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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Where Will Yinz Watch the Games?

The Penguins come home to play the Lightning on Saturday at noon.

"It's the most ... wonderful time ... of the year." For hockey fans anyway.

Still, aren't we all hockey fans this time of the year?

The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch wants to know where you'll be watching Penguins playoffs games, especially if you're going to a local establishment or to a house party in , or .

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Some of you may be lucky enough to have scored tickets at the CONSOL Energy Center for the Pens' playoffs game in that building this coming Saturday, but for those of who you didn't, where are you watching the game?

The Penguins will be broadcasting at least their first-round playoffs games this year against the Tampa Bay Lightning on a big screen in the Civic Arena south parking lot across the street from CONSOL. Typically, the screen gets a larger crowd during away games.

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The Penguins-Lightning series, like all Stanley Cup playoffs pairings, is a best-of-seven contest. The Pens hosted the first two games, and the Lightning got the next two. Now that more than four games are required, the series will jump back-and-forth between Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay until one team wins a fourth game.

So tell us. Where are yinz watching these games?!:

Date Visitor Home Result/Time Local TV April 13 Lightning Penguins Penguins, 3-0 ROOT SPORTS April 15 Lightning Penguins Lightning, 5-1 ROOT SPORTS April 18 Penguins Lightning Penguins, 3-2 ROOT SPORTS April 20 Penguins Lightning Penguins, 3-2 (2OT) ROOT SPORTS April 23 Lightning Penguins Noon ROOT SPORTS April 25* Penguins Lightning TBA ROOT SPORTS April 27* Lightning Penguins TBA ROOT SPORTS

* = if necessary


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