Saturday, May 28, 2022

2022 NBA Finals Television Schedule and Announcers

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  • Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy & Mark Jackson to once again serve as the NBA Finals broadcast team; Breen, Van Gundy, & Jackson to work 14th NBA Finals as the broadcast team; Lisa Salters joins the broadcast team as the sideline reporter
The final portion from the 2022 NBA Playoffs are now days away from finally getting underway. The 2022 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV will start on Thursday, June 2 at 9:00 PM (ET) as Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics visit Chase Center in San Francisco to face off with Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the championship series. The 2022 NBA Finals will be exclusively televised on the ABC broadcast network.

ABC will be the home for the NBA Finals game coverage for the 20th straight season, dating back to the Nets-Spurs NBA Finals series in 2003.

ESPN's lead commentary team of Mike Breen (play-by-play), Jeff Van Gundy (analyst), Mark Jackson (analyst), & Lisa Salters (sideline reporter) will be on hand in San Francisco and Boston to work each and every game of the 2022 NBA Finals. For Breen, Van Gundy & Jackson, this Finals assignment adds to the impressive numbers for this broadcast team. For Breen, this Finals will mark his 17th providing the play-by-play (2006-present). For Van Gundy, these Finals will be his 16th serving as a television analyst (2007-present). For Jackson, this Finals will be his 14th serving as a television analyst (2007-2011, 2014-present). Breen, Van Gundy & Jackson will serve as the Finals commentary trio for the 14th time, a truly astounding number.

Lisa Salters returns to the sidelines as the NBA Finals sideline reporter, after previously holding that duty for the Mavericks-Heat series back in 2006.

NBA Countdown, ABC's official pregame show of record, will air 30 minutes before each and every game of the Finals. The studio team of host Mike Greenberg, analysts Jalen Rose, Stephen A. Smith and Michael Wilbon will work their first NBA Finals together. Insider Adrian Wojnarowski will contribute when needed.

Check out the series overview and daily schedule for the 2022 NBA Finals below.

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  • 2022 NBA Finals: Series Overview
* (W3) Golden State Warriors vs. (E2Boston Celtics == Golden State wins series, 4-2 (Congrats to the Golden State Warriors, the 2022 NBA Champions)

. Game 1 - Thursday, June 2 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 9:00, ABC/ESPN2 - Mark Jones, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters (ABC); Michael Eaves, CJ McCollum, Tim Legler (ESPN2)
. Game 2 - Sunday, June 5 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 8:00, ABC - Mark Jones, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
. Game 3 - Wednesday, June 8 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
. Game 4 - Friday, June 10 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
. Game 5 - Monday, June 13 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
. Game 6 - Thursday, June 16 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
. Game 7, if nec - Sunday, June 19 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 8:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

  • 2022 NBA Finals: Daily Schedule
* Thursday, June 2nd
. Game 1 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 9:00, ABC/ESPN2 - Mark Jones, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters (ABC); (Michael Eaves, CJ McCollum, Tim Legler) (ESPN2; NBA Finals: Celebrating 75 special alternate presentation)
- ABC: Mark Jones replaces Mike Breen (COVID protocols); Jeff Van Gundy absent (COVID protocols)

* Sunday, June 5th
. Game 2 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 8:00, ABC - Mark Jones, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters
- Again, Jones replaces Breen (COVID protocols)

* Wednesday, June 8th
. Game 3 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

* Friday, June 10th
. Game 4 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

* Monday, June 13th
. Game 5 - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

* Thursday, June 16th
. Game 6 - (W3) Warriors at (E2) Celtics, 9:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

* Sunday, June 19th
. Game 7, if nec - (E2) Celtics at (W3) Warriors, 8:00, ABC - Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Lisa Salters

2022 CFB on FOX/FS1/FS2 Schedule

Current "FOX College Football" logo.
  • FOX's 2022 CFB schedule includes Alabama vs. Texas, Oklahoma vs. Nebraska, Michigan vs. Ohio State, and much more
  • The "BIG NOON KICKOFF" pregame show will travel each week of 2022 season
  • "BIG NOON SATURDAY" remains FOX's featured CFB timeslot
FOX Sports recently announced their initial selection of games for the upcoming 2022 college football season. These games include matchups from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and Mountain West.

