Amazon Prime Video and Rogers announced Tuesday that the streaming service has secured exclusive rights to Wednesday night National Hockey League games, two first-round playoff series and one second-round playoff series through a sublicensing agreement.
The 12-year deal matches the one Rogers announced with the NHL that begins this coming season and will include at least 26 regular-season NHL games, with several Canadiens games among them.
The Canadiens are scheduled to play seven Wednesday evening games next season with 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. starts, plus an additional three Wednesday late-night games against western opponents. La Presse reported last week that seven Canadiens regular-season games would be part of Amazon’s deal.
Financial terms of the deal between Rogers and Amazon were not disclosed.
It’s unlikely any Canadiens playoff games will be exclusive to Amazon. According to a source within Rogers, who spoke on condition they not be named, the agreement will give Sportsnet the first three picks of first-round playoff series and Amazon the fourth and fifth choices, while in the second round Sportsnet will get the first two picks and Amazon the third. Only a handful of times has more than three first-round playoff series or two second-round playoff series featured at least one Canadian team, though both happened in the 2025 playoffs.
Amazon said details on how it will produce the games will be announced at a later date.
With the 45 regional games broadcast on RDS under a multi-year deal announced last year, this leaves 32 Canadiens games unaccounted for in French next season, the first with an 84-game schedule. La Presse reported TVA would carry all 32 of them and that announcement of a deal was imminent.
Amazon carried Monday evening games in English for the past two seasons through a previous sublicensing deal with Rogers.
Canadiens English-language regional TV rights are held by TSN, with 50 regular-season games per season. The remaining 34 national games will be split between Rogers and Amazon, as will the playoffs. Rogers announced last month it has ended its partnership with CBC to air Saturday night and playoff games on the national broadcaster.
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