Bell Media returning with NHL national broadcasts next season but not on TSN: report
More NHL games will be moving off Sportsnet next season in favour of streaming services.
While Sportsnet owns the exclusive national NHL rights in Canada after inking a major 12-year extension with the league last season, a new report has another platform joining the fray.
Canadian hockey fans are already familiar with Prime Video, which has been broadcasting their Prime Monday Night Hockey program for a couple of seasons now, but they won’t be the only streaming platform to carry games next season.
According to NHL insider David Pagnotta, the Canadian NHL national broadcast landscape will be expanding to include Bell for the 2026-27 season, but the plans don’t include returning games to TSN.
Instead, games will be streamed on Crave, a Canadian streaming service owned by Bell.
“National broadcast rights in Canada are growing,” Pagnotta reported on Sunday morning. “Per industry sources, Amazon Prime games are moving to Wednesdays next season, while Bell is back in the mix with Crave on Mondays.
“[Sportsnet] will continue Saturdays and add Thursdays, I believe.”
National broadcast rights in Canada are growing. Per industry sources, Amazon Prime games are moving to Wednesdays next season, while Bell is back in the mix with Crave on Mondays. SN will continue Saturdays & add Thursdays, I believe. More here ā¤µļø https://t.co/GjYvyfpHHO
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) May 30, 2026
This isn’t the only change that will be coming to NHL broadcasts in Canada next season. Pagnotta also reported that Prime Video broadcasts are expected to move from Monday to Wednesday, while Crave will take over the Monday games.
Sportsnet will continue to air national games on Saturday, with reported plans to add a Thursday night program as well.
Though TSN has been snubbed once again, that doesn’t mean there will be zero NHL games on the channel. While national games will continue to evade TSN, they still hold the regional rights for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators, which will be available to watch for fans in those regions.
It’s unknown what the broadcast team would look like for NHL broadcasts on Crave. Considering that the streamer is owned by Bell, it feels likely that the team would consist of TSN announcers like Gord Miller and Bryan Mudryk.
As it stands, a Crave subscription costs $11.99 a month with ads or $22 a month without ads.