For the first time in the show's history, BIG NOON KICKOFF, FOX's official college football pregame show, has plans to travel to a college campus for a two-hour pregame show before FOX's CFB slate each week of the regular season.

FOX Takes a Major Swing For The Fences to Start the New Year:
In Week #1, Penn State will match up with Purdue on Thursday, September 1 at 8:00 PM ET on FOX. The BIG NOON KICKOFF and BIG NOON SATURDAY crews will travel on-site to the home of the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Indiana, with pregame coverage beginning at 7:00 PM ET.

The month of September also provides college football fans with a marquee, highly anticipated matchup. On Saturday, September 10, at 12:00 PM ET on FOX, Alabama will visit Texas in Alabama's first-ever FOX game. Needless to say, the BIG NOON KICKOFF crew will be in Austin, Texas to provide pregame coverage, starting at 10:00 AM ET. This will mark the first meeting between Alabama's HC Nick Saban and Texas' HC Steve Sarkisian since Sarkisian left Alabama to coach Texas.

In Week 3, on Saturday, September 17, Oklahoma faces off with Nebraska from Lincoln, Nebraska at 12:00 PM ET. The BIG NOON KICKOFF team will come on the air from Lincoln, Nebraska at 10:00 AM ET to set the table for Week 3 in college football. Last year, the Cornhuskers gave the Sooners a scare in Norman on BIG NOON SATURDAY, the 50th anniversary of 1971's "Game of the Century". This Oklahoma-Nebraska will mark the advent of a special, but rare, FOX quadruple header of college football action.

Thanksgiving Weekend on FOX:
The regular season CFB coverage on FOX wraps up on Thanksgiving weekend. The featured matchup for this week, as always, will be Michigan vs. Ohio State on Saturday, November 26 at 12:00 PM ET on FOX. "The Game" is just one of many premier sporting events that FOX will have the rights to during this major Thanksgiving weekend of sports coverage. 

FOX's stacked Thanksgiving weekend lineup includes the New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, at 4:30 PM ET on FOX, a FIFA World Cup group stage match between England and USA plus a Pac-12 college football game with UCLA and California on Friday, November 25 (4:30 PM ET), and the big Los Angeles Rams at Kansas City Chiefs America's Game of the Week game on Sunday, November 27 at 4:25 PM ET on FOX.

Championship Weekend on FOX:
FOX will serve as the television home for three conference championship contests this season. 

On Friday, December 2, at 8:00 PM ET, FOX will televise the Pac-12 Championship Game from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Then on Saturday, December 3, FOX will exclusively televise two more conference championship contests. First up, at 4:00 PM ET, the Mountain West Championship will be staged. Later that night, at 8:00 PM ET, Lucas Oil Stadium serves as the backdrop for FOX's Big Ten Championship Game presentation.

Additional 2022 CFB on FOX/FS1 Schedule Highlights:
  • On Saturday, August 27, FOX televises their CFB game of the new campaign, as Nebraska takes on Northwestern from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, with a special 12:30 PM ET start time.
  • On Saturday, August 27, Utah State, the defending Mountain West champions host Connecticut in a game that has a 4:00 PM ET kickoff on FS1.
  • On Saturday, September 10, Washington State will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on Wisconsin at 3:30 PM ET on FOX. Houston takes on Texas Tech at 4:00 PM ET on FS1, in a meeting between two future Big 12 foes. The day ends with the Mississippi State at Arizona game at 11:00 PM ET on FS1, with Mississippi State's HC Mike Leach set to battle a Pac-12 opponent for the first time since leaving Washington State.
  • On Saturday, September 17, a rare FOX quadruple header: Oklahoma-Nebraska (12:00 PM, ET), BYU-Oregon (3:30 PM ET), Toledo-Ohio State (7:00 PM, ET), Fresno State-USC (10:30 PM, ET). 
  • On Black Friday, Friday, November 25, in addition to FOX's robust lineup of sports offerings that weekend, Arizona State takes on Arizona at 3:00 PM ET on FS1. The night will finish with Wyoming at Fresno State at 10:00 PM ET on FS1.
  • FS1 will serve FOX's official home for midweek CFB action (games that do not take place on Saturday). Midweek games include: San Diego State-Boise State (Friday, September 30), Baylor-West Virginia (Thursday, October 13), Utah-Washington State (Thursday, October 27), Colorado/USC (Friday, November 11), and much more.

