The Sharks will make 11 appearances on the NBC Sports Network in the 2015-16 season, including their opener in Los Angeles against the rival Kings on Oct. 7 when Peter DeBoer makes his head coaching debut and Martin Jones likely gets his first start in net.
The Sharks-Kings game will be the second of an opening night doubleheader on the network, immediately following a Blackhawks-Rangers game on the first day of the NHL season. Three of the five meetings between the Sharks and Kings will be seen nationally.
The Sharks' complete NBCSN schedule is as follows:
Oct. 7 @ Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 vs. Nashville, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 25 vs. Chicago, 7 p.m.
Dec. 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 22 at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 26 vs. Colorado, 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 @ St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Feb. 24 @ Colorado, 7 p.m.
March 15 vs. Boston, 7 p.m.
March 28 vs. Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
The NBC Sports Group will broadcast 105 NHL regular season games during the 2015-16 season, all of which will be streamed live online. That includes the Winter Classic between Montreal and Boston at Gilette Stadium on Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. PT, and a pair of Stadium Series games in Minnesota on Feb. 21 and Colorado on Feb. 27.
CSN California will broadcast the remaining Sharks games outside the NBCSN schedule -- that schedule has not yet been released.
