Sportsnet has laid out its national broadcast plan for the 2026-27 season, and that gives Flames fans a clearer picture of what it’ll take to follow every game from home.
The biggest chunk of Calgary’s schedule will still live on Sportsnet TV channels and Sportsnet+, with 21 Flames games set for Saturday Night Hockey. That package includes all four matchups with the Vancouver Canucks, and it also covers the final regular-season game at the Saddledome on Apr. 10.
There’s also a new national streaming wrinkle this season: Monday Night Hockey. Those games won’t be on TV at all.
They’ll be available only on Sportsnet+, and the Flames have eight of them. If you already get Sportsnet+ directly, or through TV with Rogers or Shaw, you’ll have access automatically.
If your Sportsnet comes through another TV provider, you’ll need an extra upgrade subscription that costs $12.99 per month.
For fans in the Flames’ broadcast region, the regional side of the schedule remains straightforward enough. With Sportsnet channels or Sportsnet+, you’ll be able to watch 51 regional Flames broadcasts.
One more piece of the puzzle sits outside Sportsnet altogether. The source material indicates there are national streamed games on Amazon Prime, though it does not provide the full details here.
So if the goal is to catch every Flames game with the fewest subscriptions possible, the answer is two: Sportsnet+ and Amazon Prime.
There’s a catch, though. Sportsnet+ isn’t available on every smart TV the way Amazon Prime is, so if you want the cleanest setup on the big screen, you may end up needing a Sportsnet TV subscription and an Amazon subscription, then relying on Sportsnet+ through the app for those eight Monday night games. Otherwise, it could mean some laptop-to-TV improvisation with an HDMI cord.
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