How to watch and live stream NHL ice hockey in the 2024-25 season

Let your favourite team conquer the neutral zone. When it comes to streaming the upcoming NHL season, we're here to help you breakaway.

The 2024-25 regular season is just around the corner, starting October 4th. One headline heading into the new season is Salt Lake City’s Utah Hockey Club making its NHL debut.

With 82 games played per team in a regular season, there are a lot of matches to catch if you're committed to an NHL team. Not to panic, nationally broadcast NHL games feature on an accessible set of networks, while many games will feature on regional channels as well. We've brought together our top 4 streaming services in the United States to watch and live stream the National Hockey League in 2024.

NHL 2024–25 schedule: Preseason

If you’re looking to get a peek at any teams before the 2024-25 NHL season kicks off, we've provided a handy schedule table below with TV Channel and streaming details.

Most NHL preseason games are only available on regional sports networks (RSNs), but a fair few games will be broadcast nationally on NHL Network. If you don't have cable, you'll want to get a live TV streaming service that offers RSNs, namely DirecTV Stream and Fubo. ESPN+ will also be streaming quite a few NHL preseason games.

Monday, September 30th

Tuesday, October 1st

Wednesday, October 2nd

Thursday, October 3rd

Regional Sports Networks by NHL teams

The primary networks to watch the National Hockey League live are: ESPN, ABC, NHL Network, TNT and Regional Sports Networks (RSNs)