{"id":118389,"date":"2025-09-04T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118389\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:11:07","slug":"2025-26-nhl-schedule-how-to-watch-games-on-espn-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118389\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-26 NHL schedule: How to watch games on ESPN networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025-26 NHL regular season<\/a> will have plenty of intriguing matchups, and 100 of them will air exclusively on ESPN’s family of networks and digital platforms.<\/p>\n

The puck drops on the new campaign on Tuesday, Oct. 7, with an opening night tripleheader on ESPN featuring the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers<\/a>. The Panthers will raise their 2024-25 championship banner before taking on Connor Bedard<\/a> and the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> in the first game. Sidney Crosby<\/a> and the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> will face their former coach Mike Sullivan and his new club, the New York Rangers<\/a>, in the second showdown. The opening night culminates with new teammates Corey Perry<\/a> and Anton Forsberg<\/a> leading the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> against the Colorado Avalanche<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s NHL studio show, “The Point,” will set the table before the action gets underway.<\/p>\n

Here are key facts about ESPN’s coverage of the NHL’s 2025-26 opening night tripleheader:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

What is the opening night schedule?<\/p>\n

*All times Eastern<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 7<\/p>\n

4 p.m.: “The Point”<\/p>\n

5 p.m.: Chicago Blackhawks at Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

8 p.m.: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers<\/p>\n

10:30 p.m.: Colorado Avalanche at Los Angeles Kings<\/p>\n

How can fans watch?<\/p>\n

Fans can catch all the action on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other notable 2025-26 NHL matchups on ESPN<\/p>\n

*All times Eastern<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct 14<\/p>\n

7 p.m.: Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> at Washington Capitals<\/a><\/p>\n

9:30 p.m.: Minnesota Wild<\/a> at Dallas Stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 21<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.: Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins<\/a><\/p>\n

10 p.m.: Colorado Avalanche at Utah Mammoth<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 28<\/p>\n

NHL Frozen Frenzy tripleheader<\/p>\n

6 p.m.: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n

8:30 p.m.: Washington Capitals at Dallas Stars<\/p>\n

11 p.m.: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, Dec. 11<\/p>\n

9 p.m.: Florida Panthers at Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 15<\/p>\n

7 p.m.: Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

9:30 p.m.: Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> at Vegas Golden Knights<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, Feb. 1<\/p>\n

2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series<\/p>\n

Time TBD: Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida<\/p>\n

Notable 2025-26 NHL matchups on ABC<\/p>\n

*All times Eastern<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 3<\/p>\n

Noon: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 10<\/p>\n

1 p.m.: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 31<\/p>\n

1 p.m.: Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m.: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

Saturday, Feb. 28<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers<\/p>\n

3 p.m.: Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 7<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.: Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins<\/p>\n

3 p.m.: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14<\/p>\n

3 p.m.: Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 21<\/p>\n

8 p.m.: Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 28<\/p>\n

8 p.m.: Philadelphia Flyers at Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 4<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.: Detroit Red Wings at New York Rangers<\/p>\n

3 p.m.: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 11<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.: Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins<\/p>\n

3 p.m.: Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

8 p.m.: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

How can fans access more NHL content from ESPN?<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NHL hub page<\/a> for the latest scores<\/a>, schedules<\/a>, standings<\/a>, stats<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 NHL regular season will have plenty of intriguing matchups, and 100 of them will air exclusively…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-118389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}