{"id":397135,"date":"2026-04-17T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/397135\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:46:10","slug":"ice-hockey-2026-stanley-cup-playoffs-opening-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/397135\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice hockey: 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs opening round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference first round<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators<br \/>Game 1: Senators at Hurricanes, Saturday, April 18, 3 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 2: Senators at Hurricanes, Monday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 3: Hurricanes at Senators, Thursday, April 23, 7:30 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 4: Hurricanes at Senators, Saturday, April 25, 3 p.m. ET<br \/>*Game 5: Senators at Hurricanes, Monday, April 27, TBD<br \/>*Game 6: Hurricanes at Senators, Thursday, April 30, TBD<br \/>*Game 7: Senators at Hurricanes, Saturday, May 2, TBD<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers<br \/>Game 1: Flyers at Penguins, Saturday, April 18, 8 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 2: Flyers at Penguins, Monday, April 20, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 3: Penguins at Flyers, Wednesday, April 22, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 4: Penguins at Flyers, Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. ET<br \/>*Game 5: Flyers at Penguins, Monday, April 27, TBD<br \/>*Game 6: Penguins at Flyers, Wednesday, April 29, TBD<br \/>*Game 7: Flyers at Penguins, Saturday, May 2, TBD<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins<br \/>Game 1: Bruins at Sabres, Sunday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 2: Bruins at Sabres, Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 3: Sabres at Bruins, Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 4: Sabres at Bruins, Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m. ET<br \/>*Game 5: Bruins at Sabres, Tuesday, April 28, TBD<br \/>*Game 6: Sabres at Bruins, Friday, May 1, TBD<br \/>*Game 7: Bruins at Sabres, Sunday, May 3, TBD<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens<br \/>Game 1: Canadiens at Lightning, Sunday, April 19, 5:45 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 2: Canadiens at Lightning, Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 3: Lightning at Canadiens, Friday, April 24, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 4: Lightning at Canadiens, Sunday, April 26, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>*Game 5: Canadiens at Lightning, Wednesday, April 29, TBD<br \/>*Game 6: Lightning at Canadiens, Friday, May 1, TBD<br \/>*Game 7: Canadiens at Lightning, Sunday, May 3, TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference first round Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa SenatorsGame 1: Senators at Hurricanes, Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-397135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}