. New Jersey 1 NY Rangers 4
April 27, 2013 3 P.M. 0 4

2013–14 season

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Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 19, 2014 12:30 P.M. Boston 2 Chicago 3 (SO)
January 26, 2014 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 7 New Jersey 3
February 2, 2014 12:30 P.M. Detroit 5 Washington 6 (OT)
March 1, 2014 8 P.M. Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 5
March 2, 2014 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 5 (OT) Washington 4
March 9, 2014 12:30 P.M. Detroit 0 NY Rangers 3
March 16, 2014 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3
March 30, 2014 12:30 P.M. Boston 4 (SO) Philadelphia 3
April 6, 2014 12:30 P.M. St. Louis 2 Chicago 4
April 12, 2014 3 P.M. Philadelphia 4 (OT) Pittsburgh 3
April 13, 2014 12:30 P.M. Detroit 3 St. Louis 0

2014–15 season

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Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 18, 2015 12:30 P.M. NY Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 2
February 8, 2015 12:30 P.M. Chicago 4 St. Louis 2
February 15, 2015 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 2 (SO)
February 22, 2015 12:30 P.M. Washington 2 Philadelphia 3
3:30 P.M. Boston 6 Chicago 2
February 28, 2015 8 P.M. NY Rangers 2 Philadelphia 4
March 8, 2015 12:30 P.M. Detroit 3 Boston 5
March 15, 2015 12:30 P.M. Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 1
March 22, 2015 12 P.M. St. Louis 1 Detroit 2 (OT)
April 5, 2015 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 4
April 11, 2015 3 P.M. Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4
San Jose 1 Los Angeles 4

2015–16 season

[4] NBC was supposed to air the Pittsburgh-Washington match-up on January 24, but however, the game was postponed due to hazardous weather, so the network instead selecting St. Louis-Chicago game as their match-up and it aired in the Primetime slot.

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 24, 2016 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh Washington PPD
January 24, 2016 7 P.M. St. Louis 0 Chicago 2
February 7, 2016 12 P.M. Philadelphia 2 Washington 3
February 14, 2016 3:30 P.M. Boston 5 Detroit 6
February 21, 2016 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 3
3:30 P.M. Chicago 1 Minnesota 6
February 27, 2016 8 P.M. Detroit 5 Colorado 3
February 28, 2016 12:30 P.M. Washington 2 Chicago 3
March 13, 2016 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 5 NY Rangers 3
April 3, 2016 12:30 P.M. Boston 4 Chicago 6
April 9, 2016 3 P.M. Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 3

2016–17 season
See also: Sunday Night Hockey

During the season, NBC's Star Sunday concept was added to the Game of the Week package.[5] The first game under the new brand took place on January 22, 2017 in a game between the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings.[1]

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 15, 2017 1:00 P.M. Philadelphia 0 Washington 5
January 22, 2017*[nb 1] 12:30 P.M. N.Y. Rangers 1 Detroit 0
February 5, 2017*[nb 2] 12 P.M. Los Angeles 0 Washington 5
February 12, 2017*[nb 3] 3 P.M. Detroit 3 Minnesota 6
February 19, 2017 12:30 P.M. Washington 1 N.Y. Rangers 2
3:30 P.M. Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 2
February 25, 2017 8 P.M. Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 4
February 26, 2017*[nb 4] 12:30 P.M. Boston 6 Dallas 3
March 12, 2017*[nb 5] 12:30 P.M. Minnesota 2 Chicago 4
March 26, 2017*[nb 6] 12:30 P.M. Minnesota 1 Detroit 2
April 2, 2017*[nb 7] 12:30 P.M. Boston 3 Chicago 2
April 8, 2017 3 P.M. Washington 3 Boston 1

(*) Designated as a Star Sunday game.

2017–18 season

[6] NBC initially announced that no NHL games would be aired on the network during the 2018 Winter Olympics, however they changed course and added three Sunday afternoon games in February as a lead-in to the Winter Olympics, allowing Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk to stay home and call 3 NHL games.[7] NBC correctly switched the final minutes of the 2018 NHL Stadium Series to its sister network NBCSN (except for viewers in the Washington D.C. market) at 11 p.m. eastern time due to the power outage delay.[8] Star Sunday returned on March 11, 2018, both as part of the Game of the Week and Sunday Night Hockey package.

