We’re lower than couple of weeks from the beginning of hockey season, and the streaming scenario seems just as complicated as baseball was over the summer time.
As pay TV subscriptions decline and the regional sports activities enterprise mannequin collapses, NHL groups are shifting in numerous instructions. Some are spinning up new regional sports activities streaming companies, whereas others are partnering with broadcasters to distribute native video games totally free over the air. Others are nonetheless clinging to the regional sports activities mannequin, requiring bloated pay TV packages with no cheaper standalone alternate options.
It’s a multitude, and it doesn’t assist that the data you want may be scattered everywhere. Just like throughout baseball season, I’ve put all of it again collectively once more. Here are all of the NHL streaming and over-the air choices for the 2024-2025 season:
NHL in-market streaming choices: An overview for 2024-2025
Below is a chart displaying each National Hockey League staff, its corresponding native channel or regional sports activities community, the live TV streaming services that carry these channels, and whether or not a standalone alternate options exist. (You may view a version of this chart on Google Sheets.)
Note that these choices solely apply for locally-televised, in-market video games. They received’t assist for video games that air on nationwide TV, together with most playoff protection.
| NHL Team | Local channel/RSN | Streaming bundle choices | Unbundled choices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks | FOX 11 Plus (KCOP Channel 13) | YTTV, Hulu Live, Fubo, DTV Stream, Sling | Victory+ (Free) Free over-the-air |
| Boston Bruins | NESN | DTV Stream, Fubo | NESN 360 ($30/mo or $330/yr) |
| Buffalo Sabres | MSG | DTV Stream, Fubo | Gotham Sports ($30/mo or $280/yr) Bundled with YES ($42/mo or $360/yr) |
| Calgary Flames | Sportsnet | – | SportsNet+ ($180 per yr) |
| Carolina Hurricanes | FanDuel Sports Network South | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Sports Network | DirecTV Stream | CHSN ($20/mo) Free over-the-air |
| Colorado Avalanche | Altitude Sports | DirecTV Stream, Fubo | Altitude+ ($20/mo) |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | FanDuel Sports Network Ohio | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Dallas Stars | – | None | Victory+ (Free) |
| Detroit Red Wings | FanDuel Sports Network Detroit | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Edmonton Oilers | Sportsnet | – | SportsNet+ ($180 per yr) |
| Florida Panthers | Ft Laud: WSFL-TV 39 Palm Beach: WHDT 9 Ft Myers: WFTX 36.3 |
– | Panthers+ ($70/yr) Free over-the-air |
| Los Angeles Kings | FanDuel Sports Network West | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Minnesota Wild | FanDuel Sports Network North | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Montreal Canadiens | TSN | – | TSN ($20/mo, $80/half-year, $120/yr) |
| Nashville Predators | FanDuel Sports Network South | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| New Jersey Devils | MSG | DTV Stream, Fubo | Gotham Sports ($30/mo or $280/yr) Bundled with YES ($42/mo or $360/yr) |
| New York Islanders | MSG | DTV Stream, Fubo | Gotham Sports ($30/mo or $280/yr) Bundled with YES ($42/mo or $360/yr) |
| New York Rangers | MSG | DTV Stream, Fubo | Gotham Sports ($30/mo or $280/yr) Bundled with YES ($42/mo or $360/yr) |
| Ottawa Senators | TSN | – | TSN ($20/mo, $80/half-year, $120/yr) |
| Philadelphia Flyers | NBC Sports Philadelphia | YTTV, Hulu Live, Fubo | Peacock sub required, plus $25/mo |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | SportsInternet Pittsburgh | DTV Stream, Fubo | SNP 360 ($18/mo) |
| San Jose Sharks | NBC Sports California | YTTV, Hulu Live, Fubo, DTV Stream | Peacock sub required, plus $18/mo |
| Seattle Kraken | KONG | DirecTV Stream | Amazon Prime Video (no further cost) Free over-the-air |
| St. Louis Blues | FanDuel Sports Network Midwest | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | FanDuel Sports Network Sun | DTV Stream, Fubo | FanDuel Sports Network ($20/mo or $190/yr) |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Sportsnet, TSN | SportsNet+ ($180 per yr) TSN ($20/mo, $80/half-year, $120/yr) |
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| Utah Hockey Club | Utah 16 (KUPX-TV Channel 16) | DirecTV Stream | UtahHC+ ($15/mo, $70/yr) SEG+ (Jazz bundle, $175/yr) Free over-the-air |
| Vancouver Canucks | Sportsnet | – | SportsNet+ ($180 per yr) |
| Vegas Golden Knights | Scripps Sports | DirecTV Stream | KnightTime+ ($70/yr) Free over-the-air |
| Washington Capitals | Monumental Sports Network | YTTV, Hulu Live, DTV Stream | Monumental ($20/mo or $200/yr) |
| Winnipeg Jets | TSN | – | TSN ($20/mo, $80/half-year, $120/yr) |
What about nationally-televised video games?
For the past few years, NHL TV rights for nationally-televised video games—together with most playoff protection—have been carved up between Disney (ESPN, ABC) and Warner Bros. Discovery (TNT).
Those channels are included with a number of live TV streaming services, together with YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and DirecTV Stream. Sling TV carries ESPN, however is lacking ABC in all however a handful of markets.
Alternatively, Warner’s sports activities protection is presently included with Max, which begins at $10 monthly with adverts or $17 monthly with out. Warner says it can finally charge an extra $10 per month for dwell sports activities, however hasn’t turned on the paywall as of September 2024.
As for ESPN, most of this yr’s nationally-televised video games will stream on ESPN+, which prices $11 monthly, or $15 monthly as a part of the Disney Bundle. (Those costs are growing to $12 monthly and $17 monthly, respectively, on October 17. Some video games can be reserved for ESPN’s cable channel, which isn’t included with ESPN+ and isn’t out there with no dwell TV streaming service, although a standalone streaming model of the channel is coming in 2025. You can see ESPN’s hockey broadcast schedule here.
Out-of-market NHL video games
ESPN+ has streamed out-of-market NHL video games solely since 2021. That means in case your favourite staff performs in a unique market from the place you reside, you possibly can watch with out navigating the regional sports activities mess.
That stated, you’ll nonetheless run into blackouts for video games which can be televised nationally, necessitating a number of the different choices talked about above. Even when streaming choices appear easy, problems have a manner of arising.
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