How Did It Get This Expensive?

Watching NFL used to mean owning a television. Then cable. Now it means managing a portfolio of streaming subscriptions, each holding the rights to a different slice of the schedule. The league's media deals — signed between 2021 and 2023 — intentionally distributed games across every major platform, from Amazon to Netflix to the NFL's own app. The result is a fractured landscape where no single service carries everything, and fans who want complete coverage face a genuinely large bill.

The 2026–27 season involves six distinct streaming platforms carrying live NFL games, plus over-the-air broadcast on CBS, FOX, NBC, and ABC/ESPN. If you're in your team's home market, a significant portion of those games is already free. If you're not — if you moved cities, live abroad, or just root for a team from another region — you're looking at a real expense.

The Full Cost Breakdown

Here's what each service costs and what NFL games it carries in 2026–27:

Service	What it covers	Season cost
NFL Sunday Ticket	All out-of-market Sunday afternoon games	$276–$378
Amazon Prime Video	Thursday Night Football (16 games)	~$36 (Sep–Jan)
Peacock	Sunday Night Football + Super Bowl LX	~$40 (Sep–Feb)
ESPN Unlimited	Monday Night Football	~$120 (Sep–Jan)
Netflix	Christmas Day games (2 games)	$8 (December)
NFL+ Premium	Local/primetime on mobile, RedZone	$15/mo

A fan who needs everything — Sunday Ticket plus all four primetime packages — faces a worst-case bill of roughly $480 for the season. That's before any live-TV bundle (YouTube TV runs $73/month, Hulu + Live TV $83/month) that might make sense as an all-in-one alternative.

Most Fans Don't Need All of It

The $480 figure is a ceiling, not a typical bill. The actual number depends entirely on three factors: your location, your team's schedule, and what you're already subscribing to.

Take a Chicago Bears fan living in Chicago. Their Sunday afternoon games are broadcast locally on FOX and CBS — free, no Sunday Ticket needed. They'd need Prime Video for the Bears' Thursday night games, and Peacock if the Bears land a Sunday Night Football slot. In a normal season that might total $60–$80, not $480.

Contrast that with a Bears fan who moved to Austin, Texas. They're out of the Chicago market, so Sunday afternoon games — the majority of the Bears' schedule — require Sunday Ticket. Same fan, same team, but a bill that's 4–5× higher just because of a zip code change.

The Smart Way to Approach It

The key insight is that NFL streaming costs are highly personal. Generic advice — "just get YouTube TV" or "Sunday Ticket is always worth it" — ignores the specifics that actually determine your number. The right approach is to start from your team's actual schedule, map each game to the service that carries it, subtract what you already have, and apply any discounts (student status, carrier perks, credit card benefits) before spending anything.

That's exactly what Fan-Wiser does automatically. Enter your city, tell it what you already subscribe to, and it produces a game-by-game breakdown with your personal gap cost — often significantly lower than the worst-case number most people assume.

The Problem with Generic NFL Streaming Advice

Most NFL streaming guides tell you to compare six services side by side and pick the best bundle. But that framing misses the point: the "best" combination is completely different for a displaced Bills fan in Phoenix than for a Chiefs fan already living in Kansas City. Generic advice leads to overspending — paying for services that carry games you could already watch for free, or missing cheaper alternatives that cover the specific gap you actually have.

Step 1: Your Location Changes Everything

Fan-Wiser's first question is your city because your viewing market determines which games are already free. The NFL's local broadcast rights give your regional FOX and CBS affiliates the rights to carry Sunday afternoon games involving teams in your market. If your team plays in that market, a significant portion of their schedule is available over-the-air or via any live-TV app — no extra subscription needed.

Fan-Wiser maps your city to its NFL DMA (Designated Market Area), identifies which teams are considered "local" to you, and immediately marks those games as covered. A fan in Seattle watching the Seahawks doesn't need Sunday Ticket for most games. A Seahawks fan in Atlanta does.

Step 2: What You Already Have

The second step is subtracting what you're already paying for. Do you have Amazon Prime for the free shipping? Prime Video — which carries every Thursday Night Football game — is included. Netflix subscriber? Christmas Day games are covered. YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV? Both include local channels, ESPN, and offer Sunday Ticket as a bundled add-on at a discounted rate.

