when do nhl playoffs start? season ends tuesday.?
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April 21st. The only for sure match-up is Edmonton @ Detriot game 1.
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The NHL has the longest playoff season in pro sports (and season is the right word) at two months: there are four rounds and all are best-of-7 series unlike the NBA (5, 7, 7, 7) or baseball (5, 7, 7).  At an average of 14-16 days per series, that's two series per month and four rounds over two months.  \n\nFor decades, the regular season usually ended at the end of a calendar month.  When the NHL had 21 teams and fewer regular season games, that meant the season ended in March and the Playoffs ended in May.  Now the regular season ends in April and the Stanley Cup is awarded by the end of June.  \n\nBack in the six team era, pre-1967, teams played 50 games per year (10 games per month) plus a two round playoff, so the season was only seven months from training camp to the cup.  Now it's a ten month marathon and players stay in shape all year.  \n\nI would bet many players were actually glad to have the 2005 season off; it may have taken a year out of their careers then, but it probably added a year to the end of their careers, especially to players who might have missed games in 2005 due to injuries.
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The NBA has been playing  regular season since the first of November and they play until about the end of April.  Then the finals start and I think they play into June.  Some teams have played 12 plus games.  They are pretty exciting this year.  I have only missed one game.
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Right now Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals is set for June 1st and if you give two days. The Stanley cup finals should start on June 3 or 4th depending on TV.  Then going every other night game 7 would be june 15 or 16.\n\nBut i think if the two conference finals finish early the Stanley cup finals will start sooner as well.\n\nLet's Go Buf-fa-lo....
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After the regular season has ended, but before the playoffs begin.
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Wild Card Games will begin Sat. Jan 7th 2006
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1 week b4 the pre-season starts
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Next 10 games:\n\nWed, March 1, at Washington, 7:00 pm, TV:FxMW,CSNB\nFri, March 3, at Boston, 7:30 pm \nSun, March 5, at Philadelphia, 1:00 pm, TV:ABC \nTue, Mar 7, New York, 7:00 pm, TV:MSG, FxMW\nWed, Mar 8, at Houston, 8:30 pm, TV:WTTV, KNWS\nFri, March 10, at NOK, 8:00 pm, TV:FxMW, COX\nSun, March 12, at Toronto, 1:00 pm, TV:WTTV, SCORE\nMon, March 13, Orlando, 7:00 pm, TV:WRBW, FxMW\nWed, March 15, Denver, 7:00 pm, TV:ALT, FxMW\nFri, March 17, Sacramento, 7:00 pm, TV:CSNS, FxMW
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okay, i just answered your eastern conference question and was hoping you put this one up too....\nk...well, the oilers beat an over-rated red wings team, impressively none the less; and then a sharks team that i was convinced would be in the cup, possibly winning it all...the ducks played a spirited series vs. the flames, and then absolutely wrecked the avalanche...it seems like a closer battle then one would have guessed at the beginning of these playoffs, but i will get to the point-this ducks team seems vaguely familiar to the ducks team who almost took the cup against the devils a couple of years ago...so i'll give u this- ducks in 6... but a very good six
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10:30 Eastern Time, 7:30 Pacific.\n\nBut since playoff games on TNT usually run late, the LATEST start time ist 10:45 Eastern, 7:45 Pacific.
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Who do I want to win or who do I think is going to win?  I want the stinkin' Oilers to go all the way.  After my other teams (Canucks & Senators) got knocked out I have to go for the other Canadian teams that are still in even if they are Edmonton.  But looking back at the past couple games I don't have much confidence left in the stinkin' Oilers so I'm going to say I think the Canes are going to win it tonight, sadly.
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Game 1: Saturday, April 22nd  7:00 PM Philadelphia at Buffalo     OLN, TSN\nGame 2: Monday, April 24th  7:00 PM Philadelphia at Buffalo     TSN\nGame 3: Wednesday, April 26th 7:00 PM Buffalo at Philadelphia     TSN\nGame 4: Friday, April 28th  7:00 PM Buffalo at Philadelphia     OLN, TSN  \nGame 5: Sunday, April 30th  2:00 PM Philadelphia at Buffalo     NBC, TSN \n(If necessary)\nGame 6: Tuesday, May 2nd  7:00 PM Buffalo at Philadelphia     TSN\n(If necessary)\nGame 7: Thursday, May 4th  7:00 PM Philadelphia at Buffalo     TSN\n(If necessary)
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Much of the NHL schedule is based on tradition.  Many teams have set evenings that they play their home games on a regular basis.  For example, most Canadian based teams will have home games on Saturday night...\n\nSchedule makers also have to take into account the availability of arenas.  Most arenas are multi-purpose, meaning they host other events such as concerts, shows, etc.  So of course games cannot be scheduled on those nights...\n\nAlso, the NHL has a formula for the amount of games that teams play within their own division, as well as their own conference...
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A lot of NHL playoff games can be dull and the playoffs last too long, but there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING that compares to the sudden death overtimes games the NHL produces.  \n\nBasketball OT?  Straight time, it's nothing special.\n\nBaseball OT?  Taking turns until somebody's ahead.  Nothing special.\n\nFootball OT (North American)?  You gotta be kidding.  Sudden death in the NFL is a joke.  At least the US college football OT is interesting.\n\nSoccer/football OT?  It's sudden death, but only for so long and then ends in a pathetic shootout.  Dull, dull, dull.\n\nIn 1994, I remember Hockey Night in Canada finishing their coverage of one NHL playoff game, and the announcer said, "We'll go to New Jersey for the conclusion of that game."  The game was 0-0 late in the third period, approximately 10:30EST.  \n\nFirst overtime, no score, both teams going flat out for twenty minutes: hitting, skating, checking, taking chances.  Nobody played it safe.  Second, no score again and twenty minutes of more furious action.  Third OT, the same thing; they had now played double the length of a game without a goal.  Fourth OT, same again.  FIFTH OT, and at almost nine minutes, Buffalo's Dave Hannan scores a cracker of a goal to win 1-0.  The game never had a dull moment, the two goaltenders facing over 120 shots between them (an average of 8 per period).\n\nThe game ended at *5:00AM* EST.  NOBODY left the arena until the end, and Hockey Night in Canada said most viewers stayed on until the end of the broadcast.\n\nPittsburgh/Philadephia, NY Islanders/Washington, it doesn't seem to matter which teams are involved.  EVERY SINGLE MARATHON OT game in NHL history has been a classic and decided by a beautiful goal with no controversy.  (Controversy only comes in the short OT games, like the Dallas/Buffalo game six that decided the cup in 1999.)  Watching an entire playoff season just to witness one game like this is worth it.
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This is the schedule so far for the playoffs. It looks like that your series is on center ice, at least for saturday. \n\nhttp://www.directvsports.com/Subscriptions/NHLCenterIce/Schedule/\n\nNote to Yahoo police: I am not advertising for Direct TV or Center Ice, this is just a schedule of televised games on this network that the questioner asked for.
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Sens, Thrashers, Lightning, Leafs, Stars, Ducks
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Oilers will win in 7 games.....It will be a great series.  All but one game will go to overtime.  Miller goes down in game six to injury.  Pronger named playoff MVP.