{"id":548293,"date":"2026-04-09T00:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548293\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:02:30","slug":"tnt-drops-coverage-of-florida-panthers-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548293\/","title":{"rendered":"TNT Drops Coverage of Florida Panthers Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AThe shifting broadcast landscape leaves hockey fans with fewer national options, but a return to familiar local voices.Sunrise Today<\/p>\n

The Florida Panthers’ final regular season game against the Detroit Red Wings on April 15 will no longer be broadcast nationally on TNT. Instead, the game will be returned to local broadcasters, allowing fans to hear the familiar voices of Steve Goldstein and Randy Moller calling the action.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

With the Panthers out of playoff contention and the Red Wings on the brink of missing the postseason, TNT has decided to drop its planned national coverage of the game. This means local fans will be able to tune in to the Scripps Network to watch the game, which was previously unavailable due to a carriage dispute between Scripps and Comcast Xfinity.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

The season finale between the Panthers and Red Wings was originally scheduled to air on TNT. However, the network has replaced the game with a matchup between the Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres, two teams that are still in playoff contention. The Panthers’ final four games of the regular season, including the April 15 game against the Red Wings, will now be carried exclusively on the Scripps Network and can be streamed on Panthers+ and ESPN+.<\/p>\n

The Panthers’ final regular season game against the Red Wings is scheduled for April 15, 2026.The Panthers have four games remaining in the regular season, starting tonight against the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Steve Goldstein<\/p>\n

The play-by-play announcer for the Florida Panthers.<\/p>\n

Randy Moller<\/p>\n

The color commentator for the Florida Panthers.<\/p>\n

E.G. Scripps Company<\/p>\n

The parent company of the Scripps Network, which holds the local broadcast rights for the Florida Panthers.<\/p>\n

Comcast Xfinity<\/p>\n

A major cable television provider that had a carriage dispute with Scripps, leading to the removal of local Scripps channels from its service.<\/p>\n

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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Florida Panthers out of the playoffs \u2014 and the Detroit Red Wings close to joining them for the summer \u2014 TNT has dropped its planned coverage of next Wednesday’s season finale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 George Richards, Author<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The Panthers have four games remaining in the regular season, with the final game against the Red Wings on April 15 now set to be broadcast exclusively on the Scripps Network and available for streaming on Panthers+ and ESPN+.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

This decision by TNT highlights the shifting landscape of sports broadcasting, where national networks are increasingly selective in the games they choose to air, particularly when playoff implications are limited. For Panthers fans, the return to the familiar Scripps Network broadcast team of Goldstein and Moller will be a welcome change, especially after the recent carriage dispute that had prevented some viewers from accessing the team’s games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The shifting broadcast landscape leaves hockey fans with fewer national…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[62,57,5141,5,4,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-548293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-panthers","10":"tag-floridapanthers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116371820195533114","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}