Most fans already own at least one service that covers some NFL games. Fan-Wiser tracks all of them so you never pay twice for coverage you already have.

Step 3: Perks That Cut the Remaining Bill

After location and existing subscriptions, there's a third layer of potential savings most fans don't think to check: carrier and credit card perks. Verizon and T-Mobile wireless plans include Netflix at no extra cost. Amazon Prime membership includes Prime Video. Student enrollment through an accredited institution qualifies for Sunday Ticket at $119 — less than half the standard new-subscriber price. American Express Platinum provides a $20/month Disney+/Hulu credit that effectively makes those services free.

Fan-Wiser asks about all of these and deducts them from your gap cost automatically. Savings from multiple perks stack.

The Output: A Game-by-Game Plan

The result isn't a generic recommendation — it's a breakdown of your team's full 18-game schedule, showing exactly which service carries each game, whether that service is already in your plan, and what you'd need to add (and for how much) to cover every remaining gap. It's the difference between "you might need Sunday Ticket" and "you need Sunday Ticket for 11 specific games, and as a T-Mobile customer you qualify for a discounted add-on through YouTube TV."

What Sunday Ticket Actually Is

NFL Sunday Ticket — now distributed exclusively through YouTube and YouTube TV — is an out-of-market package. It carries every Sunday afternoon game that isn't being shown on your local FOX or CBS affiliate. If you're in the Los Angeles market on a Sunday afternoon when the Rams are playing, you'll see that game on local TV for free. Every other Sunday afternoon game that isn't in your local market is behind Sunday Ticket's paywall.

That distinction — "out-of-market" — is the entire reason Sunday Ticket exists and the entire reason many fans don't need it. The question of whether you need it comes down almost entirely to where you live relative to your team.

In-Market Fans: You Probably Don't Need It

If you live in your team's designated market area, your Sunday afternoon games are broadcast locally on FOX or CBS. You can watch them for free over-the-air with an antenna, or through any live-TV streaming service that includes your local affiliates (YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, and others). Sunday Ticket adds no value for these games — it literally doesn't carry them, because they're not "out of market."

In-market fans who are nonetheless tempted by Sunday Ticket are usually thinking about watching other teams' games — the ability to watch any game on any given Sunday. If that's the goal, Sunday Ticket makes sense. If the goal is just watching your team, you can skip it and save $276.

Out-of-Market Fans: It's Often Worth It

If you live outside your team's market — you moved cities, you root for a team from another region, or you live in a market with no NFL team — Sunday Ticket is almost certainly the most important piece of your streaming plan. Your team's Sunday afternoon games won't be on any local channel. The only way to watch them live is Sunday Ticket.

For this group, the math is straightforward: your team plays roughly 10–12 Sunday afternoon games per season. Sunday Ticket at $276 works out to about $23–$28 per game. That's the price of following your team from outside their market.

The Discounts Most Fans Don't Know About

Sunday Ticket's standard pricing has three tiers that most fans aren't aware of:

• New subscriber: $276/season — for first-time Sunday Ticket buyers
• Returning subscriber: $378/season — for existing subscribers renewing
• Student discount: $119/season — for anyone enrolled at an accredited college or university, verified via SheerID
• YouTube TV bundle: Typically $50–$100 less than standalone pricing for YouTube TV subscribers

The student discount is the most underutilized. At $119, it's less than half the returning-subscriber rate and requires nothing more than current enrollment verification. If you or anyone in your household is enrolled in college, this pricing applies.

The Practical Test

The simplest way to decide: enter your city into Fan-Wiser and select your team. Fan-Wiser will immediately show you whether you're in-market or out-of-market, count the Sunday afternoon games that would require Sunday Ticket, and calculate your cost at whichever tier applies to you. Most fans know within 30 seconds whether Sunday Ticket is worth it for their specific situation.

The Hidden Layer of NFL Savings

Most fans approach NFL streaming as a menu of services to choose from. But before you open your wallet, it's worth checking whether your phone carrier, credit card, or membership status already covers some of what you'd otherwise pay for. These benefits are frequently overlooked — and they stack. Here are the five most valuable ones for NFL fans in 2026–27.

