How to watch the Colorado Avalanche
NHL · 2026-27. Local games are on Altitude Sports, free over the air. National games are on the networks below; each shows the services that carry it.
Local games: Altitude Sports
| Way to watch | What it is | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free over the air | KUSA-TV 9 (9NEWS/NBC, Denver), KTVD-TV 20 (MyNetworkTV, Denver) | $0 with an antenna | Since 2024-25, 20 Avalanche games per season air free OTA on KUSA/KTVD under a Tegna agreement (Wikipedia). 2026-27 game count not yet published. |
| Altitude+ | Team streaming app, in-market | $19.95/mo | |
| Fubo | Live TV streaming, in-market | from $19.99/mo | |
| DirecTV Stream | Live TV streaming, in-market | from $64.99/mo |
Where it is available. Altitude Sports had one of the longest RSN carriage blackouts in US sports: Dish dropped it Aug 28, 2019 (still not carried as of the Wikipedia article current to Sept 11, 2026); Comcast/Xfinity was dark ~5 years - lawsuit settled March 2023 but carriage only returned February 2025. DirecTV restored Oct 31, 2019; Fubo added Oct 6, 2022.
Next games
5 in the next two weeks · 1 on national TVSunday 20 September
Monday 21 September
Friday 25 September
Saturday 26 September
Wednesday 30 September
Local rights, apps and prices from each team, network and service’s own pages; schedules from the leagues and ESPN. Blackouts follow the league’s territory map, not state lines, so a game marked local may not be available at the edge of the market.