The National Hockey League playoffs run well into June.
ESPN and TNT/MAX will share the national TV package for the fifth season in a row.
Sirius XM Radio will provide extensive coverage as well, airing home-team broadcasts and a number of national telecasts.
This season the Stanley Cup finals will be aired by ESPN. ESPN and TNT will split playoff action, each getting a conference final in exclusivity.
New York Rangers
Season over
New York Islanders
Season over
New Jersey Devils
Season over
ESPN (and ESPN Plus)
ESPN is in its fifth season of carrying the NHL once again. Sean McDonough and Ray Ferraro are the lead announce team. Bob Wischusen and Mike Monaco are play-by-play voices as well. The 2026 Stanley Cup finals will be televised by ESPN.
Steve Levy, Mark Messier and P.K. Subban host intermission breaks.
All ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts are streamed by ESPN+ (subscription) and on the ESPN app
April
Sun. 26 – Lightning at Canadiens, game 4, 7 p.m. (SXM 91-Mtl); Oilers at Ducks, game 4, 9:30 p.m. (SXM 220-Ana); Mon. 27 – Golden Knights at Mammoth, game 4, TBD
ESPN2 (and ESPN Plus)
All ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts are streamed by ESPN+ (subscription)
April
Tues. 28 – Wild at Stars, game 5, 8 p.m.
ABC, WABC-7 in New York (and ESPN Plus)
April (playoffs)
TBD
TNT (with TruTV and HBO MAX)
The Turner cable channel will present action for the fifth season in a row, and exclusively air one of the conference finals in the spring. Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk remain the lead commentator team with Brian Boucher serving as the between-the-benches analyst. Brian Burke is a play-by-play voice as well.
The studio show is hosted by Liam McHugh with analysts Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette and others.
April (playoffs)
Sun. 26 – Sabres at Bruins, game 4, 2 p.m. (SXM 91-Bos); Avalanche at Kings, game 4, 4:30 p.m. (SXM 219-LA); Tues. 28 – Bruins at Sabres, game 5, 7:30 p.m.; Ducks at Oilers, game 5, 10 p.m.
TBS (with TruTV and HBO MAX)
The Turner cable channel will present action for the fourth season in a row, and exclusively air one of the conference finals in the spring. Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk remain the lead commentator team with Brian Boucher serving as the between-the-benches analyst.
The studio show is hosted by Liam McHugh with analysts Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette and other guests
April (playoffs)
Sat. 25 – Hurricanes at Senators, game 4, 3 p.m. (SXM 91-Ott); Stars at Wild, game 4, 5:30 p.m. (SXM 219-Min); Penguins at Flyers, game 4, 8 p.m. (SXM 91-Phil)
NHL Power Play on ESPN+
More than 1,050 out-of-market live games will be available on the subscription platform, newly named “NHL Power Play on ESPN+” – these were the games that were presented on cable TV through the old NHL Center Ice subscriptions.
A new twist is each game will have the home and road telecasts, plus the Saturday Hockey Night in Canada telecast feed. All telecasts will also be available for replays.
See schedules on NHL website
Sirius XM Radio
Satellite radio Sirius XM provides live coverage of every NHL game, providing home broadcasts on channels 219-223, and using 201-202. The service will also put games on the NHL channel 91 and on some Canadian-based channels, like 167.
April on SXM 91
See additional SXM schedules above in ESPN/ESPN2/TNT/TBS schedules
Go to SiriusXM.com/sports/nhl for full schedules
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: NHL: Comprehensive TV, radio web schedules for the 2025-26 season
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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