With the NHL season rapidly approaching, the league has revealed its nationwide TV schedule throughout TNT Sports activities and ESPN networks.
TNT Sports activities will air 72 regular-season video games this season, together with the Heritage Basic, Winter Basic, and “Thanksgiving Showdown” doubleheader on Black Friday. TNT can even air the 2027 Stanley Cup Last.
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On ESPN, there will likely be 100 video games throughout ABC, ESPN and ESPN+/Disney+/Hulu. Featured video games embody the NHL Frozen Frenzy and NHL Stadium Collection. ABC and ESPN can even air the NHL All-Star Weekend, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.
Opening evening on Tuesday, Sept. 29, as beforehand introduced, will characteristic a gap tripleheader. Florida Panthers-Carolina Hurricanes will likely be at 5 p.m., New York Rangers-Boston Bruins at 8 p.m., and Chicago Blackhawks-Vegas Golden Knights at 10:30 p.m., all on ESPN.
TNT will start its protection the subsequent evening with a doubleheader that includes Pittsburgh Penguins-Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 p.m. and Los Angeles Kings-Colorado Avalanche at 10 p.m.
Opening week will see nationwide video games each weekday, with ESPN+/Disney+/Hulu having a doubleheader on Thursday, Oct. 1, and TNT having a doubleheader on Friday, Oct. 2.
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ESPN may have nationwide video games on Tuesday nights all October lengthy, together with the return of NHL Frozen Frenzy on Oct. 13. The Tuesday video games will then proceed on the three ESPN-owned streamers, however ESPN is not going to have one other linear sport till Thursday, Dec. 10, with faculty basketball starting its season in November. ESPN will then once more not air a sport on TV till Jan. 7.
Linear video games will proceed on TNT Sports activities with Wednesday evening video games all through the common season. TNT can even air the NHL Heritage Basic in primetime on Sunday, Oct. 25, and decide up a couple of Monday video games all through November. TNT can even air common Tuesday evening video games from Nov. 10 to Dec. 22, a way more common Tuesday schedule than final 12 months.
ABC will start its schedule with the Bruins and Rangers on Saturday, Jan. 16. ABC will settle in with consecutive Saturday video games from Feb. 20, which is able to characteristic the NHL Stadium Collection in primetime, till March 20.
TNT will add Sunday afternoon video games starting Feb. 21-March 21, and once more on April 4.
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One main change is that TNT will air a primetime sport on Sunday, March 21, which coincides with the Spherical of 32 of March Insanity. In earlier years, truTV, TNT and TBS have all aired March Insanity in primetime in that window to permit CBS to air 60 Minutes. With March Insanity increasing from 68 to 76 groups this season, this might sign main adjustments to the TV schedule as nicely.
Total, although, the NHL nationwide TV schedule shouldn’t be seeing any main adjustments for the 2026-27 season. TNT Sports activities will proceed to have a powerful NHL linear TV presence on weekdays all season lengthy, and the NHL will see over-the-air video games on ABC starting in January.
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