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Columbus Blue Jackets 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st Round Schedule

By Lansing Murphy |
COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 18: General view of Nationwide Arena before game 4 in the 1 round of playoffs between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 18th, 2017. (Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - APRIL 18: General view of Nationwide Arena before game 4 in the 1 round of playoffs between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 18th, 2017. (Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

With Boston’s loss last night, the schedule is set for the Columbus Blue Jackets first round matchup.

The final game of the NHL regular season was on Sunday night forcing the Columbus Blue Jackets and the rest of the league to wait to see what their schedule would be for the Playoffs. A Bruins win would have made them the number one seed in the East and changed some times and dates. But the Bruins lost and the schedule is set.

The Jackets will open against the Capitals on Thursday at 7:30pm on USA network. The Jackets and Caps are notably the only series that doesn’t have a scheduled NBC broadcast out of the Eastern Conference matchup.

That doesn’t mean one if the series goes to seven games one of the final three couldn’t be picked up by NBC. Just that at the moment only USA and NBCSN are scheduled to air the games in the United States.

Here is the schedule for the first round.

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Thursday, April 12, 7:30pm: Blue Jackets @ Capitals | USA, SN360, TVA Sports

Sunday, April 15, 7:30pm: Blue Jackets @ Capitals | NBCSN, SN360, TVA Sports

Tuesday, April 17, 7:30pm: Capitals @ Blue Jackets | NBCSN, SN360, TVA Sports

Thursday, April 19, 7:30pm: Capitals @ Blue Jackets | USA, SN, TVA Sports

*Saturday, April 21, TBD: Blue Jackets @ Capitals | TBD

*Monday, April 23, TBD: Capitals @ Blue Jackets | TBD

*Wednesday, April 25, TBD: Blue Jackets @ Capitals | TBD

All games will also be shown on Fox Sports Ohio and streamed on the Fox Sports Go app as well as on 97.1, The Fan.

It’s too bad for the fans in Columbus that they have no home weekend games scheduled for the first round. It would be amazing to see the city go absolutely nuts on a weekend for a playoff game.

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