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The Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights will kick off their 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round matchup on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.

Six of the possible seven games will air locally on NBC Sports Chicago, with Saturday's Game 3 airing nationally on NBC. All seven possible games of the series will air on WGN-AM 720 and in Spanish on WRTO-AM 1200.

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FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE

Game 1: Tuesday, Aug. 11 - 9:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH)
Game 2: Thursday, Aug. 13 - 4:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH)
Game 3: Saturday, Aug. 15 - 7:00 p.m. CT (NBC)
Game 4: Sunday, Aug. 16 - 5:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH)
\\Game 5: Tuesday, Aug. 18 - TBD (NBCSCH)\\Game 6: Thursday, Aug. 20 - TBD (NBCSCH)\\Game 7: Saturday, Aug. 22 - TBD (NBCSCH)

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Chicago will be designated as the road team in Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while being the designated home team during Games 3, 4 and 6.

Games on NBC Sports Chicago will also stream live to authenticated subscribers on NBCSportsChicago.com and the MyTeams by NBC Sports app. In addition, as the radio rightsholder for the Chicago Blackhawks, games will air on WGN-AM 720 and stream on WGNRadio.com.

This will be the first postseason meeting between Chicago and Vegas since the latter joined the league in the 2017-18 season. The Golden Knights made a run to the Stanley Cup Final that season, with Blackhawks forward Ryan Carpenter playing in 17 of Vegas' 20 playoff games.

In three meetings this season, the Blackhawks posted a 1-1-1 record against the Golden Knights. Dylan Strome led Chiacgo with four points (1G, 3A) in the season series. Corey Crawford started two of the three games, posting a win and a loss, with a .899 SV% and a 4.01 GAA.