How to watch tonight's streaming-only Vancouver Canucks game
You won’t find tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game against the Philadelphia Flyers on your TV guide.
Ex-Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet will be in town with the Flyers, and fans eager to watch will have to turn to Sportsnet+, where the game will be exclusively streamed on the network’s Monday Night Hockey program.
That means that Sportsnet TV subscribers will need to fork out an additional $12.99/month in order to access the streaming-only content. Non-TV subscribers need a Sportsnet+ subscription, which costs either $34.99/month or $269.99/year.
Fans who are Rogers Xfinity TV customers with Sportsnet will not need to pay extra and will be able to watch tonight’s game at no extra cost.
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This will be the first of nine Canucks games this season that will be streamed exclusively on Sportsnet+. The full schedule is as follows:
- Nov. 9 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
- Nov. 16 vs. Utah Mammoths
- Dec. 7 vs. Washington Capitals
- Dec. 14 vs. San Jose Sharks
- Dec. 21 vs. Utah Mammoths
- Dec. 28 vs. LA Kings
- Jan. 18 vs. Colorado Avalanche
- Feb. 1 vs. Montreal Canadiens
- March 29 vs. LA Kings
This is in addition to the select Wednesday night games that will be streamed exclusively on Prime Video this season. That will require a separate subscription to Prime Video and will impact a total of two additional Canucks games this season.
Monday night’s matchup will be the first experience that Canucks fans will have with the exclusive stream on Sportsnet+. The practice has come under fire from portions of the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames fanbases this season, both of whom criticized the game being paywalled even for those who pay for a Sportsnet TV subscription.
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It seems as though Sportsnet has heard these frustrations, as the network told Offside that it is actively working with other Canadian distribution partners to give its TV subscribers additional options to access Sportsnet+ content.
Puck drop at Rogers Arena is set for 7:30 p.m. PCT.