This article was originally published on April 25, 2019.

Thursday's Blues-Stars playoff series opener is to be televised on NBCSN, starting at approximately 8:40 p.m., and follows that network's telecast of the first game of the Columbus-Boston series.

That's the simple part. What is more complex is how things will be handled if the earlier contest isn't over by the time the Blues' game begins. Here is the plan for the St. Louis area:

• Satellite services, such as DirecTV and Dish, would start the Blues' telecast on NHL Network then move it to NBCSN after the Boston game ends.

• Cable TV providers (such as Charter Spectrum), as well as AT&T U-Verse, would move the early game to NHL Network and show the Blues' contest from the beginning on NBCSN.

The game will not be shown on Fox Sports Midwest, the team's local rightsholder during the regular season and first round of the playoffs. Its run is over other than postgame programming.