Amazon Prime Video to Stream Local Games for Six NHL Teams Starting 2026-27

Amazon Prime Video has secured exclusive local streaming rights for six NHL teams beginning the 2026-27 season, according to reporting by Awful Announcing and Yahoo Sports. The teams are the Carolina Hurricanes (defending Stanley Cup champions), Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and St. Louis Blues.

The deal covers pre- and post-game coverage in addition to live games within each team's regional territory, per Yahoo Sports reporting. Prime Video head of sports partnerships Charlie Neiman said: "We're excited to build upon our strong relationship with the NHL and provide fans with more ways to connect with the local teams they love."

Four of the six teams, Awful Announcing reports, were among 20 NHL and NBA franchises left without local broadcast partners after Main Street Sports Group, which operated regional networks for these clubs, shut down in spring 2026. The Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues received no local media rights payments from Main Street before the shutdown was finalized, per Awful Announcing. In July 2026, those four teams began using the NHL's newly created centralized production arm for their local telecasts.

The Stars and Ducks came to Prime Video from a different trajectory. Both had been with Victory+, the free, ad-supported local streamer that dissolved this week after losing rights partners including the Texas Rangers and the NWSL, according to Awful Announcing. The Ducks left Victory+ in July with two years still remaining on their agreement and had been exploring an expanded over-the-air arrangement with their local Fox affiliate, which already carried up to 65 Ducks games a season. The Stars co-founded Victory+ and held an equity stake in the platform; Awful Announcing reports the team was exploring a Prime Video move just days before Victory+ shut down.

Prime Video already carries the Seattle Kraken's local broadcasts and holds a broad portfolio that includes MLB, NBA, WNBA, and NWSL local packages, along with distribution deals for regional networks including MSG, NESN, SNY, and YES, per Awful Announcing. In late July, Prime Video also signed a separate 12-year agreement with Rogers Communications, making it the exclusive home of Wednesday night national NHL games in Canada.

NHL chief media officer David Proper said: "Fans want an easy way to find and follow their favorite teams, and this agreement with Prime Video gives Clubs the flexibility to meet that demand as the market evolves," per Awful Announcing reporting. The statement reflects the league's stated position, reported by Awful Announcing, that it has no interest in building a centralized local streaming hub the way MLB and the NBA were pursuing. Awful Announcing notes that both MLB and the NBA have settled on centralized packages of local rights to sell to a single streamer, based on the theory that aggregating rights generates more revenue than individual teams selling their own broadcasts.