Where to Watch CFB on FOX/FS1 This Season:
You can watch FOX's college football coverage this season on the FOX broadcast network or FS1.


FOX's confirmed 2022 college football schedule will be posted below. Additional updates to this page throughout the season will include the announcers themselves plus the remainder of FOX's game selections.

  • 2022 CFB on FOX/FS1 Schedule | (All Times ET; Subject to Change)
* Week 0 - Saturday, August 27th
. Nebraska vs. Northwestern (Dublin, Ireland) - FOX, 12:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
. Connecticut at Utah State - FS1, 4:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 1 - Thursday, September 1st
. Central Michigan at Oklahoma State - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
. Penn State at Purdue - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Cal Poly at Fresno State - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner

* Week 1 - Friday, September 2nd
. Illinois at Indiana - FS1, 8:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman

* Week 1 - Saturday, September 3rd
. South Dakota State at Iowa - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. UTEP at Oklahoma - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
. Tulsa at Wyoming - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Illinois State at Wisconsin - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Kent State at Washington - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 2 - Saturday, September 10th
. Alabama at Texas - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Duke at Northwestern - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Washington State at Wisconsin - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Houston at Texas Tech - FS1, 4:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Georgia Southern at Nebraska - FS1, 7:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Mississippi State at Arizona - FS1, 11:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 3 - Saturday, September 17th (yes, FOX is really airing a 10:30 PM ET game!)
. Oklahoma at Nebraska - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson (pxp: 1st half), Joel Klatt (analyst, 1st half; pxp, 2nd half), Brady Quinn (analyst, 2nd half) Jenny Taft
- NOTE: Gus Johnson had to leave the Oklahoma-Nebraska game at halftime due to illness. Joel Klatt took over for Johnson for pxp in the 2nd half, while Brady Quinn moved from the studio to the booth to take Klatt's spot as the analyst for the 2nd half.
. Texas State at Baylor - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. BYU at Oregon - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. UT-Martin at Boise State - FS1, 4:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis
. Toledo at Ohio State - FOX, 7:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. SMU at Maryland - FS1, 7:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Fresno State at USC - FOX, 10:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. North Dakota State at Arizona - FS1, 11:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 4 - Friday, September 23rd
. Nevada at Air Force - FS1, 8:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 4 - Saturday, September 24th
. Maryland at Michigan - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Duke at Kansas - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Toledo at San Diego State - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis
. Oregon at Washington State - FOX, 4:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Iowa at Rutgers - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Kansas State at Oklahoma - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Stanford at Washington - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 5 - Friday, September 30th
. San Diego State at Boise State - FS1, 8:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 5 - Saturday, October 1st
. Michigan at Iowa - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Oklahoma State at Baylor - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
. Michigan State at Maryland - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. West Virginia at Texas - FS1, 7:30 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Stanford at Oregon - FS1, 11:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 6 - Friday, October 7th
. Nebraska at Rutgers - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. Colorado State at Nevada - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 6 - Saturday, October 8th
. Michigan at Indiana - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. TCU at Kansas - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Utah at UCLA - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Air Force at Utah State - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Guy Haberman, Charles Arbuckle
. Washington State at USC - FOX, 7:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Fresno State at Boise State - FS1, 9:45 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 7 - Thursday, October 13th
. Baylor at West Virginia - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich

