ESPN's advance schedule currently has them airing just one NBA Playoffs game on the opening Saturday of the first round (8:30 on ABC), with flagship ESPN slated to carry three Stanley Cup Playoffs games instead that day.

Happy birthday (2/18/1986) to former Dallas Stars forward Blake Comeau. He scored 49 points (20-29-49) in 189 regular season games for Dallas between 2018-2022. 📸: Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images #TexasHockey

YOU WANT OVERTIME? YOU GOT OVERTIME. 🔥 FINLAND COMES BACK FROM DOWN 2-0 IN THE THIRD TO EQUALIZE.

DOWN 2-0 WITH SEVEN MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD, THE REIGNING GOLD MEDALISTS SURVIVE 3-2 IN OT. 🇫🇮 WHAT A DAY FOR OLYMPIC HOCKEY.

One more time for the bar down SNIPE to keep Finland alive in the Olympic tournament… Artturi Lehkonen man 😮‍💨 (via NBC Olympics & Paralympics)

SEMIFINALS: Canada vs. Finland USA vs. Slovakia

STATEMENT MADE. USA MOVES ON. 🇺🇸 #WinterOlympics

QUINN HUGHES! USA WINS! 🦅

THREE OLYMPIC OT WINNERS IN THE QUARTERFINALS TODAY!!!! 🚨🚨🚨 ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!! 🔥👏

SEMIFINAL BOUND. 🇺🇸 #WinterOlympics 📺 Friday 3:10pm ET on NBC and Peacock

Stars players getting interviewed on the yle broadcast in Finland #TexasHockey

What an incredible day full of unforgettable moments for #WinterOlympics hockey.

STARS WIN! 💫

AYRTON MARTINO SHOOTOUT WINNER! 🚨

FRAME IT! 🤠💚💫

USA. Canada. Need we say more? We don’t, so let Doc Emrick take it from here. #WinterOlympics

🇺🇸 Megan Keller. The goal of a lifetime. For Olympic gold. 🥇

Four remain. Playing for the title of best in the world. #WinterOlympics

Friday Semifinals: 10:40amET: Canada-Finland (Peacock) ^JIP @ 11:50amET (USA Network) 3:10pmET: USA-Slovakia (NBC / Peacock) 5:30pmET: Hockey Postgame Show (USA Network) 7pmET: AHL Toronto-Cleveland (NHL Network)