{"id":364202,"date":"2026-10-04T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364202\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:12:08","slug":"new-york-rivalry-takes-center-ice-on-espns-exclusive-tuesday-nhl-doubleheader-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364202\/","title":{"rendered":"New York rivalry takes center ice on ESPN\u2019s exclusive Tuesday NHL doubleheader slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday doubleheader on ESPN features New York Islanders-New York Rangers and Florida Panthers-Los Angeles Kings<br \/>\nThe Point\u00a0leads off Tuesday\u2019s coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+<br \/>\nThursday\u2019s primetime matchup on ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu features San Jose Sharks-St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/youtu.be\/19tgj_FjxJM\">here<\/a>\u00a0to view ESPN doubleheader promo<\/p>\n<p>The NHL on ESPN season shifts into its second week with a hat trick of exclusive games, beginning Tuesday, October 6 with a doubleheader on ESPN with action continuing Thursday, October 8, on ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s slate of games on ESPN begins with a New York rivalry as the Islanders visit the Rangers at 7:30 p.m., with\u00a0Bob Wischusen\u00a0and analyst\u00a0Ray Ferraro\u00a0calling the action. At 10 p.m., the Panthers visit the Kings, with\u00a0John Buccigross\u00a0on the call with analyst\u00a0Cassie Campbell-Pascall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Point\u00a0gets the night started at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2, ESPN+), with\u00a0Steve Levy\u00a0hosting alongside analysts\u00a0Mark Messier\u00a0and\u00a0P.K. Subban\u00a0and NHL insider\/reporter\u00a0Emily Kaplan. The team will also provide intermission and postgame coverage throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exclusive action continues Thursday with the Sharks visiting the Blues at 8 p.m. on ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu. Buccigross will handle play-by-play alongside analyst\u00a0AJ Mleczko, with Levy, analyst\u00a0Kevin Weekes\u00a0and Kaplan providing pregame, intermission and postgame coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rules analyst\u00a0Dave Jackson\u00a0will contribute across ESPN\u2019s exclusive NHL slate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DateTime (ET)Platform(s)Game\/Studio Show\/CommentatorsTue, Oct 66:30 p.m.ESPN2, ESPN+<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/de4829e1-b96b-4403-9e97-6ba8e6d59254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Point<\/a><br \/>Steve Levy, Mark Messier, P.K. Subban, Emily Kaplan7:30 p.m.ESPNNew York Islanders\u00a0at\u00a0New York Rangers<br \/>Bob Wischusen, Ray Ferraro, Dave Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Studio: Levy, Messier, Subban, Kaplan<\/p>\n<p>10 p.m.ESPNFlorida Panthers\u00a0at\u00a0Los Angeles Kings<br \/>John Buccigross, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, JacksonStudio: Levy, Messier, Subban,\u00a0KaplanThu, Oct 88 p.m.ESPN+, Disney+, HuluSan Jose Sharks\u00a0at\u00a0St. Louis Blues<br \/>Buccigross, AJ Mleczko, JacksonStudio: Levy, Kevin Weekes, Kaplan<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Please note commentator assignments may be subject to change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NHL Digital Content on ESPN.com and ESPN App<br \/>For up-to-the-minute NHL news, information and analysis, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN.com\/NHL<\/a>\u00a0and the ESPN App.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 30 \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday doubleheader on ESPN features New York Islanders-New York Rangers and Florida Panthers-Los Angeles Kings The Point\u00a0leads off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-364202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}