* Week 7 - Saturday, October 15th
. Penn State at Michigan - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Wisconsin at Michigan State - FOX, 4:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. USC at Utah - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. San Jose State at Fresno State - FS2, 10:45 PM ET - Jeff Levering, Petros Papadakis

* Week 8 - Saturday, October 22nd
. Iowa at Ohio State - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. West Virginia at Texas Tech - FS1, 3:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. UCLA at Oregon - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Fresno State at New Mexico - FS2, 6:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Kansas State at TCU - FS1, 8:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Utah State at Wyoming - FS2, 9:45 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis

* Week 9 - Thursday, October 27th
. Utah at Washington State - FS1, 10:00 PM ET - Jeff Levering, Petros Papadakis

* Week 9 - Saturday, October 29th
. Ohio State at Penn State - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Oklahoma at Iowa State - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Oklahoma State at Kansas State - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Oregon at California - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Colorado State at Boise State - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. San Diego State at Fresno State - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Jeff Levering, Petros Papadakis

* Week 10 - Saturday, November 5th
. Texas Tech at TCU - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Iowa at Purdue - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Oklahoma State at Kansas - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Texas at Kansas State - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard
. BYU at Boise State - FS2, 7:00 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis
. UCLA at Arizona State - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Hawaii at Fresno State - FS2, 10:30 PM ET - Guy Haberman, Will Blackmon

* Week 11 - Friday, November 11th
. Colorado at USC - FS1, 9:30 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 11 - Saturday, November 12th
. Indiana at Ohio State - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft
. Oklahoma at West Virginia - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. Maryland at Penn State - FOX, 3:30 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Wisconsin at Iowa - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis
. Washington at Oregon - FOX, 7:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Kansas State at Baylor - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. Arizona at UCLA - FOX, 10:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. San Jose State at San Diego State - FS1, 10:30 PM ET - Guy Haberman, Will Blackmon

* Week 12 - Friday, November 18th
. San Diego State at New Mexico - FS1, 9:45 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis

* Week 12 - Saturday, November 19th
. TCU at Baylor - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman
. Northwestern at Purdue - FS1, 12:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Texas at Kansas - FS1, 3:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Iowa at Minnesota - FOX, 4:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. Texas Tech at Iowa State - FS1, 7:00 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. USC at UCLA - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Allison Williams
. Colorado State at Air Force - FS2, 9:00 PM ET - Guy Haberman, Will Blackmon
. San Jose State at Utah State - FS1, 9:45 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis

* Week 13 - Friday, November 25th - Black Friday
. Arizona State at Arizona - FS1, 3:00 PM ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. UCLA at California - FOX, 4:30 PM ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis
. Wyoming at Fresno State - FS1, 10:00 PM ET - Guy Haberman, Will Blackmon

* Week 13 - Saturday, November 26th - Thanksgiving Weekend
. Michigan at Ohio State - FOX, 12:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Tom Rinaldi
. Iowa State at TCU - FOX, 4:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams
. Michigan State at Penn State - FS1, 4:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Mark Helfrich
. Oklahoma at Texas Tech - FS1, 7:30 PM ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Kansas at Kansas State - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. BYU at Stanford - FS1, 11:00 PM ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis

* Week 14 - Friday, December 2nd - Pac-12 Championship (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas)
. Pac-12 champ.: Utah vs. USC (Las Vegas) - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, Allison Williams

* Week 14 - Saturday, December 3rd - Mountain West Championship (Boise, Idaho)/Big Ten Championship (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis)
. MW champ.: Fresno State vs. Boise State (Boise, Idaho) - FOX, 4:00 PM ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Petros Papadakis
. Big Ten champ.: Purdue vs. Michigan (Indianapolis) - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Allison Williams

* Bowl - Wednesday, December 28th - Holiday Bowl (San Diego, California)
. Oregon vs. North Carolina (San Diego) - FOX, 8:00 PM ET - Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft

2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Final Television Schedule and Announcers

The 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs logo. (Photo courtesy of: NHL.com)
  • Western Conference Finals feature Nathan MacKinnon's Avalanche versus Connor McDavid's Oilers
  • Eastern Conference Finals feature Justin Braun's Rangers versus Steven Stamkos' Lightning
  • Western Conference Finals begin Tuesday, May 31 at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, with Game 1 live from Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
  • Eastern Conference Finals begin Wednesday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, with Game 1 live from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
The 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs will continue this week with live coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals.

