How To Watch The San Jose Sharks Live

Don’t have cable? This article will explain how you can stream the next Sharks game and every San Jose Sharks game this season, no matter where you live.

Where to Watch Today's Sharks Game

Below are the upcoming Sharks games and how you can stream them live based on where you live.

Upcoming San Jose Sharks TV Schedule

Read on for more details on these services, possible alternatives, and how you can not only watch the next game but every Sharks game this season!

Watch Every Sharks Game This Season

• San Jose Sharks TV Market: throughout northern California and parts of Oregon.
• Best Solution when inside their TV Market: Watch on NBC Sports California through the fuboTV streaming service (fuboTV subscription).
• Best Solution when living Outside the Sharks TV Market: Watch nearly all Sharks games on ESPN+ (sign up online). The Sharks only have a few games scheduled to air 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 Sharks On

Where you can watch the San Jose Sharks depends on whether or not you live inside the San Jose Sharks TV market, which consists of northern California and parts of Oregon. If you live inside that market, you can watch Sharks games on NBC Sports California. However, if you live outside that market, you will need ESPN, ESPN+, and TNT. Let’s take a look at your options based on where you live.

Watching Sharks Games In Market

If you live in the Sharks TV market, you can watch the Sharks on NBC Sports California, the Sharks regional sports network. If you live in the Sharks broadcast areas, you can watch their regional sports network without cable on the following streaming services.

Hulu Live TV

Hulu Live TV offers NBC Sports California at the cost of $69.99 per month after you sign up. The service also provides ESPN and TNT so you can watch nationally televised NHL games. You pay month to month with no contract and if you cancel within your free trial period you will not be charged. The service supports iOS, Android, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, and more. The base price includes a cloud DVR and the ability to stream on 2 devices at once, but the option to upgrade to unlimited streams. Hulu Live TV includes Hulu streaming library. (see our review of Hulu Live TV)

DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is a live streaming service that carries NBC Sports California for those living in their broadcast region. However, you must subscribe to their “Choice” package for $99.99 per month. You can sign up online. They don’t force you into a contract, and you can cancel at any time. DIRECTV STREAM also carries ESPN and TNT. NHL Network is available with an upgrade. These are all the networks that air nationally televised NHL games.

The service also includes a cloud DVR service and allows you to simultaneously stream to an unlimited number of devices in the home, and up to 3 outside the home.  DIRECTV STREAM is supported on Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, iOS, Android, Roku, and more. See our review of DIRECTV STREAM for more details on this streaming service.

FuboTV

fuboTV is a live streaming service that carries NBC Sports California for those living in their broadcast region. They offer a fuboTV subscription, which you can cancel within the trial period and not be charged. It’s also cheaper than DIRECTV STREAM at $74.99. You can cancel at any time. However, the service doesn’t carry TNT so you won’t have access to some nationally televised games. The service does carry ESPN, and NHL Network can be added through an upgrade. Service is month-to-month with no long-term contract. The service supports iOS, Android, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, and more. The price includes a cloud DVR and the ability to stream on 3 devices at once. (see our review of FuboTV)

Watching Sharks Games Outside of their TV Market

To watch Sharks games if you live outside the San Jose market, you will need ESPN+. ESPN+ will show every Sharks game that isn’t exclusively airing nationally on ESPN or TNT.

ESPN+ is how you watch most out-of-market NHL games in the 2022-2023 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 San Jose Sharks.

You watch ESPN+ through the ESPN App. To add ESPN+ to your ESPN app, follow these instructions:

1. Subscribe to ESPN+
2. 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.
3. Click the Settings Gear in the upper right corner
4. Select “Account Information” then “Log Into ESPN Account.” You should receive an activation code.
5. Visit https://espn.com/activate on your phone or laptop and type in the code
6. Log in with your ESPN+ credentials
7. 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 $9.99 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 Sharks games are exclusive to ESPN, NHL Network, or TNT, see our NHL National TV Schedule. TNT, NHL Network, and ESPN are available on the following TV streaming service:

• Sling Orange – see Sling 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.

• How To Watch ESPN without Cable
• How To Watch TNT without Cable
• How To Watch NHL Network