Boston Bruins Earn National Exposure

Boston Bruins Earn National Exposure for the 2016-17 Season

Despite the Boston Bruins missing the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, they are still a team that deserve the attention from a national audience. The Bruins are a polarizing team; fans will cheer them until they are blue in the face while opposing fanbases will boo them with every fiber of their being. It’s been this way for a long time, and it isn’t likely to change anytime soon.

With this in mind, it’s no surprise that the Bruins will be on the national television schedule on NBCSN as well NBC programming 16 times during the 2016-17 season.

The Bruins nationally televised games will occur as follows (all times in EST):

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Wed., Oct, 26 at N.Y. Rangers at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Tues., Nov. 22 vs. St. Louis at 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
Tues., Nov. 29 at Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wed., Dec. 7 at Washington at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wed., Dec. 14 at Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Tues., Jan. 10 at St. Louis at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wed., Jan. 18 at Detroit at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wed., Feb. 1 at Washington at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Sun., Feb. 12 vs. Montreal at 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Sun., Feb. 19 at San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Sun., Feb. 26 at Dallas at 12:30 p.m. (NBC)
Thurs., March 2 vs. N.Y. Rangers at 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wed., March 8 vs. Detroit at 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Thurs., March 30 vs. Dallas at 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Sun., April 2 at Chicago at 12:30 p.m. (NBC)
Sat., April 8 vs. Washington at 3 p.m. (NBC)

Only two teams will play in more games than the Bruins on national television this season with Chicago set to play in 21 and Philadelphia set to play in 20. The New York Rangers will also play 16 games, tying the Bruins for third-most in the NHL.

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The Bruins will be looking to rediscover their winning ways of the early 2010s, and they will get a large-scale audience to do so during the 2016-17 season. Whether or not they succeed is left to be determined, but with the season approaching every day, the answers will become apparent sooner, rather than later.