- Crave will carry NHL Monday night games starting in 2026-27, per David Pagnotta
- Prime Video shifts to Wednesdays, Sportsnet keeps Saturdays and adds Thursdays
- Read below for full details on the Canadian rights shake-up that leaves TSN out
Bell is back in the NHL business, just not on TSN.
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported Sunday that the 2026-27 Canadian NHL national broadcast lineup will expand to include Bell Media through its streaming service Crave, which gets Monday night games. Sportsnet keeps its Saturday slate and plans to add Thursdays. Amazon Prime Video, which has aired the Monday package the past two seasons, is sliding over to Wednesdays.
Here’s how Pagnotta broke the news Sunday morning:
The catch for hockey fans hoping to see games return to TSN: there is no path back. Pagnotta wrote that all four English national broadcast nights are now spoken for, with Crave taking the Bell foothold instead of TSN. The French side is still being sorted, though all signs point to TVA Sports renewing its deal.
A Crave subscription runs $11.99 a month with ads or $22 without, so the Monday slate will sit behind a paywall separate from any TSN package. The Crave broadcast team is not set, but given Bell’s roster of talent, expect familiar TSN voices like Gord Miller or Bryan Mudryk to anchor the booth.
Sportsnet still holds the exclusive 12-year national rights deal it signed last year, so this is not a true rights split. It is a sub-license. TSN will keep its regional rights for the Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Jets and Senators, which is how the channel will hold any NHL presence at all next season.
Recent Saturday-night Sportsnet broadcasts have shown the audience that comes with the franchise nights. Take a look at Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Hurricanes and Canadiens, which aired on Sportsnet’s national feed last Friday:
Pagnotta said the formal NHL announcement is expected later in June, after the Stanley Cup Final wraps. With Game 1 between the Hurricanes and Golden Knights set for Tuesday in Raleigh, the rights news should land in the quiet stretch before training camps open.