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 14, 2018 12:30 P.M. Detroit 4 Chicago 0
January 21, 2018 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 2 (OT) Washington 1
February 11, 2018 12:20 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 1
February 18, 2018 12:20 P.M. Philadelphia 7 N.Y. Rangers 5
February 25, 2018 12:20 P.M. St. Louis 0 Nashville 4
March 3, 2018 8 P.M. Toronto 2 Washington 5
March 11, 2018*[nb 8] 12:30 P.M. Boston 1 Chicago 3
March 25, 2018*[nb 9] 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 5 (OT)
April 1, 2018*[nb 10] 12:30 P.M. Boston 3 Philadelphia 4 (OT)
April 7, 2018 3 P.M. N.Y. Rangers 0 Philadelphia 5

(*) Designated as a Star Sunday game.

2018–19 season

[9] For the first time, NBC selected two regional games which to aired it in primetime on February 2, 2019. Star Sunday returned on February 3, 2019, both as part of the Game of the Week and Sunday Night Hockey package. This will mark the first season of Star Sunday to have its presenting sponsor; AT&T was the first presenting sponsor and they branded themselves as Star Sunday presented by AT&T.

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 20, 2019 12:30 P.M. Washington 5 Chicago 8
February 2, 2019 8 P.M. Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Rangers 2
Chicago 4 (OT) Minnesota 3
February 3, 2019*[nb 11] 12:30 P.M. Boston 1 Washington 0
February 10, 2019*[nb 12] 12:30 P.M. St. Louis 5(OT) Nashville 4
February 17, 2019 12:30 P.M. N.Y. Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 6
3:30 P.M. St. Louis 4 Minnesota 0
February 23, 2019 8 P.M. Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 4 (OT)
March 3, 2019*[nb 13] 12:30 P.M. Washington 3 (SO) N.Y. Rangers 2
March 24, 2019*[nb 14] 12:30 P.M. Philadelphia 1 Washington 3
March 31, 2019*[nb 15] 12:30 P.M. N.Y. Rangers 3 Philadelphia 0

(*) Designated as a Star Sunday game.

2019–20 season

Beginning with this season, Brian Boucher replaced Pierre McGuire on the lead broadcast team with Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk. McGuire would be reassigned to work with NBC's other broadcast teams.[10][11] NBC supposed to air the two remaining games including the Washington-Pittsburgh match-up on March 22 and the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia match-up on March 29, but however, the games are postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, in which the rest of the regular season was paused indefinitely (later cancelled on May 26) due to the pandemic.

Date Time Away Team Score Home Team Score
January 19, 2020 12:30 P.M. Boston 3 Pittsburgh 4
February 2, 2020 12:30 P.M. Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3
February 9, 2020 12:30 P.M. Boston 1 Detroit 3
February 15, 2020 8 P.M. Los Angeles 3 Colorado 1
February 16, 2020 12:30 P.M. Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 5
3:30 P.M. Boston 3 N.Y. Rangers 1
February 23, 2020 12 P.M. Pittsburgh 3 Washington 5
March 1, 2020 12 P.M. Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Rangers 3


Notes
  1. NBC selected Ryan McDonagh and Dylan Larkin as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  2. NBC selected Jeff Carter and Alexander Ovechkin as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  3. NBC selected Henrik Zetterberg and Devan Dubnyk as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  4. NBC selected David Pastrnak and Tyler Seguin as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  5. NBC selected Eric Staal and Duncan Keith as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  6. NBC selected Mikko Koivu as featured Star Sunday player for the game. No Red Wings player was selected; instead Joe Louis Arena was selected as the Red Wings' representative to mark the network's final game at the venue.
  7. NBC selected Patrice Bergeron and Brent Seabrook as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  8. NBC selected David Krejci and Patrick Kane as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  9. NBC selected Claude Giroux and Sidney Crosby as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  10. NBC selected Wayne Simmonds and Patrice Bergeron as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  11. NBC selected Alexander Ovechkin and Patrice Bergeron as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  12. NBC selected Vladimir Tarasenko and P. K. Subban as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  13. NBC selected Nicklas Backstrom and Mika Zibanejad as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  14. NBC selected Claude Giroux and T. J. Oshie as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
  15. NBC selected Sean Couturier and Mika Zibanejad as featured Star Sunday players for the game.
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