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NHL Conference finals to start Saturday

By Helene Elliott
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The NHL announced the schedule for the conference finals, taking into account arena availability issues in Tampa and the needs of its TV “partners.”

Boston and Tampa Bay will be shaking off rust by the time they get started, on Saturday. The West will start Sunday at Vancouver, with the Canucks facing either the Detroit Red Wings or San Jose Sharks. The Red Wings-Sharks series may end Tuesday or could go to a seventh game, which would be played on Thursday in San Jose.

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Here’s the NHL’s schedule, with the TV options for U.S. viewers and with scenarios for Vancouver playing Detroit or San Jose. All times are Pacific. And games can be heard on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

* If necessary
2011 Eastern Conference Final schedule

No. 3 Boston versus No. 5 Tampa Bay

Date Time

Game 1: Saturday, May 14 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston VERSUS

Game 2: Tuesday, May 17 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston VERSUS

Game 3: Thursday, May 19 5 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay VERSUS

Game 4: Saturday, May 21 10:30 a.m. Boston at Tampa Bay NBC

*Game 5: Monday, May 23 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston VERSUS

*Game 6: Wed., May 25 5 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay VERSUS

*Game 7: Friday, May 27 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston VERSUS

2011 Western Conference Final schedule if Detroit advances

No. 1 Vancouver versus No. 3 Detroit

Date Time

Game 1: Sunday, May 15 5 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver VERSUS

Game 2: Wed., May 18 6 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver VERSUS

Game 3: Friday, May 20 5 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit VERSUS

Game 4: Sunday, May 22 Noon Vancouver at Detroit NBC

*Game 5: Tuesday, May 24 6 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver VERSUS

*Game 6: Thursday, May 26 5 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit VERSUS

*Game 7: Saturday, May 28 5 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver VERSUS

2011 Western Conference Final schedule if San Jose advances

No. 1 Vancouver versus No. 2 San Jose

Date Time

Game 1: Sunday, May 15 5 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver VERSUS

Game 2: Wed., May 18 6 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver VERSUS

Game 3: Friday, May 20 6 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose VERSUS

Game 4: Sunday, May 22 Noon Vancouver at San Jose NBC

*Game 5: Tuesday, May 24 6 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver VERSUS

*Game 6: Thursday, May 26 6 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose VERSUS

*Game 7: Saturday, May 28 5 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver VERSUS

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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