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The NHL season returns on Oct. 12 with a doubleheader that will air on ESPN. The first game features the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 p.m. ET and the second game will the first game for new NHL franchise the Seattle Kraken as they play the Vegas Golden Knights. Both games will also have simulcasts available on ESPN+.

This marks the first time ESPN has aired NHL games since 2004, and as a whole, ESPN+ will air 75 exclusive regular-season games with ABC and ESPN airing a combined 28 exclusive regular-season games for a combined 103 exclusive games.

The complete broadcast schedule can be found here.


How to watch

On ESPN+ and Hulu

  • ESPN+ will air one exclusive matchup every Tuesday from Oct. 19 – Dec. 28.

  • ESPN will have an exclusive Friday night matchup with Hulu until January.

  • In 2022, exclusive matchups on ESPN+ will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • More than 1,000 out-of-market games will be available on ESPN+.

On ESPN

On ABC

  • ABC will 10 regular-season games.

  • One of those 10 games will be the 2021 Thanksgiving Showdown between the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, Nov. 26.

  • The 2022 NHL All-Star game will be aired on ABC.

  • Beginning Feb. 22, ABC will air a weekly game on Saturday night.

  • All ABC games can be watched on ESPN+.

Stanley Cup Playoffs

  • The Stanley Cup Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals will return to ESPN and ABC starting with the 2021-2022 season.

  • As part of the seven-year TV deal between ESPN and the NHL, ESPN and ABC will have exclusive coverage of one conference finals and half of all first- and second-round games.

Featured games and networks

  • Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks: Oct. 15 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Chicago Blackhawks vs. New York Islanders: Oct. 19 on ESPN

  • Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington Capitals: Oct. 19 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 26 on ESPN

  • Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues: Nov. 30 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • New York Rangers vs. Colorado Avalanche: Dec. 14 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers: Dec. 21 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks: Jan. 4 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Minnesota Wild vs. Boston Bruins: Jan. 6 on ESPN

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers Jan. 6 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles Kings: Jan 20 on ESPN

  • Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins: Jan. 20 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Feb. 26 on ABC

  • Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings: March 8 on ESPN+

  • St. Louis Blues vs. Philadelphia Flyers: March 24 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: April 9 on ABC

  • Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington Capitals: April 12 on ESPN

  • Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis Blues: April 19 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: April 21 on ESPN

  • New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins: April 23 on ABC

  • Philadelphia Flyers vs. Chicago Blackhawks: April 25 on ESPN+ and Hulu

  • New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals: April 26 on ESPN

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DETROIT — Josh Jung delivered a special Mother’s Day gift to his mom, Mary.

The Texas Rangers third baseman hit a two-out, two-run homer in the fifth inning off Beau Brieske at Detroit on Sunday. Jung’s brother, Jace, was in the Tigers’ lineup at the same position.

Before the game, Mary Jung delivered the game ball to the mound and her sons joined her on the field.

“My heart is just exploding,” Mary Jung said in an interview on the Rangers’ telecast. “I mean, I couldn’t ask for a better Mother’s Day gift. We’re all in the same place, to begin with. But then to watch them live their dream, do what they love to do, I couldn’t be more proud.”

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first home run by a player facing his brother’s team on Mother’s Day since at least 1969.

The Jungs’ parents, Mary and Jeff, have been in attendance throughout the three-game series. The brothers also started Saturday when Texas recorded a 10-3 victory.

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman had a setback as he tries to return from a left knee injury that has sidelined him for the past month.

Manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that Stroman still had “discomfort” in the knee after throwing a live batting practice session in Tampa, Florida, on Friday and will be reevaluated before the team figures out the next step in his rehabilitation process.

“He’s gotten a lot of treatments on it and stuff,” Boone said. “It just can’t kind of get over that final hump to really allow him to get to that next level on the mound. We’ll try and continue to get our arms around it and try and make sure we get that out of there.”

Stroman hasn’t pitched since allowing five runs in two-thirds of an inning against the San Francisco Giants on April 11. He was placed on the 15-day injured list the next day with what Boone hoped at the time would be a short-term absence.

But there is no timeline for the right-hander’s return, and Boone said the injury likely impacted the way Stroman pitched before going on the IL. He was 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in three starts.

“Certainly that last start, I think he just couldn’t really step on that front side like he needed to,” Boone said. “I talk about how these guys are like race cars, and one little thing off and it can affect just that last level of command or that last level of extra stuff that you need. So we’ll continue to try to get him where we need to.”

Stroman had surgery March 19, 2015, to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. He returned to a major league mound that Sept. 12.

Stroman, 34, is in the second season of a two-year contract guaranteeing $37 million. His deal includes a $16 million conditional player option for 2026 that could be exercised if he pitches in at least 140 innings this year.

Last season, Stroman was 10-9 with a 4.31 ERA in 30 games (29 starts) when he threw 154⅔ innings, his most since 2021 with the Mets. Stroman struggled in the second half and did not pitch in the postseason, when the Yankees made their first World Series appearance since 2009.

In other injury news, DJ LeMahieu played for the second straight day on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday and could join the team in Seattle this week to make his season debut. LeMahieu had a cortisone injection last week in his right hip, dealing with an injury stemming from last year.

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