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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lighting open the National Hockey League's regular season at 7:30 PM ET on Tuesday, October 12 with the first nationally televised NHL game on ESPN since 2004.
ESPN will kick off their national coverage with play-by-play broadcaster, Sean McDonough, color analyst, Ray Ferraro, and reporter, Emily Kaplin on the call. Tuesday's game is the first of four exclusive nationally televised Penguins' games this season on ESPN/ABC.

Penguins fans will be able to watch 69 of the 82 regular-season games on AT&T SportsNet, beginning on Thursday, October 14 in Florida against the Panthers, while the remaining 13 games will be televised nationally on either ABC (three games), ESPN (one game), ESPN+/Hulu (four games) and TNT (five games). Fans can find regional AT&T provider information, as well as other how-to-watch information,
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Pittsburgh's four games on ESPN+ and Hulu are streamed exclusively on the platforms, and therefore are not available on linear television. Below is the list of the Penguins exclusive ESPN+ and Hulu games:
| Friday, December 10 | at Washington | 7:00 PM | | Thursday, January 6 | at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | | Thursday, April 7 | at NY Rangers | 7:00 PM | | Tuesday, April 26 | EDMONTON | 7:00 PM | | Day/Date | Opponent | Time | | --- | --- | --- |
Fans who wish to watch these games should subscribe to ESPN+, which costs $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year to get access to more than 1,000 out-of-market games, 75 exclusive national regular season games and also has thousands of other live sports events and shows. Previously, the NHL.TV package was $24.99 a month and no longer exists.
Fans can listen to all Penguins games on the radio on the club's flagship station, 105.9 'The X' and the Penguins Radio Network.
Below is the remining list of Pittsburgh's nationally televised games:
Pittsburgh Penguins' 2021-22 Exclusive National TV Appearances

ESPN

| Tuesday, October 12* | at Tampa Bay | 7:30 PM | | Day/Date | Opponent | Time | | --- | --- | --- |
*Also simulcast on ESPN+

ABC*

| Saturday, February 26 | NY RANGERS | 3:00 PM | | Saturday, April 2 | at Colorado | 3:00 PM | | Saturday, April 9 | WASHINGTON | 3:00 PM | | Day/Date | Opponent | Time | | --- | --- | --- |
*All ABC games will be simulcast on ESPN+

NHL on TNT

| Wednesday, December 1 | at Edmonton | 10:00 PM | | Wednesday, January 5 | ST. LOUIS | 7:30 PM | | Wednesday, March 23 | at Buffalo | 7:30 PM | | Sunday, April 10 | NASHVILLE | 4:00 PM | | Sunday, April 24 | at Philadelphia | 4:00 PM | | Day/Date | Opponent | Time | | --- | --- | --- |