What to Expect from NHL Playoff Schedule: Will It Stream on ESPN+, HBO Max?

Update 4/30/22: This post has been updated with the official TV schedule. Some time slots of games have slightly shifted with official matchups.

The 2021-22 NHL season had plenty of changes when it came to watching games with two new media partners: ESPN and TNT. While during the regular season most of ESPN’s broadcasts were exclusively available on ESPN+/Hulu and Turner’s were on TNT, that won’t be the case during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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During the first two rounds of the postseason, there won’t be any games broadcast on ESPN+. Starting with the Conference Finals, select games will air on ABC, which will be simulcast on ESPN+. The Disney broadcast network and streaming service will also carry the Stanley Cup Finals.

Unlike the regular season, games aired by Turner won’t only air on TNT. With multiple games per night, about half of them will be broadcasting TBS. TNT will also be the home to one of the Conference Final matchups, but won’t carry the Stanley Cup Final until next season.

While their new deal with the NHL gives them rights to stream games on HBO Max, Turner confirmed to The Streamable that postseason games won’t be available to stream on HBO Max during the 2022 NHL Playoffs. However, those with a cable, satellite, or subscription to a Live TV Streaming Service, will be able to use their TV Everywhere credentials to watch all of TNT and TBS games via the WatchTNT app.

You will be able to stream all the games with a DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu Live TV, and YouTube TV. But, the least expensive way will be a subscription to Sling TV, which offers ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, & TBS in their Sling Orange Plan.

	DTV STREAM	fuboTV	Hulu	Philo	Sling TV		YouTube
	Prueba gratis	Prueba gratis	Inscríbete	Prueba gratis	50% OFF		Inscríbete
	$69.99	$69.99	$69.99	$25	$35	$35	$64.99
ESPN	•	•	•	-	•	-	•
ESPN2	•	•	•	-	•	-	•
TBS	•	-	•	-	•	•	•
TNT	•	-	•	-	•	•	•

How Will the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoff Coverage Breakdown By Network?

Starting on May 2, ESPN/ESPN2 will air their coverage of the first two rounds of the NHL Playoffs. Turner’s coverage of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, won’t debut until May 5. This means that for the first five nights of the playoff schedule, all games will either be only ESPN or Turner networks, depending on the given night.

During the first weekend of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, ESPN will air an early game (12:30- 1:00 p.m.), while TNT/TBS will carry the rest of the coverage.

Games will also air on your local regional sports network (RSN), but — unlike during the regular season — customers in a team’s local market will be able to choose between either the local or national telecast without blackout restrictions.

2022 NHL Playoffs First Round Playoff TV Schedule (all times Eastern)

• Monday, May 2: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and ESPN2 (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Tuesday, May 3: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and ESPN2 (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday, May 4: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and ESPN2 (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, May 5: TNT (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and TBS (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Friday, May 6: TNT (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and TBS (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, May 7: ESPN (1:00 p.m.) | TNT (4:30, 7:00, 10:00 p.m.)
• Sunday, May 8: ESPN (12:30 p.m.) | TBS (4:30, 7:00, and 9:30 p.m.)
• Monday, May 9: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) | TBS (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Tuesday, May 10: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and ESPN2 (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday, May 11: ESPN (7:00 and 9:30 p.m.) and ESPN2 (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, May 12: TNT (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.) and TBS (9:00 p.m.)
• Friday, May 13: TNT (7:30 and 10:00 p.m.) and TBS (9:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, May 14: ESPN (1:00, 3:30, 7:00 p.m.)

Subject to change based on matchups and outcomes of series

Overall, the TV schedule looks a bit different this year. The NHL is bringing back one of the best features of “The Bubble Playoffs” era -– no two games will start at the same time, which means that there should always be NHL action for fans to watch, even when one game is at intermission.

That means that there will be some changes to time slots from past seasons. ESPN games will start at 7:00 p.m. ET (with a second game on ESPN2 30 minutes later), while TNT will start games at 7:00 p.m. ET (with a second game on TBS 30 minutes later).

During the weekend, ESPN will air its afternoon games at 12:30 & 1:00 p.m. ET, while TNT and TBS will air contests starting at 4:30 p.m. ET.

While the schedule may shift slightly due to matchups and how long individual series last, one thing is for sure — for the first two weeks of May, there will be a lot of hockey to tune in to.

