Amazon Prime Video is getting a bigger slice of NHL action in Canada, and Wednesday nights are now part of the package.
On Tuesday, Amazon and Rogers announced a sublicensing agreement that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to Wednesday night NHL games, along with two first-round playoff series and one second-round playoff series in both languages. The deal runs for 12 years and matches the agreement Rogers announced with the NHL that begins this coming season.
At minimum, Amazon will carry 26 regular-season NHL games, and several Canadiens games are included. Montreal is scheduled for seven Wednesday night games next season, all with 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. starts, plus three more Wednesday late-night games against western teams. La Presse reported last week that seven Canadiens regular-season games would be part of Amazon’s package.
The financial terms were not disclosed.
For Canadiens fans, the playoff picture appears unlikely to shift much onto Amazon exclusively. A source within Rogers, speaking on condition of not being named, said Sportsnet will get the first three picks of first-round playoff series, with Amazon selecting fourth and fifth.
In the second round, Sportsnet gets the first two picks and Amazon the third. Only a handful of times has the postseason featured more than three first-round series or more than two second-round series with at least one Canadian team, though both happened in the 2025 playoffs.
Amazon said it will announce production details later.
The move also helps fill out the Canadiens’ French-language schedule for next season, the first under the NHL’s 84-game format. With 45 regional games already set for RDS under a multi-year deal announced last year, 32 Canadiens games remain unaccounted for in French. La Presse reported TVA would air all 32, and that an announcement was expected soon.
Amazon has already been in the NHL business on Monday nights in English for the past two seasons through a previous sublicensing arrangement with Rogers.
In English, TSN holds the Canadiens’ regional rights for 50 regular-season games per season. The other 34 national games will be split between Rogers and Amazon, along with the playoffs. Rogers also announced last month that it has ended its partnership with CBC for Saturday night and playoff broadcasts on the national network.
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