Five exclusive NHL games this week on ABC and ESPN

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Five exclusive NHL games this week on ABC and ESPN

ESPN
23 Feb 2026, 19:45 GMT+

The NHL season resumes this week following the Olympic Winter Games break with five exclusive games across ABC and ESPN. The puck drops Thursday, Feb. 26, with an ESPN doubleheader beginning with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers with recent Olympic Gold medal winners Vincent Trocheck and J.T. Miller coached by Mike Sullivan, face off in prime time at 8 p.m. ET. Later at 10:30 p.m., the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid, just coming off an Olympic MVP win, take on the Los Angeles Kings in a first-round rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.

ABC Hockey Saturday returns with a stacked Eastern Conference slate, beginning with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby taking on the Rangers at 12:30 p.m., followed by the Boston Bruins and Olympic Gold medal-winning defenseman Charlie McAvoy facing Travis Konecny and the Philadelphia Flyers at 3 p.m.

Exclusive game action continues Sunday at 6:30 p.m. with Florida Panthers and recent Olympic Gold recipient Matthew Tkachuk taking on the New York Islanders and Bo Horvat for an Eastern Conference matchup on ESPN.

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Exclusive NHL games on ABC and ESPN this week:

*Please note commentator assignments may be subject to change.

NHL Power Play on ESPN+ (Out-of-Market Games on ESPN+)
In addition to 48 exclusive games on ESPN+/Hulu, more than 1,050 out-of-market games will be available through NHL Power Play on the ESPN App - available to all ESPN DTC subscribers - throughout the season.

NHL Power Play games include the choice of two separate live streams with either home team or away team commentary, as well as Canadian national presentations of Hockey Night in Canada, providing a local experience for fans no matter where they are in the U.S. Replays of every NHL regular season and playoff game on ABC, ESPN, NHL Network and TNT are also made available to stream on NHL Power Play on ESPN+. To sign up or authenticate your eligible Pay TV subscription, visit stream.espn.com/nhl.