Amazon Prime Video announced Wednesday it will be the exclusive local streaming home for six NHL teams beginning this season as sports media titans engage in a new round of rights competition.
The Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will stream their games on the platform for fans within each team’s regional territory. Stars and Ducks games will be included with Prime membership. The other four teams’ games will be available for $20/month or $100/year, with no Prime subscription needed. Teams also can distribute a certain number of games over-the-air for TV viewers.
The Seattle Kraken have streamed non-nationally televised games on Prime Video since 2024. Amazon also carries national NHL games in Canada. In July, the NHL announced its centralized production operations would handle game presentations for the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild and Blues. All four of those teams previously had broadcast deals with Main Street Sports, which went out of business at the end of last season. The Ducks and Stars previously were tied to Victory+, which has reportedly shuttered after reports of missed rights payments.
Amazon can now offer in-market streaming for 34 teams across MLB, NBA, NHL and the WNBA through direct team deals or regional channels, such as NESN or Marquee Sports Network, which are accessible through Prime Video subscriptions.
ESPN, which streams out-of-market NHL games, acquired in-market streaming rights for six MLB teams in its latest deal with the league, while YouTube is reportedly the frontrunner to land a bundle of NBA teams’ regional rights. DAZN has swooped in to stream several NBA teams’ games starting this year, with the San Antonio Spurs being the latest to announce a tie-up with the streamer on Tuesday.
This fall, a Minnesota sports fan could watch the Timberwolves on DAZN, Twins on ESPN and the Wild on Prime Video after catching Lynx games on Victory+ this summer.