NHL blackouts, explained

Out-of-market games stream through NHL Power Play in the ESPN app; a team's games are blacked out there inside its local television territory, and games on ESPN, ABC, TNT or truTV are shown on those networks rather than in Power Play. In-market fans watch on the team's local channel, its app, or over the air where the team has moved to broadcast television.

Out of market: NHL Power Play on ESPN

NHL Power Play is included with ESPN Unlimited or a pay-TV login to the ESPN app, with more than 1,050 out-of-market games and both teams' commentary. ESPN had not published a standalone price at review time.

States with the most overlapping claims

• New York 4 teams
• California 3 teams
• Pennsylvania 3 teams
• New Jersey 3 teams
• Florida 2 teams
• Nevada 2 teams
• Oregon 2 teams
• Massachusetts 1 teams
• North Carolina 1 teams
• Illinois 1 teams
• Colorado 1 teams
• Ohio 1 teams

Rules and prices from the leagues’ own pages, checked 18 September 2026. We do not cover ways around a blackout; the in-market options are on each team page.