The Calgary Flames are carrying a three-game winning streak into tonight’s home date with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and they’ll have a chance to push it to four against a Toronto team that has won four in a row of its own.
It should be one of the NHL’s better matchups on paper, with Auston Matthews and the Leafs coming in hot. But good luck finding it on a normal TV channel. Unless you’re a Rogers Xfinity TV customer with Sportsnet, this one won’t be on Sportsnet West.
Instead, the Flames and Leafs will be part of Sportsnet’s new “Monday Night Hockey” package, which means the game is being streamed on Sportsnet+ at an added cost.
The game is set for 6:30 PM MT at the Saddledome, and the Flames pointed fans toward Sportsnet+ and QR Calgary when they announced the matchup on social media.
For viewers who already have Sportsnet+, the process is simple: log in and watch. Rogers Xfinity TV customers with Sportsnet can do the same.
Everyone else will need to subscribe to Sportsnet+ to get access. The service is listed at $12.99 per month for fans who don’t have cable television, while the standalone no-cable option is $34.99 per month or $269.99 per year.
Sportsnet said in a statement to Offside that it is working with other Canadian distribution partners to provide TV subscribers with more ways to access Sportsnet+.
Tonight’s meeting with Toronto is the first of eight Flames games that will appear on Sportsnet+ during the 2026-27 season. Calgary will have two more of those games in November.
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