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With pre-tournament exhibition games slated to begin less than a week from today on July 28, the National Hockey League has announced the television coverage for all of the tuneup games as well as the first five days of Qualifying Round and Round Robin play in the 2020 postseason tournament. 

This initial broadcast schedule includes the Round Robin contests during the opening five days and the first two games of each of the best-of-five Qualifying Round series. 

Teams that finished fifth through 12th in the regular-season standings in each conference based on points percentage will play in the Qualifying Round for the right to advance to the the 2020 NHL Playoffs, which will consist of the usual 16 teams. The top-four finishers in each conference will play each other once in a round-robin format while the Qualifying Round is in progress to determine the top-four seeds in the East and West. Teams will be re-seeded following the Qualifying Round and for all subsequnt rounds, with each of those series featuring best-of-seven-game formats. 

Scotiabank Arena in Toronto has been chosen to host the Eastern Conference games, while the Western Conference matchups will take place in Edmonton's Rogers Place. The Stanley Cup Finals will be held in Edmonton begging around Oct. 1. 

All exhibition and tournament games are being televised live in the United States and Canada. Coverage will feature as many as five contests per day starting at noon or 2 p.m. Eastern time, with the last game of each day faceing off at 10:30 p.m. Eastern in Edmonton. This guarantees a minimum of 12-1/2 hours of continuous live coverage each day until teams start to get eliminated. 

The North American TV schedule is below. 

All times are Eastern. In the U.S., games can be seeon on NBC, NBC Sports Net, USA Network and NHL Network. Canadian viewers can view the action on Sportsnet, CBC, NHL Network, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360, TVAS and Fox-CA. 

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Tuesday, July 28
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4 p.m. | NBCSN, NHL.TV
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens, 8 p.m. | NHLN, SN, TVAS
Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames, 10:30 p.m. | NHLN, SN, NHL.TV

Wednesday, July 29
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers, 12 p.m. | NHLN, NHL.TV
Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild, 2:30 p.m. | NHLN, NHL.TV
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington Capitals, 4 p.m. | NBCSN, NHL.TV
St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 6:30 p.m. | NBCSN (JIP), NHLN, NHL.TV
New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers, 8 p.m. | NBCSN, TVAS
Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets; 10:30 p.m. | NHLN, SN, NHL.TV

Thursday, July 30
Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars, 4 p.m. | NHLN, NHL.TV
Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 7 p.m. | NHLN, TVAS, NHL.TV
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona Coyotes, 10 p.m. | NHLN, NHL.TV

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE