This guide explains how to stream the Edmonton Oilers’ next game, and how to watch the Oilers throughout the season, even if you don’t have cable.
How To Watch The Oilers All Season
If you live in Canada, then all Oilers games are available in all regions through Sportsnet+ (formerly Sportsnet NOW) premium because they’re available to out-of-market Canadian subscribers, plus in-market subscribers to Premium get all Sportsnet games in their region.
However, If you are in the United States, then ESPN+ will carry any Oilers game this season that isn’t exclusive to a national broadcast on ESPN or TNT. Games will also be blacked out if you live in the opposing team’s market. In those cases, you would need your local team’s Regional Sports Network.
If the Oilers aren’t playing your local NHL team much this season, then you can subscribe directly to ESPN+ and pick up Sling Orange for Oilers games on TNT and ESPN. Sling also has an option for NHL Network as well.
If the Oilers are playing your local team a lot this season, then people who live in the Blackhawks, Flyers, Sharks, or Capitals TV Market should pick up Hulu Live TV, as that streaming service includes ESPN+ along with ESPN and TNT. Other Markets will want to subscribe directly to ESPN+ for the bulk of Oilers games and then pick up DIRECTV STREAM’s Choice Plan for games when your local team is playing the Oilers.
DIRECTV STREAM includes ESPN and TNT, and they carry every US-based NHL team’s RSN (if you live in that market) except for the Flyers.
What Channel Are The Oilers On
Where you can watch the Edmonton Oilers depends on whether or not you live inside the Edmonton Oilers TV market (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories). If you live inside that market, you can watch Oilers games on Sportsnet Now. However, if you live in the US, you will need ESPN, ESPN+, and TNT. Let’s take a look at your options based on where you live.
Watching Oilers Games In-Market
If you live in the Oilers TV market, you can watch the Oilers on Sportsnet Now. Sportsnet is the exclusive broadcaster of the Edmonton Oilers in Canada, a subscription to Sportsnet NOW lets you watch all 82 Oilers games* live and blackouts free. You can up for as long as you want and cancel whenever you’d like.
Sportsnet NOW is available to stream on desktop or laptop through your web browser, as well as on iOS / Android smartphones and tablets, Chromecast, Android TV, Amazon Fire, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and 4th generation Apple TVs, all through the Sportsnet app.
Watching Oilers Games In The US
To watch Oilers games if you live in the US, you will need ESPN+. ESPN+ will show every Oilers game that isn’t exclusively airing nationally on ESPN or TNT.
ESPN+ is how you watch most out-of-market NHL games in the 2023-2024 season. Not only will ESPN+ show a ton of nationally televised games, but the service will also provide a live stream to over 1000+ NHL games outside your local market, including the Edmonton Oilers.
You watch ESPN+ through the ESPN App. To add ESPN+ to your ESPN app, follow these instructions:
- Subscribe to ESPN+
- Download and Open the ESPN app on your mobile or TV device. supports Roku Players and TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast, Apple TV, Android, iPhone, Samsung TVs, Xbox, PlayStation and more.
- Click the Settings Gear in the upper right corner
- Select “Account Information” then “Log Into ESPN Account.” You should receive an activation code.
- Visit https://espn.com/activate on your phone or laptop and type in the code
- Log in with your ESPN+ credentials
- You should then get confirmation that your ESPN+ account is linked and now see and “ESPN+” tab in the ESPN app.
An ESPN+ subscription costs only $10.99 per month. There is no contract so you can cancel any time you like. However, you can select a yearly subscription for a discounted rate. In addition to ESPN, Disney also owns Hulu and the Disney+ streaming service. You can get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for just $24.99 / mo by signing up here! For more information on ESPN+, see our ESPN+ review.
To watch any nationally televised Oilers games exclusive to ESPN or TNT use one of the following TV streaming services that carry those channels:
- Sling Orange – see Sling TV review or sign up
- Hulu Live TV – see Hulu Live TV review or sign up
- YouTube TV – see YouTube TV review or sign up
- DIRECTV STREAM – see DIRECTV STREAM review or sign up
You can also see our guide on How To Watch The NHL or the following articles for more information on watching these channels.
