Sportsnet has mapped out the Calgary Flames’ 2026-27 broadcast slate, and now the channel-by-channel picture is clear.
For fans in the Flames’ region, the big takeaway is simple: most games still live on Sportsnet West, but there’s a mix of national TV, national streaming, Amazon’s Wednesday package and a single oddball regional streaming game. Sportsnet also confirmed the crew for regional telecasts: Brendan Parker returns as host, Jon Abbott is back on play-by-play, and Kevin Sawyer joins the booth after working TSN’s Winnipeg Jets broadcasts in recent years. Sawyer, of course, is also remembered for his role in a wild line brawl at the end of a game between the Flames and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim back in 2001-02.
Saturday games are the easiest to track. All Flames Saturday matchups fall under Sportsnet’s national window and are available across Canada, with nearly all of them airing on Sportsnet West. Of the 21 Saturday national games, 20 are on Sportsnet West and one lands on Sportsnet One.
Those Sportsnet West Saturday games are Oct. 3 at Vancouver, Oct. 10 vs. Anaheim, Oct. 24 vs.
Detroit, Oct. 31 at Colorado, Nov. 14 at Los Angeles, Nov. 21 vs. Chicago, Nov. 28 at NY Rangers, Dec. 5 vs.
Washington, Dec. 19 at Florida, Dec. 26 vs. Vancouver, Jan. 2 at Winnipeg, Jan. 16 vs.
Los Angeles, Jan. 23 at Montreal, Jan. 30 vs. New Jersey, Feb. 13 at Vegas, Feb. 27 at Vancouver, Mar. 13 at Boston, Mar. 27 vs.
Vegas, Apr. 3 at Nashville and Apr. 10 vs. Vancouver.
The lone exception is Jan. 9 vs. Tampa Bay, which is on Sportsnet One.
The Nov. 21 game against Chicago also appears on Sportsnet One.
Mondays bring a new streaming-only national package on Sportsnet+. The Flames have eight of those games: Oct. 26 vs.
Toronto, Nov. 2 at San Jose, Nov. 23 at Ottawa, Jan. 18 at Chicago, Feb. 1 vs. Vegas, Feb. 15 at Los Angeles, Mar. 15 vs.
Nashville and Apr. 5 at Edmonton. These games are available nationally through Sportsnet+, and access depends on how you subscribe: direct Sportsnet+ customers and customers who get TV through Rogers or Shaw are covered, while those who subscribe through other providers need a subscription upgrade.
Wednesdays now belong to Amazon Prime’s Wednesday Night Hockey package, and the Flames have four games there: Oct. 28 at Edmonton, Nov. 11 vs. NY Rangers, Feb. 24 at Utah and Mar. 3 vs. Edmonton.
The rest of the schedule falls into the regional TV bucket on Sportsnet West, with blackouts outside the Flames’ broadcast area. Sportsnet lists 50 regional TV games in all, and 40 of them are on Sportsnet West: Oct. 1 vs.
Seattle, Oct. 4 at Seattle, Oct. 8 vs. Colorado, Oct. 13 at Anaheim, Oct. 18 vs.
Carolina, Oct. 30 vs. Seattle, Nov. 4 at Seattle, Nov. 6 vs.
Anaheim, Nov. 8 vs. Philadelphia, Nov. 17 at San Jose, Nov. 25 at Pittsburgh, Nov. 27 at New Jersey, Dec. 1 at Detroit, Dec. 8 vs.
Nashville, Dec. 11 at Philadelphia, Dec. 15 at Buffalo, Dec. 17 at Tampa Bay, Dec. 22 at Dallas, Dec. 29 vs. San Jose, Dec. 31 vs.
Winnipeg, Jan. 3 at St. Louis, Jan. 12 vs.
Columbus, Jan. 14 vs. San Jose, Jan. 21 at Columbus, Jan. 26 at Toronto, Jan. 28 vs.
Montreal, Feb. 3 vs. Utah, Feb. 19 vs.
Pittsburgh, Feb. 21 vs. Ottawa, Mar. 5 vs.
Chicago, Mar. 7 at Winnipeg, Mar. 9 at Washington, Mar. 12 at Carolina, Mar. 17 vs. Dallas, Mar. 19 at Minnesota, Mar. 21 vs.
St. Louis, Mar. 23 vs.
Edmonton, Mar. 30 at Dallas, Apr. 1 at St. Louis and Apr. 8 vs.
Colorado.
The other 10 regional TV games are on Sportsnet One: Oct. 15 at Vegas, Oct. 22 vs. Minnesota, Nov. 15 at Anaheim, Nov. 19 vs.
Minnesota, Dec. 3 vs. Buffalo, Dec. 10 at NY Islanders, Jan. 5 vs.
Florida, Jan. 7 vs. NY Islanders, Feb. 12 at Utah and Mar. 25 vs.
Los Angeles.
There’s also one regional streaming wrinkle. On Feb. 17 vs.
Boston, the Flames game will be on Sportsnet+ because the Oilers are on Sportsnet West at the same time, and Sportsnet cannot move that Wednesday game to Sportsnet One because of Amazon’s national window. That game will be available to TV subscribers without any extra subscription.
Because Calgary and Edmonton share the same broadcast region in Alberta, Sportsnet has to juggle channel assignments whenever the two teams overlap. The network says the Sportsnet One shifts are fairly balanced between the two clubs, and the same idea applies to the streaming-only regional switch.
If you’re keeping it as simple as possible and living in the Flames’ broadcast region, Sportsnet West gets you 60 Flames games. The other 24 are split into 11 on Sportsnet One, nine on Sportsnet+ and four on Amazon Prime. Sportsnet’s TV coverage starts Oct. 1 at home against Seattle, while every Flames game will also be on QR Calgary on radio, beginning with the preseason opener on Sunday at home against Seattle.
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