• St. Louis Blues Open Season at Seattle Kraken at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+
• The Florida Panthers raise the championship banner in their season opener against the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN+
• The Utah Hockey Club makes its franchise debut, hosting the Chicago Blackhawks and Connor Bedard at 10 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN+
• The Point Returns Tuesday at 4 p.m. Live from Salt Lake City on ESPN and ESPN+
• Exclusive game action continues October 10 with an ESPN+/Hulu doubleheader featuring the Dallas Stars at the Nashville Predators and the St. Louis Blues at the San Jose Sharks; Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes on October 11th on ESPN+/Hulu
• 34 NHL Power Play games will stream on ESPN+ this week, including Utah Hockey Club

The puck drops on Tuesday for the 2024-25 NHL season, with a tripleheader faceoff on opening night, exclusively on ESPN and ESPN+.

The St. Louis Blues and newly signed forward Dylan Holloway look to make a splash in the season opener when they travel to Climate Pledge Arena to face the Seattle Kraken and center Matty Beniers, who signed a seven-year contract extension this offseason . and new addition Chandler Stephenson at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, featuring Sam Reinhart and Selke Trophy winner Aleksander Barkov, host the Boston Bruins and David Pastrnak in a second-round playoff rematch at 7 p.m. after being eliminated by the Panthers in the previous two postseasons . Prior to the game, the Panthers will see their first championship banner raised at Amerant Bank Arena as part of the Stanley Cup Banner Ceremony.

Then at 10 p.m., the Utah Hockey Club’s highly anticipated debut will take place in front of the home crowd at the Delta Center, with Logan Cooley and newly signed defenseman Mikhail Sergachev taking on the Chicago Blackhawks and last year’s Calder Memorial Trophy winner Connor Bedard – at the end of the evening.

First time for ESPN, analyst Ray Ferraro will be in action for two games on opening night, starting with the Blues-Kraken, then traveling to the nightcap game to call the Blackhawks at Utah Hockey Club.

ESPN’s NHL studio show, The pointreturns Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+, ahead of the season-opening tripleheader. Steve Levy hosts this week’s show live from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City by a Matchday-Style atmosphere and is accompanied by analysts Mark Messier And PK Subban. The interviews also include the NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and owner of the Utah Hockey Club Ryan Smith. The weekly studio show will once again feature ESPN’s live coverage of NHL games, including in-depth analysis of key matchups, league trends, dynamic features and hockey lifestyle coverage.

All episodes of The point will be simulcast live on ESPN+ and available for on-demand viewing.

On Thursday, October 10, former Lightning captain Steven Stamkos and 2023 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Marchessault make their Nashville Predators debuts in the first ESPN+/Hulu exclusive games of the season when they take on the Nashville Predators at 8 p.m Watch the Dallas Stars and Jason Robertson host ET. At 10:30 p.m., 2024 No. 1 draft pick Macklin Celebrini will make his debut with the San Jose Sharks when they host the Blues and new defenseman Philip Broberg at SAP Center.

Exclusive NHL games this week on ESPN and ESPN+/Hulu:

*Please note that commenter assignments are subject to change.

NHL Power Play on ESPN+ (Out-of-Market Games on ESPN+)
In addition to 50 exclusive games on ESPN+/Hulu, more than 1,050 out-of-market games will be available via NHL Power Play on ESPN+ – included with all ESPN+ subscriptions – all season long.

NHL Power Play games include a choice of two separate live streams with home or away commentary and Canadian national presentations Hockey night in Canadathat offers fans a local experience no matter where they are in the United States. Replays of all NHL regular season and playoff games on ABC, ESPN, NHL Network and TNT can also be streamed on NHL Power Play on ESPN+. To sign up, visit ESPNPlus.com.

NHL digital content on ESPN.com and the ESPN app
Visit ESPN.com/NHL or the ESPN app for the latest NHL news, information and analysis, including premium editorial content from ESPN senior NHL writer Greg Wyshynski, exclusively for ESPN+ subscribers.

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