announced its 2026-27 National Hockey League regular season schedule with 100 exclusive games, a season-long rollout that begins Sept. 29 and runs into early April. The slate splits 53 matchups on and ABC from 47 more on +, Disney+ and Hulu, while NHL Power Play returns on the App with 1,050+ out-of-market games.
For viewers looking up + today, the timing is simple: the network has mapped out the full regular-season path and the first marquee window arrives on opening night. The Point returns for its sixth season on Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. ET, then the puck drops on a tripleheader that starts with Florida Panthers and Brady Tkachuk joining his brother Matthew Tkachuk against the Carolina Hurricanes at 5 p.m. before the New York Rangers face the Boston Bruins at 8 p.m. and Patrick Kane returns to the Windy City at 10:30 with the Chicago Blackhawks against the Vegas Golden Knights.
The number matters because it shows how broadly is spreading its NHL coverage. The 100-game package is not a one-night showcase or a single-team push. It is a league-wide schedule built across TV and streaming, with every matchup available on the App for subscribers on Unlimited or through pay TV authentication. That structure gives the network one of its deepest regular-season NHL offerings in years, and it is designed to carry the season all the way to the 2027 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The opening night window also carries a split-screen quality that keeps the schedule from reading like a simple broadcast announcement. Carolina will raise its 2025-26 championship banner before puck drop, adding ceremony to the first game, while Kane’s return gives the late game a sharper edge. is selling the night as a broad league launch, but one of its most watched moments is still built around a single player going back to Chicago.
That mix continues through the calendar. NHL Frozen Frenzy returns for the fourth time on Oct. 13 with an exclusive tripleheader starting at 6 p.m., followed by Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars at 8 p.m. and Boston Bruins at San Jose Sharks at 11 p.m. The other 13 games that night will stream on NHL Power Play on the App with 15-minute staggered start times beginning at 7 p.m., and ESPN2 will add a whip-around show with live look-ins on every game. ABC Hockey Saturday returns Jan. 16, 2027, opening with the Boston Bruins against the New York Rangers at noon and continuing with 16 Saturday games through the rest of the regular season.
The season then turns toward the 2027 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend on Feb. 5-6 at UBS Arena on Long Island, New York. has already staked out the shape of its hockey year: a 100-game package, a stronger streaming mix, and a regular-season schedule that starts in September and stretches into playoff spring with no dead space in between.
