Sources: where our TV channel and blackout data comes from

In short

• Games, times and TV channels: ESPN's public scoreboards, refreshed about every hour (about every minute while games are live). For NHL games we also use NHL.com's own per-game broadcaster list.
• Team TV deals (local channel, team streaming app): team, league and broadcaster pages where they exist (NHL: NHL.com's 2026-27 club schedules), otherwise press reports and guides labeled "secondary". Partners that carry only some games are never shown as tonight's channel. If we can't confirm a team's local channel, game cards say "Local TV not confirmed" instead of guessing.
• "Free with antenna": only for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, and for stations a source names for that team (listed in the table below with the page that names them).
• Prices: the provider's own page, with the date we checked.
• Official-source check (2026-10-20): a local partner, team stream or NHL streaming price is marked confirmed only when the league, the team or the broadcaster itself names it on a page we read. Everything else says "not confirmed" and lists the official pages we checked.
• Blackouts by ZIP: your ZIP is matched to a county and TV market using public Census and county lists. For NHL teams we use NHL.com's own ZIP lookup. League territories don't always match TV markets, so when we're unsure we say "may be blacked out" and why.
• Not covered yet: which Sunday afternoon NFL game your local CBS or FOX station shows (we link to 506sports.com maps), and Canadian teams' US territories.

See a mistake? Email hello@wheresthegametonight.com with the game or team and your ZIP code.