Full NHL Playoff TV Schedule

2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs		DTV STREAM	ESPN+	fuboTV	Hulu	Sling TV		YouTube
		Prueba gratis	Sign Up	Prueba gratis	Inscríbete	50% OFF		Inscríbete
		$69.99	$6.99	$69.99	$69.99	$35	$35	$64.99
First Round: Game 1 Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins Mon, May 2 at 7:00 PM	NESN Bally Sports South Fox Sports South ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 Toronto Maple Leafs v. Tampa Bay Lightning Mon, May 2 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 Minnesota Wild v. St. Louis Blues Mon, May 2 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest Bally Sports North Fox Sports North ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 Edmonton Oilers v. Los Angeles Kings Mon, May 2 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports West Fox Sports West ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 New York Rangers v. Pittsburgh Penguins Tue, May 3 at 7:00 PM	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh MSG ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 Florida Panthers v. Washington Capitals Tue, May 3 at 7:30 PM	NBC Sports Washington Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 1 Colorado Avalanche v. Nashville Predators Tue, May 3 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports South Fox Sports South Altitude SNE	≥ $89.99	-	-	-	-	-	-
First Round: Game 1 Calgary Flames v. Dallas Stars Tue, May 3 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 2 Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins Wed, May 4 at 7:00 PM	NESN Bally Sports South Fox Sports South ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 2 Toronto Maple Leafs v. Tampa Bay Lightning Wed, May 4 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 2 Minnesota Wild v. St. Louis Blues Wed, May 4 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest Bally Sports North Fox Sports North ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 2 Edmonton Oilers v. Los Angeles Kings Wed, May 4 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports SoCal Fox Sports Prime Ticket ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 2 New York Rangers v. Pittsburgh Penguins Thu, May 5 at 7:00 PM	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh MSG TNT	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 2 Florida Panthers v. Washington Capitals Thu, May 5 at 7:30 PM	NBC Sports Washington Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida TBS	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 2 Colorado Avalanche v. Nashville Predators Thu, May 5 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports South Fox Sports South Altitude TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 2 Calgary Flames v. Dallas Stars Thu, May 5 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes Fri, May 6 at 7:00 PM	Bally Sports South Fox Sports South NESN TNT	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Toronto Maple Leafs Fri, May 6 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 St. Louis Blues v. Minnesota Wild Fri, May 6 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports North Fox Sports North Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Los Angeles Kings v. Edmonton Oilers Fri, May 6 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports SoCal Fox Sports Prime Ticket TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Washington Capitals v. Florida Panthers Sat, May 7 at 1:00 PM	Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida NBC Sports Washington ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 3 Nashville Predators v. Colorado Avalanche Sat, May 7 at 4:30 PM	Altitude Bally Sports South Fox Sports South TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Pittsburgh Penguins v. New York Rangers Sat, May 7 at 7:00 PM	MSG AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh TNT	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 3 Dallas Stars v. Calgary Flames Sat, May 7 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 4 Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes Sun, May 8 at 12:30 PM	Bally Sports South Fox Sports South NESN ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 4 St. Louis Blues v. Minnesota Wild Sun, May 8 at 4:30 PM	Bally Sports North Fox Sports North Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 4 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Toronto Maple Leafs Sun, May 8 at 7:00 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 4 Los Angeles Kings v. Edmonton Oilers Sun, May 8 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports West Fox Sports West TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 4 Washington Capitals v. Florida Panthers Mon, May 9 at 7:00 PM	Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida NBC Sports Washington TBS	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 4 Pittsburgh Penguins v. New York Rangers Mon, May 9 at 7:00 PM	MSG AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 4 Nashville Predators v. Colorado Avalanche Mon, May 9 at 9:30 PM	Altitude Bally Sports South Fox Sports South ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 4 Dallas Stars v. Calgary Flames Mon, May 9 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 5 Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins Tue, May 10 at 7:00 PM	NESN Bally Sports South Fox Sports South ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 Toronto Maple Leafs v. Tampa Bay Lightning Tue, May 10 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 Minnesota Wild v. St. Louis Blues Tue, May 10 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest Bally Sports North Fox Sports North ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 Edmonton Oilers v. Los Angeles Kings Tue, May 10 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports SoCal Fox Sports Prime Ticket ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 New York Rangers v. Pittsburgh Penguins Wed, May 11 at 7:00 PM	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh MSG ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 Florida Panthers v. Washington Capitals Wed, May 11 at 7:30 PM	NBC Sports Washington Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 5 Calgary Flames v. Dallas Stars Wed, May 11 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 6 Boston Bruins v. Carolina Hurricanes Thu, May 12 at 7:00 PM	Bally Sports South Fox Sports South NESN TNT	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Toronto Maple Leafs Thu, May 12 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 St. Louis Blues v. Minnesota Wild Thu, May 12 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports North Fox Sports North Bally Sports Midwest Fox Sports Midwest TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 Los Angeles Kings v. Edmonton Oilers Thu, May 12 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports West Fox Sports West TBS	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 Pittsburgh Penguins v. New York Rangers Fri, May 13 at 7:00 PM	MSG AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh TNT	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 Washington Capitals v. Florida Panthers Fri, May 13 at 7:30 PM	Bally Sports Florida Fox Sports Florida NBC Sports Washington TBS	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 6 Dallas Stars v. Calgary Flames Fri, May 13 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 7 Carolina Hurricanes v. Boston Bruins Sat, May 14 at 4:30 PM	NESN Bally Sports South Fox Sports South ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 7 Toronto Maple Leafs v. Tampa Bay Lightning Sat, May 14 at 7:00 PM	Bally Sports Sun Fox Sports Sun TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 7 Edmonton Oilers v. Los Angeles Kings Sat, May 14 at 10:00 PM	Bally Sports SoCal Fox Sports Prime Ticket ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
First Round: Game 7 New York Rangers v. Pittsburgh Penguins Sun, May 15 at 7:00 PM	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh MSG TBS	•	-	•	•	•	•	•
First Round: Game 7 Calgary Flames v. Dallas Stars Sun, May 15 at 9:30 PM	Bally Sports Southwest Fox Sports Southwest ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 1 Florida Panthers v. Tampa Bay Lightning Tue, May 17 at 7:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 1 Colorado Avalanche v. St. Louis Blues Tue, May 17 at 9:30 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 1 Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Rangers Wed, May 18 at 7:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 1 Calgary Flames v. Edmonton Oilers Wed, May 18 at 9:30 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 2 Florida Panthers v. Tampa Bay Lightning Thu, May 19 at 7:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 2 Colorado Avalanche v. St. Louis Blues Thu, May 19 at 9:30 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 2 Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Rangers Fri, May 20 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 2 Calgary Flames v. Edmonton Oilers Fri, May 20 at 10:30 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 3 St. Louis Blues v. Colorado Avalanche Sat, May 21 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 3 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Florida Panthers Sun, May 22 at 1:30 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 3 New York Rangers v. Carolina Hurricanes Sun, May 22 at 3:30 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 3 Edmonton Oilers v. Calgary Flames Sun, May 22 at 8:00 PM	ESPN2	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 4 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Florida Panthers Mon, May 23 at 7:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 4 St. Louis Blues v. Colorado Avalanche Mon, May 23 at 9:30 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 4 New York Rangers v. Carolina Hurricanes Tue, May 24 at 7:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 4 Edmonton Oilers v. Calgary Flames Tue, May 24 at 9:30 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 5 Colorado Avalanche v. St. Louis Blues Wed, May 25 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 5 Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Rangers Thu, May 26 at 7:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 5 Calgary Flames v. Edmonton Oilers Thu, May 26 at 9:30 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 6 St. Louis Blues v. Colorado Avalanche Fri, May 27 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Second Round: Game 6 New York Rangers v. Carolina Hurricanes Sat, May 28 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Second Round: Game 7 Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Rangers Mon, May 30 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 1 Colorado Avalanche v. Edmonton Oilers Tue, May 31 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Conference Final: Game 1 New York Rangers v. Tampa Bay Lightning Wed, Jun 1 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 2 Colorado Avalanche v. Edmonton Oilers Thu, Jun 2 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Conference Final: Game 2 New York Rangers v. Tampa Bay Lightning Fri, Jun 3 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 3 Edmonton Oilers v. Colorado Avalanche Sat, Jun 4 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Conference Final: Game 3 Tampa Bay Lightning v. New York Rangers Sun, Jun 5 at 3:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 4 Edmonton Oilers v. Colorado Avalanche Mon, Jun 6 at 8:00 PM	TNT	•	-	-	•	•	•	•
Conference Final: Game 4 Tampa Bay Lightning v. New York Rangers Tue, Jun 7 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 5 New York Rangers v. Tampa Bay Lightning Thu, Jun 9 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Conference Final: Game 6 Tampa Bay Lightning v. New York Rangers Sat, Jun 11 at 8:00 PM	ESPN	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 1 Colorado Avalanche v. Tampa Bay Lightning Wed, Jun 15 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 2 Colorado Avalanche v. Tampa Bay Lightning Sat, Jun 18 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 3 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Colorado Avalanche Mon, Jun 20 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 4 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Colorado Avalanche Wed, Jun 22 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 5 Colorado Avalanche v. Tampa Bay Lightning Fri, Jun 24 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 6 Tampa Bay Lightning v. Colorado Avalanche Sun, Jun 26 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•
Stanley Cup Final: Game 7 Colorado Avalanche v. Tampa Bay Lightning Tue, Jun 28 at 8:00 PM	ABC ESPN3	•	-	•	•	•	-	•