television rights from 1992 through the 1999–2000 season, with the coverage branded under the blanket title ESPN National Hockey Night. ESPN lost the rights to SportsChannel America in 1988.ĮSPN regained the NHL's U.S.

After the NHL shifted to only having one exclusive rightsholder, ESPN acquired the NHL's national television rights in 1985 to replace USA Network (which had previously aired NHL games in parallel with ESPN). Since 2021, games have been broadcast under the ESPN Hockey Night branding, while those on ESPN+ have used the ESPN+ Hockey Night branding.ĮSPN first televised NHL games in the 1979–80 season, initially by sub-contracting rights from individual franchises. The broadcasts of National Hockey League (NHL) games produced by ESPN have been shown on its various platforms in the United States, including ESPN itself, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, and Hulu. NHL on Sportsnet/ Hockey Night in Canada (concurrent Canadian rights holders from 2021 to 2026) NHL on TNT (concurrent American rights holders from 2021 to 2028) Various NHL arenas (game telecasts and some pregame, intermission segments, and occasional postgame)ĮSPN's Bristol, CT studios (pregame, intermission segments, and occasional postgame)ĮSPN (1979–1982, 1985–1988, 1992–2004, 2021–present) American TV series or program NHL on ESPN

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