The Western Conference Finals will begin first. This year's edition has Evander Kane and the Edmonton Oilers matched up with Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche for the right to represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Final. The series is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 31 at 8:00 PM (ET) on TNT

This year's Western Conference Finals will be a golden opportunity to showcase two teams, Colorado and Edmonton, that have not been on this Conference Finals stage in a very, long time. The Avalanche have not been in the Western Conference Finals since the 2001-02 season. The Oilers have not been in the Western Conference Finals since the 2005-06 season.

TNT will carry every single game of the Avalanche-Oilers Western Conference Final. Kenny Albert (play-by-play) will call the Colorado/Edmonton Conference Final series, with analysts Keith Jones, Eddie Olczyk, & Darren Pang. Reporters Nabil Karim (in Denver) and Meaghan Mikkelson (in Edmonton) will share reporting duties throughout the series.

The Eastern Conference Finals begin on Wednesday, June 1 at 8:00 PM (ET) on ESPN with Game 1 of the series between the New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brayden Point and the Lightning look to go back to their third straight Stanley Cup Final. K'Andre Miller and the Rangers look to go back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2014. The Rangers-Lightning series is a re-match of the 2015 Eastern Conference Final, a series in which Tampa Bay won in seven games.

Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Ray Ferraro (analyst), & Emily Kaplan (reporter) will call the Lightning-Rangers Eastern Conference Final series on ESPN.

Read on for a complete series-by-series overview and daily schedule for the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals.

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  • 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Final Series-by-Series Overview
Eastern Conference:
* (M2) New York Rangers vs. (A3) Tampa Bay Lightning == Tampa Bay wins series, 4-2

. Game 1 - Wednesday, June 1 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 2 - Friday, June 3 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 3 - Sunday, June 5 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 3:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 4 - Tuesday, June 7 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 5 - Thursday, June 9 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 6 - Saturday, June 11 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan
. Game 7 (if nec) - Tuesday, June 14 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers

Western Conference:
* (C1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers == Colorado wins series, 4-0

. Game 1 - Tuesday, May 31 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Nabil Karim
. Game 2 - Thursday, June 2 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Nabil Karim
. Game 3 - Saturday, June 4 - (C1) Avalanche at (P2) Oilers, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Keith Jones, Darren Pang, Meaghan Mikkelson
. Game 4 - Monday, June 6 - (C1) Avalanche at (P2) Oilers, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Keith Jones, Darren Pang, Meaghan Mikkelson
. Game 5 (if nec) - Wednesday, June 8 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche
. Game 6 (if nec) - Friday, June 10 - (C1) Avalanche at (P2) Oilers
. Game 7 (if nec) - Sunday, June 12 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche

  • 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Final Daily Schedule
* Tuesday, May 31st
. Game 1 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Nabil Karim

* Wednesday, June 1st
. Game 1 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan

* Thursday, June 2nd
. Game 2 - (P2) Oilers at (C1) Avalanche, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones, Nabil Karim

* Friday, June 3rd
. Game 2 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan

* Saturday, June 4th
. Game 3 - (C1) Avalanche at (P2) Oilers, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Keith Jones, Darren Pang, Meaghan Mikkelson

* Sunday, June 5th
. Game 3 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 3:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan

* Monday, June 6th
. Game 4 - (C1) Avalanche at (P2) Oilers, 8:00, TNT - Kenny Albert, Keith Jones, Darren Pang, Meaghan Mikkelson

* Tuesday, June 7th
. Game 4 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan

* Thursday, June 9th
. Game 5 - (A3) Lightning at (M2) Rangers, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan

* Saturday, June 11th
. Game 6 - (M2) Rangers at (A3) Lightning, 8:00, ESPN - Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan