The Kraken signed a deal with Root to give them exclusive in-market TV rights. If you're in-market, ESPN+ will black out Root's games. Use https://www. nhl. com/info/nhltv-blackout-detector to determine the blackouts for your ZIP code. Root's coverage map is at https://northwest. rootsports. com/territory-map and their in-market broadcast region for Kraken games is at https://northwest. com/kraken-questions/Seattle Kraken games will be available throughout the states of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska and in the Spokane DMA of Idaho and Montana. https://www. seattletimes.
If you are in-market, Root Sports should carry all other games live. If you are out-of-market, ESPN+ will have both the Root and other team's broadcasts available to choose from. NHL Network GamesThe NHL's TV channel, NHL Network (NHLN), also carries select games for out-of-market viewers which in past years has resulted in those games being blacked out on ESPN+ in the US. For example, the Kraken are scheduled to have 1 preseason and 2 regular season games on NHLN in October. The game is still available on Root locally but NHLN replaces ESPN+ as the out-of-market service.
I suggest using smart TV or device NHL apps (excluding smarphones) to view replays of these games. Outside the USASee https://www. com/info/where-to-streamFor Canada, Kraken games against Canadian clubs will be subject to whatever availability and local blackouts normally apply to the Canadian team's games. i. e.
Check the Kraken's schedule which lists each game's broadcasters for "NHLN". Playoff GamesFor the 1st round, playoff games will mostly follow regular season rules and be on Root for in-market and ESPN/ESPN+/TNT for out-of-market for the first round. For the 2nd round through the Stanley cup Finals, expect games to air exclusively on ESPN/ESPN+/TNT with no Root coverage. Nice thing is that every other playoff game should be available to watch between ESPN, ESPN+, and TNT if you're interested in the other series. There will be more detailed info published by Root, ESPN, TNT, the NHL, and the Kraken once playoffs start. Game replaysNHL.
com and ESPN+ are enforcing an ~24-48 hour replay blackout. Once the blackout is over, anyone with ESPN+ should be able to view the full game replay. TNT's preseason games did not show up on EPSN+, a behavior I expect to continue for the regular season. However I was able to watch these games on the PS4/PS5 NHL app but not the NHL website or NHL mobile app, both of which re-direct to ESPN+.
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com/sports/kraken/list-of-new-root-sports-carriage-deals-has-some-notable-omissions/Live Regular SeasonNational GamesUsing https://soundofhockey. com/2021/09/19/breaking-down-the-national-nhl-tv-schedule/ as a source, out of the 82 game regular season 13 games will be carried exclusively on national channels no matter where you live in the US:ESPN/ESPN+ has 1 game, the season opener @ Vegas on Oct 12. ESPN+/Hulu has 7 games including the home opener vs Vancouver on Oct 23TNT has 5 games starting with vs Chicago on Nov 17Non-National Games69 (nice) games are left after the national games for Root.
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r/SeattleKraken - Kraken TV and Streaming Guide: Where you can watch preseason and regular season gamesI keep seeing posts about how to watch games, so I wanted to put all the info here for new NHL/hockey fans from someone who's watched the NHL for several years and dealt with their blackout system while using their streaming package - formerly NHL. TV, now ESPN+. I'm only covering official methods here. In vs Out of Market and Root Sports AvailabilityThe most important factor is whether you're considered "in-market" for Root Sports NW's local Kraken broadcasts or "out-of-market", which determines whether you have to watch games on Root or can use ESPN+.
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