How this match is broadcast across different countries.
Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers is a NHL ice hockey fixture scheduled for Tuesday, 29 September 2026 at 21:10 UTC. The NHL is United States's headline ice hockey competition and pulls a global audience of fans tracking results, table positions and qualification storylines. NHL games are played over three 20-minute periods, with sudden-death overtime and a shootout used to break ties in the regular season. Allow around two and a half hours for the full broadcast, including pre-match analysis and post-match reaction. The match is scheduled and broadcasters will confirm their final channel allocations closer to kick-off.
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If you are watching from United States, your options for Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers are ABC, ESPN and ESPN Select.
Free-to-air viewers in United States can watch on ABC without paying anything — this is the cheapest legal route to live coverage and you only need a free account on the broadcaster's site or app.
Pay-TV subscribers should check ESPN, ESPN Select, TNT, TBS and HBO MAX for the live channel — typically added through a cable, satellite or IPTV package.
Always cross-check the match start time in your local timezone, since broadcasters list the kick-off in their own market's time and coverage often begins 15-30 minutes before the first whistle.
The NHL is the premier ice hockey league in North America, contested by 32 franchises across the Eastern and Western Conferences. After an 82-game regular season, 16 teams enter the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a four-round best-of-seven knockout that decides the champion in June. Matches like Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers can move table positions, decide qualification places and shape end-of-season storylines, which is why broadcaster coverage tends to grow as the campaign progresses.
