We kinda know what the Flyers’ playoff schedule will look like, per the NHL.
The series will begin Wednesday night at 7 PM in Pittsburgh. Everything else depends on tonight’s Florida-Boston game.
If the Bruins beat the Panthers, this would be the schedule for the Flyers-Penguins series:
I would expect game 2 to be on NBC and probably game 5, if necessary. There’s a pair of two-day breaks in this scenario between games 1 and 2 and games 4 and 5.
If the Panthers beat the Bruins, this would be the schedule:
I would also expect game 3 to be on NBC and probably the same for game 6. In this scenario, there’s only one two-day break between games 3 and 4.
Props to the NHL for giving us a rough outline of the playoff schedule instead of waiting until 11 tonight to release it. We should find out TV coverage after the Florida-Boston game.
This also gives us a layout for when the Sixers might start their series, which will also be affected by tonight’s Bruins game:
Based on this, the Sixers will begin their series on Sunday if the Bruins win tonight. A loss would probably mean a Saturday start for the Sixers.