1. Verizon Wireless — Netflix Included

Verizon's myPlan and Unlimited Ultimate plans include Netflix (Standard with Ads or Standard tier, depending on your plan) as a bundled perk at no extra charge. Netflix carries the two NFL Christmas Day games in 2025. If you're on a qualifying Verizon plan, those games are already covered. Check your plan details in the My Verizon app under "Manage perks."

2. T-Mobile — Netflix Included

T-Mobile's Go5G Plus and Go5G Next plans also include Netflix (2-screen Standard plan) as a bundled benefit for the account. Like Verizon, this covers the NFL Christmas Day matchups. T-Mobile has also periodically offered MLB.TV and other sports streaming as promotional perks — worth checking the T-Mobile Tuesdays app for any active NFL-related offers during the season.

3. Amazon Prime Membership — Prime Video Included

This one surprises more people than it should: Amazon Prime Video — which carries all 16 Thursday Night Football games plus one Wild Card playoff game — is included with any Amazon Prime membership. If you pay for Prime for the free two-day shipping, you already have Thursday Night Football covered. There's no add-on, no extra step. Open the Prime Video app and Thursday Night Football is there.

4. American Express Platinum — $20/Month Streaming Credit

The Amex Platinum card offers a $20/month digital entertainment credit that applies to a list of eligible services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Peacock. Since Peacock carries every Sunday Night Football game and Super Bowl LX, Amex Platinum cardholders effectively get Peacock at no cost. The credit is applied as a statement credit automatically — enroll once in your Amex benefits portal and it applies monthly.

5. Student Enrollment — Sunday Ticket at $119

NFL Sunday Ticket's student discount cuts the price from $276 (new subscriber) to $119 — a $157 savings. Eligibility requires current enrollment at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university, verified through SheerID at checkout on the YouTube TV website. The discount applies to the standalone Sunday Ticket package (not requiring a YouTube TV subscription). Community college enrollment qualifies. Graduate students qualify. Part-time enrollment qualifies. The only requirement is active enrollment verification.

Stacking Multiple Perks

These benefits aren't mutually exclusive. A T-Mobile subscriber who's also an Amazon Prime member and a current college student could potentially cover Thursday Night Football (Prime), Christmas Day games (Netflix via T-Mobile), and Sunday Ticket at half price — all without paying for any of those services at standard rates. Fan-Wiser's onboarding asks about all five of these and adjusts your cost estimate automatically when you select the ones that apply to you.

What "Out-of-Market" Means

Every NFL team is assigned a Designated Market Area — a geographic territory, usually centered on the team's home city, where the team's games are broadcast on local television. If you live inside that territory, you're "in-market." If you live outside it, you're "out-of-market." This single classification is the most important factor in determining what NFL streaming will cost you.

The boundaries follow Nielsen's DMA map, which divides the US into 210 distinct media markets. The New York DMA includes both the Giants and the Jets. The Los Angeles DMA includes the Rams and the Chargers. Markets without NFL teams — Austin, San Antonio, Salt Lake City — are out-of-market for every team, which means residents there need Sunday Ticket to watch any specific team's Sunday afternoon games.

Why Out-of-Market Costs More

The math is straightforward. An in-market fan gets their team's Sunday afternoon games on local broadcast television — free, no subscription needed. An out-of-market fan needs NFL Sunday Ticket ($276 for new subscribers) to access the same games. That single line item is often the entire difference between a $40 season and a $316 season.

It's a structural feature of the NFL's broadcast agreements, not an accident. Local broadcast rights are the foundation of how the league distributes revenue and maintains relationships with regional affiliates. Out-of-market fans are, in effect, paying to access content that geography excludes them from — the satellite/streaming equivalent of the old DirecTV Sunday Ticket deal.

Common Situations That Trigger the Out-of-Market Problem

• You moved for work or school. The most common scenario — you grew up in Green Bay but now live in Austin. The Packers are your team, but you're 1,200 miles outside their market.
• You root for a team from a different region. Cowboys fans are everywhere; the Cowboys' DMA is the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Anyone outside DFW rooting for Dallas is out-of-market for their Sunday afternoon games.
• You live in a market with no NFL team. About 100 US cities have no NFL DMA, which means residents there are out-of-market for all 32 teams.
• You're outside the US. International fans have no in-market designation at all and typically need the international version of Sunday Ticket or a regional sports streaming package.

