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Hockey Night in Canada schedule: Bruins-Habs, Penguins-Rangers

Hockey Night in Canada will be presenting the Bruins-Canadiens and Penguins-Rangers series in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, which begins Thursday night.

Both Eastern Conference 2nd-round matchups on CBC

Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens open their second-round series on Thursday night in Boston. (Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

Hockey Night in Canada will present the Bruins-Canadiens and Penguins-Rangers series in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Canadiens and Bruins play Game 1 of their series on Thursday night in Boston. Coverage begins with Hockey Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, and the puck drops at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Game 2 is set for Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET in Boston. The series shifts to Montreal for Game 3 on Tuesday (coverage starting at 6:30 p.m. ET) and Game 4 on Thursday (7 p.m. ET).

Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson will call the action from the broadcast booth, Glenn Healy will provide further analysis from his position between the benches and Scott Oake will keep viewers up-to-date with rink-side reports.

This series will also be the featured second-round match-up for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi presented by Chevrolet, available on select digital channels and online at CBCSports.ca/punjabi.

The Penguins-Rangers series starts Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

CBC’s Bob Cole will handle play-by-play duties alongside analyst Garry Galley in the broadcast booth and Greg Millen at ice level. David Amber will handle reporting duties for the first two games of the series while Cassie Campbell-Pascall will take over for the remaining games.

Every game broadcast on CBC-TV is also available live online at CBCSports.ca and through the CBC Hockey app for iOS and Xbox.

Here's the full broadcast schedule for both Hockey Night in Canada series:

Boston vs. Montreal

Game Matchup Date/Time
Game 1 Montreal at Boston Thurs., May 1 @ 7 p.m. ET
Game 2 Montreal at Boston Sat., May 3 @ 12:30 p.m. ET
Game 3 Boston at Montreal Tues., May 6 @ 6:30 p.m. ET
Game 4 Boston at Montreal Thurs., May 8 @ 7 p.m. ET
Game 5* Montreal at Boston Sat., May 10 @ TBD
Game 6* Boston at Montreal Mon., May 12 @ TBD
Game 7* Montreal at Boston Wed., May 14 @ TBD

Pittsburgh vs. New York Rangers

Game Matchup Date/Time
Game 1 New York at Pittsburgh Fri., May 2 @ 7 p.m. ET
Game 2 New York at Pittsburgh Sun., May 4 @ 7 p.m. ET
Game 3 Pittsburgh at New York Mon., May 5 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Game 4 Pittsburgh at New York Wed., May 7 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
Game 5* New York at Pittsburgh Fri., May 9 @ TBD
Game 6* Pittsburgh at New York Sun., May 11 @TBD
Game 7* New York at Pittsburgh Tues., May 13 @TBD

*if necessary