ST. LOUIS -- The quest for the Stanley Cup begins on Saturday for the St. Louis Blues, who will open their Western Conference First Round series against the Winnipeg Jets at 5 p.m. (CT). 

The game will be televised on TNT, truTV and Max in the U.S. and Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports in Canada for those Blues fans north of the border. Of course, it can also be heard on ESPN 101.1-FM.

Games 1 and 2 will be played at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, with Games 3 and 4 slated for Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Game 5, if necessary, would be back in Winnipeg; Game 6, if necessary, would be in St. Louis and Game 7, also if necessary, would close the series in Winnipeg.

The NHL will released the full schedule on Wednesday:

Sat., April 19, Game 1: Blues at Jets, 5 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network, TNT, truTV, Max, 101 ESPN)

Mon., April 21, Game 2: Blues at Jets, 6:30 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network, ESPN2, 101 ESPN)

Thurs., April 24, Game 3, Jets at Blues, 8:30 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network, ESPN2, 101 ESPN)

Sun., April 27, Game 4, Jets at Blues, noon (FanDuel Sports Network, TBS, truTV, Max, 101 ESPN)

* Tues., April 30, Game 5, Blues at Jets, TBA (FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN)

* Fri., May 2, Game 6, Jets at Blues, TBA (FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN)

* Sun., May 4, Game 7, Blues at Jets, TBA (FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN)

It's the first time the teams have squared off in the playoffs since the Blues, as the third seed in the Central Division, knocked off the No. 2-seeded Jets in six games in 2019, en route to the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.

Winnipeg took three of the four matchups this season, with the Blues going 1-2-1, with their lone win on Dec. 3, 4-1. The Jets won the most recent matchup, 3-1, April 7 in Winnipeg.

The Blues (44-30-8) finished as the second wild card from the Western Conference, while the Jets (56-22-4) won the Presidents' Trophy for the first time ever and claimed the Central Division title.