How to Pay Less as an Out-of-Market Fan

The standard Sunday Ticket price assumes a returning subscriber with no qualifying discounts. Several paths can reduce that significantly:

Student discount: $119 instead of $276 — available to anyone enrolled at an accredited institution. This is the single biggest available discount and is widely underused.

YouTube TV bundle pricing: YouTube TV subscribers typically receive a discounted Sunday Ticket add-on rate, often $50–$100 less than standalone pricing. If you're considering YouTube TV for live channels anyway, this bundle often makes more sense than buying Sunday Ticket separately.

Negotiate on renewal: Returning subscribers face the highest rate ($378). Many fans have successfully negotiated retention discounts by calling YouTube TV support and referencing competitor pricing. This isn't guaranteed but has a reasonable success rate for long-term subscribers.

Share an account: Sunday Ticket (like most streaming services) allows streaming on multiple devices under one account. Splitting the cost with a friend or family member who roots for a different out-of-market team halves the bill for both of you.

The In-Market Loophole

One thing worth knowing: Sunday Ticket's out-of-market restriction applies to live games. Once a game is completed, it becomes available as a full replay on Sunday Ticket regardless of market. This doesn't help if you want to watch live, but it's useful for games you miss or want to rewatch.

The NBA's New TV Map

The 2026–27 season is the second year of the NBA's 11-year national media deals, and the landscape still surprises fans who stopped paying attention a few years ago. National games are now split among ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video, with NBA TV filling in the gaps. TNT, which carried the league for more than three decades, is no longer a national partner.

On top of that, your team's local games changed homes for many fans this year. Every game on your team's schedule falls into one of three buckets: a national game that's free over the air, a national game behind a streaming service, or a local game. What you pay depends almost entirely on the mix.

National Games: What's Free and What Isn't

Here's where national NBA games air in 2026–27 and what you need to watch each one:

Network	How to watch	Cost
ABC	Antenna, or any live-TV service with ABC	Free
NBC	Antenna, or any live-TV service with NBC	Free
ESPN	ESPN Unlimited, cable, or a live-TV service	$31.99/mo
Peacock	Peacock Premium (streaming exclusives)	~$11/mo
Prime Video	Included with an Amazon Prime membership	Prime
NBA TV	Cable, live-TV services, or the NBA app	Varies

The free broadcasts on ABC and NBC tend to be the marquee games, so fans of popular teams get more of their schedule for free. Fans of smaller-market teams see fewer national games overall, which means more of the season comes down to local TV.

Local Games: The Biggest Change in Years

FanDuel Sports Network, which carried local games for 13 NBA teams, shut down in April 2026. Its teams had to find new homes, and the trend has been good news for cord-cutters: more local games are free over the air than at any point in the streaming era.

• Free with an antenna: the Hawks (Peachtree Sports Network across Georgia), Pistons (WMYD 20 across Michigan), Heat (WPLG Local 10), Mavericks (KFAA 29, plus the free MavsTV stream), Suns (KTVK 3, plus Suns Live), Trail Blazers (Rip City Television Network), Jazz (KJZZ) and Pelicans (Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network). The Bulls' CHSN is also over the air in parts of the Chicago market.
• Regional networks you can stream without cable: the Lakers (Spectrum SportsNet+), Knicks and Nets (Gotham Sports app), Wizards (Monumental), Nuggets (Altitude+) and Rockets (Space City app).
• Cable or a live-TV service: the Celtics, Warriors, 76ers and Kings stay on their NBC Sports regional networks, carried by YouTube TV, Fubo and DirecTV Stream.

Several former FanDuel teams announced their new local homes late. If your team isn't listed above, check its team page: we update local carriers as deals are confirmed.

Out of Market? That's What League Pass Is For

If you live outside your team's home territory, local broadcasts don't reach you, and NBA League Pass is how you watch. It starts at $109.99 for the season, but it blacks out national games live, so you'll still need ESPN, Peacock and Prime Video for those. Our League Pass guide walks through the blackout rules and who should buy it.

