- Prime Video’s 27-game Wednesday Night Hockey slate opens Sept. 30 with the Islanders in Toronto
- Montreal leads Canadian teams with seven appearances, Toronto has six and Edmonton five
- Read below for the marquee dates on the full schedule and how it works in Canada
Prime Video released its first Wednesday Night Hockey schedule on Thursday, and the opener is a good one.
The 27-game national package starts Sept. 30 with the New York Islanders visiting the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7 p.m. ET. That is the Islanders’ season opener and Toronto’s second game, and it could be the first NHL meeting between the last two players taken first overall.
Gavin McKenna went No. 1 to the Maple Leafs in June after a season at Penn State, and he is expected to make the roster out of camp. Matthew Schaefer, the Islanders’ top pick in 2025, won the Calder Trophy last season and turns 19 on Sept. 5.
Every one of those games streams exclusively in Canada, in English and in French, at no extra charge to Prime subscribers. Amazon posted the full grid in both languages:
All 27 dates sit on that graphic, and Montreal turns up more than anyone. The Canadiens have seven games, the Maple Leafs six and the Oilers five, according to The Canadian Press. Calgary, Winnipeg and Ottawa each land four.
Vancouver drew the short straw with two, at Detroit on Nov. 25 and at Anaheim on Dec. 16.
A few nights jump off the board:
- Sept. 30: Islanders at Maple Leafs, McKenna and Schaefer open the package
- Oct. 14: Canadiens at Capitals, Cole Caufield against Alex Ovechkin
- Oct. 21: Brady Tkachuk’s return to Ottawa with the Panthers
- Oct. 28: Battle of Alberta, Flames at Oilers
- March 17: Lightning at Maple Leafs on St. Patrick’s Day
- April 7: Oilers at Jets to close the regular-season slate
The 12-year agreement with Rogers also hands Amazon two First Round playoff series and one Second Round series in Canada every spring, and it runs through 2037-38.
Amazon’s American hockey push looks nothing like this. Six NHL clubs moved their local streaming to Prime Video this week, and those are in-market packages rather than a national Wednesday window.
Canadian fans now have one place to find the midweek national game, and the Wednesday run begins Sept. 30.
