If you live in the Canadiens TV market, most games will stream through TNS Direct. However, they won’t carry nationally televised games on SportNet or other nationally exclusive broadcasts. The Canadiens have around 30 games airing nationally this season so you may want to pick up Sportsnet+ for those.
However, If you are in the United States, then ESPN+ will carry any Canadiens 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 Canadiens aren’t playing your local NHL team much this season, then you can subscribe directly to ESPN+ and pick up Sling Orange for Canadiens games on TNT and ESPN. Sling also has an option for NHL Network as well.
However, if the Canadiens 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 Canadiens games and then pick up DIRECTV STREAM’s Choice Plan for games when your local team is playing the Canadiens.
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 Canadiens On
Where you can watch the Montreal Canadiens depends on whether or not you live inside the Montreal Canadiens TV market (Eastern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes). If you live inside that market, TNS Direct. 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 Canadiens Games In Market
If you live in the Canadiens TV market, TNS Direct will stream every Canadiens game live and blackouts free. You can up for as long as you want and cancel whenever you’d like.TNS Direct supports iOS and Android tablets and smartphones, Samsung SmartTV, Xbox One, and Apple TV
Watching Canadiens Games In The US
To watch Canadiens games if you live in the US, you will need ESPN+. ESPN+ will show every Canadiens 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 Montreal Canadiens.
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 Canadiens 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.