What a Season Actually Costs

Two fans of the same league can have wildly different bills:

An in-market Heat fan in Miami gets local games free on WPLG and ABC/NBC national games free with an antenna. If they already have Amazon Prime, the Prime Video games are covered too. Their only real costs are ESPN and Peacock, and only in the months the Heat play there.

A Lakers fan living in Denver is out of market, so they need League Pass ($109.99) for most games, plus ESPN Unlimited, Peacock and Prime for national games. Keeping all of them for the full season can run $300–$400.

The Month-by-Month Trick

Every streaming service on this list is month to month. You don't need ESPN in a month when your team has no ESPN games, or Peacock in a month with no Peacock games. Subscribing only in the months that matter, and canceling in between, often cuts the national part of the bill in half.

That's exactly what Fan-Wiser does for you. Pick your team and your city, and it maps every game to the channel that carries it, marks what's already free where you live, and shows which services you need in which months.

What League Pass Actually Covers

NBA League Pass is the league's out-of-market streaming package. It carries live games that aren't being shown on local TV where you live and aren't on a national network. For a fan who lives far from their team, it's usually the backbone of the season. For a fan who lives in their team's home market, it often covers far less than they expect.

The reason is blackouts. League Pass has two kinds, and together they decide how many of your team's games you can actually watch live.

The Two Blackouts

• Local blackouts. If you live inside a team's broadcast territory, its games are blacked out on League Pass because a local channel owns those rights. Blacked-out local games become available on League Pass three days after the game.
• National blackouts. Games on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, Prime Video and NBA TV are not available live on League Pass anywhere. They show up as replays after 6:00 a.m. ET the next day.

The NBA's League Pass page has a zip-code checker that shows which teams are blacked out where you live. Territories can be large, and some reach well beyond the team's city.

2026–27 Prices

Plan	What you get	Season price
League Pass	Every out-of-market game, with commercials, on one device	$109.99
League Pass Premium	No commercial breaks (in-arena feed instead), up to 3 devices, offline downloads	$159.99

Both plans include Multiview, which shows up to four games at once. The NBA also sells monthly plans and a single-team Team Pass; check the League Pass page for current pricing on those. Students can save more than 40% with a verified student discount.

Who Should Buy It

Out-of-market fans. If you grew up a Celtics fan and now live in Phoenix, League Pass is the only way to watch most of Boston's games live. At $109.99, that works out to under $2 a game over an 82-game season.

Fans of teams with few national games. The national blackout hurts least when your team rarely plays on national TV. Smaller-market teams can have most of their schedule available on League Pass, while marquee teams lose a large share of games to ESPN, NBC and Prime Video.

Fans of more than one team. If you follow the whole league, the full League Pass beats a Team Pass quickly.

Who Should Skip It

In-market fans. If you live in your team's territory, League Pass blacks out exactly the games you care about. Your local channel is the answer, and for many teams this season that channel is free over the air. Our NBA viewing guide lists where each team's local games air.

Fans of national-TV teams. If your team plays a large share of its games on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock or Prime Video, League Pass covers less of the season. Add up how many games are left after the national ones before you buy.

The Practical Test

The quickest way to decide: count your team's games that are neither local nor national. That number is what League Pass actually gets you. Fan-Wiser does that count for you. Enter your city and team, and it shows how many games League Pass would cover and whether a cheaper combination exists.

Three Layers of NHL Coverage

Watching your NHL team in the US means dealing with three layers. National games air on ESPN, ABC or TNT. Local games air on whatever channel holds your team's regional rights. And if you live outside your team's territory, out-of-market games stream on NHL Power Play in the ESPN app.

The local layer changed more this season than in any year since streaming began, so even longtime fans may need a new plan.

National Games: ESPN, ABC and TNT

Network	How to watch	Cost
ABC	Antenna, or any live-TV service with ABC	Free
ESPN	ESPN Unlimited, cable, or a live-TV service	$31.99/mo
ESPN+ exclusives	ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited; also streams on Hulu and Disney+	Varies
TNT / truTV	HBO Max, cable, or a live-TV service	HBO Max plan

The national deals run through the 2027–28 season, and the Stanley Cup Final alternates between ABC and TNT each year.

