Your Week in NHL Hockey, October 30-November 5: Many Games, But a Day Without Hockey

TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 25 – Jonathan Drouin #27 of the Tampa Bay Lightning skates with the puck against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at the Air Canada Centre on October 25, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)

Sunday, October 30

Nationally televised in the United States and/or Canada

Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers (7 p.m. ET, NHL Network, MSG, and Fox Sports Sun; TVA Sports in Canada)

Locally televised in the United States and/or Canada

Buffalo Sabres at Winnipeg Jets (3 p.m. ET, MSG-B; TSN3 in Canada)

Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes (5 p.m. ET, Fox Sports Carolina, TCN Philadelphia)

Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings (5 p.m. ET, Fox Sports Detroit+, Fox Sports Florida)

Toronto Maple Leafs at New York Islanders (6 p.m. ET, MSG+; Sportsnet360 and Sportsnet One in Canada)

Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks (7 p.m. ET; CSN Chicago, Fox Sports West)

Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m. ET; Sportsnet Oilers, RDSI, and TSN5 in Canada)

Washington Capitals at Calgary Flames (9:30 p.m. ET, CSN DC+; Sportsnet Flames in Canada)

Best bets: Lightning-Rangers, Blackhawks-Kings, Senators-Oilers

Conceivably, you could watch hockey for something like eight and a half hours straight, assuming that you start with the Sabres-Jets game and watch all the way to the end of Capitals-Flames. That also assumes that every game runs smoothly. Really, you’d probably end up seeing Monday morning if you tried to pull it off.

If you have to pick one, go for the Lightning-Rangers matchup. Both teams are currently hanging out near the tops of their divisions, and additional points never go amiss. The Lightning have done well on the road so far in the season, which is a small sample size still but does have some merit.

If you’re in the mood, you could switch around to the Blackhawks-Kings game, which will be a rematch of two very contentious Western Conference Finals series from 2013 and 2014. Meanwhile, the Senators will try and challenge the Oilers’ hot streak, with the Oilers’ only loss this season coming at home.

No games will be played on Halloween, so on to Tuesday!