How to watch NHL in the UK

NHL ice hockey is easier to watch in the UK with BT Sport showing two live games a week. Here we explain how to watch NHL in the UK.

It’s fairly easy to watch American sports like NFL and NBA in the UK, but ice hockey is normally a different story. Luckily, you can now live stream games on BT Sport or other methods and we’ve got all the details.

NHL on BT Sport

As of 2020, BT Sport is showing two NHL games a week, which is great news in terms of getting easy access to ice hockey in the UK. There are various ways to get BT Sports including on Sky, with BT Broadband and the new Monthly Pass.

Here are the NHL games being shown live on BT Sport channels in February. All times are GMT and the latter team is the one playing at home.

• Sun 2 Feb - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals - 17:30 - BT Sport 2
• Wed 5 Feb - Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins - 00:00 - BT Sport 1
• Sun 9 Feb - Boston Bruins vs Detroit Red Wings - 17:30 - BT Sport ESPN
• Fri 14 Feb - Edmonton Oilers vs Tampa Bay Lightning - 00:00 - BT Sport 1
• Sun 16 Feb - Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers - 20:30 - BT Sport 3
• Thu 20 Feb - Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers - 01:30 - BT Sport 2
• Sun 23 Feb - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals - 17:00 - BT Sport 2
• Wed 26 Feb - New York Rangers vs New York Islanders - 00:00 - BT Sport 3

NHL on Premier Sport

As well as BT Sport, you can watch some games on Premier Sports. The channel and its sister channel, FreeSports, will show up to 15 games per week.

If you’re a Sky customer then you can get it for £11.99 per month, while Virgin subscribers get it at £9.99. Subscribe to Premier Sport here.

You can check the full NHL schedule on Premier Sports here.

NHL on NHL.tv

The NHL has an official streaming service called NHL.tv, but unlike the NFL Game Pass, it’s not available in the UK.

You could sign up, but you’ll need a VPN in order to access live streams. We recommend NordVPN and you can read our guide to VPNs here if they’re new to you.

The app is available on Apple, Android, Xbox, PlayStation, Roku and more.

NHL.tv normally costs $115.99 for a Single Team Pass or $144.99 if you want the All Access Pass. However, now the season is well underway, you can get it for $69.99 following a free trial.