The 2021-2022 NHL Season is here, and you don’t need cable to watch Montreal Canadiens games. However, with NHL TV rights being so confusing, it’s difficult to know where to watch your Montreal Canadiens. This article will explain how to watch every Montreal Canadiens game this season, no matter where you live.
- Montreal Canadiens TV Market: Eastern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes
- Best Solution when inside their TV Market: All Games games will stream through TNS Direct.
- Best Solution when living in the US: Watch nearly all Canadiens games on ESPN+ (sign up online). The Canadiens may have a few nationally televised games on TNT, NHL Network, and ESPN which won’t be on ESPN+. Read on to learn how to watch those nationally televised games.
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.
NHL.TV is moving its games to ESPN+ for the 2021-2022 NHL 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 $6.99 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 of $69.99 annually. In addition to ESPN, Disney also owns Hulu and the Disney+ streaming service. You can get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for just $13.99 by signing up here! For more information on ESPN+, see our ESPN+ review.
To see if any nationally televised Canadiens games are exclusive to ESPN or TNT, see our NHL National TV Schedule. TNT and ESPN are available on the following TV streaming service:
- 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 check the following for more information on watching these channels.
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