The NHL season 2025-26 is approaching and another sign that it is on the horizon is the release of the national TV schedule. The Tampa Bay Lightning has 15 national content games between the TNT and ESPN platforms.
Here is your deep diving and TV guide for this National Television games.
Lightning games on ABC, ESPN channels
Eight lightning games are broadcast on Disney’s points of sale.
The first match on national television with the Lightning will be their road game against the Washington Capitals on October 14.
An important highlight is that Alex Ovechkin is still the first NHL player who reaches 900 goals. He is on 897, only three away from the goal. Given that it will be the fourth game of the season, the chance that this moment will come during this game is high, so ESPN will probably be asked.
Other games on the ESPN channels contain matchups with rivals or other star players in the NHL. Two of their matchups with the Boston Bruins are broadcast for a national audience. One is the upcoming stage series that will be broadcast on ESPN (Time TBD) and another is a fight in Boston on April 11 at 12.30 pm. This will lead an ABC Hockey TripleHeader.
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ESPN+ will wear one of the lightning matches against state rival Florida Panthers. Despite the Panthers again Stanley Cup ChampionsThis is an exclusive streaming.
The Lightning has an ESPN+ exclusive matchup against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on November 20 at 7:30 PM
Both games against the Chicago Blackhawks will be an ESPN exclusive. The game in Tampa on October 23 is on ESPN+ at 6.45 pm, while the game in Chicago on January 23 on the head of ESPN channel is broadcast at 7 pm Lightning fans who want to catch Connor Bedard, have access to ESPN.
To complete things, the Lightning plays an ESPN+ exclusive match against the Buffalo Sabres on 3 February at 7:30 PM
Lightning games on TNT
Seven lightning games are broadcast on TNT.
This slate is very Western conference-heavy, with five with an opponent from the West.
Two of those matchups are former Stanley Cup Finals -matchups: The Dallas Stars (2020 Stanley Cup -victory) and the Colorado Avalanche (2022 Stanley Cup Final Loss). The matchup of the stars on October 30 is the first lightning game to be broadcast on TNT with a puck drop in Tampa. The matchup with Colorado comes second on November 4 with a 9:30 Puck Drop in Denver.
Both Eastern Conference games of the Lightning will be back-to-back. They play the New York Rangers on November 12 at 7 pm, followed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on 25 February at 7:30 pm
Then it’s the rest of the road.
Lightning goes to St. Paul, Mn., To record the Minnesota Wild for a Puck Drop at 9.30 pm on 3 March. On March 17 it will be a puck drop from 10 p.m. against the Seattle Kraken on the road. Another matchup with the Wild will close the TNT -LEI of lightning for the regular season.
Keep in mind that there will be a playoff time, there will be more games on ESPN or TNT. The Stanley Cup final this season will be on ESPN. This is of course for ourselves, but it is important to remember that it does not necessarily end here; This is exactly what you need to know for the time being.
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