Local Games After FanDuel's Exit

FanDuel Sports Network shut down in April 2026, and its NHL teams moved to new homes. Combined with other moves, the result is a patchwork that looks very different from a year ago:

• Free with an antenna: the Predators (81 games on The Spot – Nashville 28), Panthers (The Spot – South Florida 39), Lightning (The Spot – Tampa Bay 66), Golden Knights (Vegas 34), Mammoth (Utah 16), Kraken (KONG), Ducks (KCOP 13 / FOX 11) and, in parts of the market, the Blackhawks (CHSN).
• Included with Amazon Prime in-market: the Stars stream every local game on Prime Video across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Kraken and Ducks games are also on Prime Video for in-market Prime members.
• Team networks on a Prime Video channel: the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild and Blues launched their own networks, on cable and as paid Prime Video channels (about $19.99/mo, or around $99/yr).
• New regional networks: the Red Wings moved to Detroit SportsNet ($19.99/mo to stream), and the Kings to ABTV, with streaming on DAZN.
• Established regional networks: the Bruins (NESN, or NESN 360 to stream), Rangers, Islanders, Devils and Sabres (MSG, or the Gotham Sports app), Penguins (SportsNet Pittsburgh, or SNP 360), Avalanche (Altitude+), Capitals (Monumental), and the Flyers and Sharks (NBC Sports regional networks on cable and live-TV services).

Fans of Canadian Teams

The seven Canadian teams' regional games air on Sportsnet, TSN and RDS, which aren't available in the US. For American fans of the Maple Leafs, Oilers, Canadiens and the rest, those games stream on NHL Power Play instead, since no US local channel holds them.

What a Season Actually Costs

An in-market Predators fan in Nashville gets nearly every local game free over the air and ABC games free too. They need ESPN for ESPN games and HBO Max for TNT games, but only in the months the Predators appear there.

A Bruins fan living in Denver is out of market. NHL Power Play in the ESPN app covers most of Boston's games; ESPN Unlimited adds the ESPN-channel games, and HBO Max covers TNT. Our out-of-market guide explains how to pick the cheapest ESPN plan.

What NHL Power Play Is

NHL Power Play is the league's out-of-market streaming package in the US. It lives inside the ESPN app and carries more than 1,000 out-of-market regular-season games, meaning games that aren't on local TV where you live. Cable and satellite subscribers know the same package as NHL Center Ice.

For the 2026–27 season, Power Play is included with both of ESPN's streaming plans: ESPN Select, the lower-cost plan that carries ESPN+ content, and ESPN Unlimited ($31.99/mo), which adds the ESPN TV channels.

Blackout Territories Are Bigger Than You Think

Power Play blacks out any team whose local broadcast territory includes your location. Those territories are often far larger than the team's city:

• The Hurricanes' territory covers both Carolinas and most of Georgia, so a fan in Atlanta is "in market" for Carolina.
• The Stars' territory covers Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas.
• The Mammoth's territory reaches Arizona, Idaho and New Mexico.
• The Kraken's territory includes Oregon and Alaska.

If you're inside a territory, you need that team's local channel, not Power Play, to watch its games. The good news is that several of those local channels are now free over the air or included with Amazon Prime. Our NHL viewing guide lists each team's local home.

What Power Play Doesn't Include

• TNT and truTV games. These national games stream on HBO Max, not in the ESPN app.
• ESPN and ABC games. National games on the ESPN channel stream in the ESPN app only with ESPN Unlimited (or a TV provider login). ABC games are also free with an antenna.
• Your local team, if you're in market. See the blackouts above.

ESPN+ exclusive national games are included with either ESPN plan, and they also stream on Hulu and Disney+.

ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited?

If you only want out-of-market games and ESPN+ exclusives, ESPN Select is the cheaper way in. Choose ESPN Unlimited if your team has a run of games on the ESPN channel, or if you also want other ESPN programming, like college football or the NBA.

Because both plans are month to month, you can switch between them as your team's schedule changes: Unlimited in a month with several ESPN games, Select the rest of the season.

Fans of Canadian Teams

Regional games for the Maple Leafs, Oilers, Canucks, Flames, Jets, Senators and Canadiens air on Canadian networks that aren't sold in the US. Anywhere in the US, those games are out of market, so Power Play is the main way to follow a Canadian team, along with the national US games on ESPN, ABC and TNT.