How to watch Blues coverage in Cali?
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How to watch Blues coverage in Cali?
I saw fanduel way to get The Blues unfortunately I can only get Kings/Ducks game here. I do have ESPN+ and NHL66 doesn't seem to work any more, I don't mind paying just need my fix. Any help appreciated.
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Re: How to watch Blues coverage in Cali?
ESPN and ESPN+ will have a lot of them.The NHL Network will have a fe and some other streaming platforms will have a few as well.
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I live in SoCal and in the LA TV market and have had the NHL network at home (~ $80 per year) and espn+ for home and when I travel for work. Not sure I ever missed a Blues game I had time to watch.Harry York 37 wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 22:24 pmESPN and ESPN+ will have a lot of them.The NHL Network will have a fe and some other streaming platforms will have a few as well.
This doesn’t work for preseason games as those are just available in the STL area.
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We have ESPN+ as an add on to Hulu and it shows out of market games. You can pick from both teams broadcast.
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This is what I’m doing also. I’ve only missed 1 preseason game but I’m pretty sure that game was only streaming on the blues app.Tony Palazzolo wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 08:32 am We have ESPN+ as an add on to Hulu and it shows out of market games. You can pick from both teams broadcast.
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I get to watch about 85% of the Blackhawk games with ESPN+ (living in St. Louis)
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prolly need a vpn app
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ESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
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I have the same thing here in the northwoods of WI. I cannot get any Blues games when they play the Wild.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:11 amESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
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Love that area up there! And the north shore part of MN. My wife keeps suggesting we move to Duluth but I keep reminding her we tend to only go up there in summer. I’ll have to take her up there for a Bulldogs game this winter so she can see how freaking cold it is then and then maybe she’ll change her mind lol.wiscrev wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:14 amI have the same thing here in the northwoods of WI. I cannot get any Blues games when they play the Wild.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:11 amESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
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San Diego here- my preferred interface starting this year is now HULU.
Why over ESPN+?
ESPN + recently changed the responsiveness on fast forward / rewind that makes it nearly impossible to land where you want in between breaks. 1X is comically too slow and 2x is way too fast, and thus no control of where you want to que the feed to get through breaks and whistles.
HULU (hosts the same ESPN + content since both owned by Disney) has a totally different UI for forwarding through content that is much better IMO.
My second gripe is - literally in San Diego both Anaheim AND Kings games are blacked out. So in that case its either a NHL66 + VPN (Set to somewhere in Europe) for the best quality and ability to watch on demand or OnHockey.TV which is lower resolution but requires no VPN but must be started during the game you cant watch a game after it has ended.
Why over ESPN+?
ESPN + recently changed the responsiveness on fast forward / rewind that makes it nearly impossible to land where you want in between breaks. 1X is comically too slow and 2x is way too fast, and thus no control of where you want to que the feed to get through breaks and whistles.
HULU (hosts the same ESPN + content since both owned by Disney) has a totally different UI for forwarding through content that is much better IMO.
My second gripe is - literally in San Diego both Anaheim AND Kings games are blacked out. So in that case its either a NHL66 + VPN (Set to somewhere in Europe) for the best quality and ability to watch on demand or OnHockey.TV which is lower resolution but requires no VPN but must be started during the game you cant watch a game after it has ended.
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Yes. I say ESPN+ as they’re the actual provider but agree Hulu has the better interface so I always actually use the Hulu app as well.taynos wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 10:12 am San Diego here- my preferred interface starting this year is now HULU.
Why over ESPN+?
ESPN + recently changed the responsiveness on fast forward / rewind that makes it nearly impossible to land where you want in between breaks. 1X is comically too slow and 2x is way too fast, and thus no control of where you want to que the feed to get through breaks and whistles.
HULU (hosts the same ESPN + content since both owned by Disney) has a totally different UI for forwarding through content that is much better IMO.
My second gripe is - literally in San Diego both Anaheim AND Kings games are blacked out. So in that case its either a NHL66 + VPN (Set to somewhere in Europe) for the best quality and ability to watch on demand or OnHockey.TV which is lower resolution but requires no VPN but must be started during the game you cant watch a game after it has ended.
Besides those options you mentioned, try crackstreams. That worked well for me for preseason games.
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I'm currently on my way to MN this morning. Corporate office is there. So I'm desperately hoping my Hilton is carrying the local MN feed. Otherwise I'll have to VPN it on my laptop.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:11 amESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
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Just call or message them and ask if they have FanDualSports-North in the rooms. I bet they do but perhaps not.somni wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 10:41 amI'm currently on my way to MN this morning. Corporate office is there. So I'm desperately hoping my Hilton is carrying the local MN feed. Otherwise I'll have to VPN it on my laptop.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:11 amESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
If not, there will be 100 bars within walking distance that will carry the game. This is Minnesota after all! Hockey is king here.
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Been to the Minneapolis area many times, staying in different areas in different hotels, you should have no problem seeing the Wild broadcast on your hotel TV.somni wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 10:41 amI'm currently on my way to MN this morning. Corporate office is there. So I'm desperately hoping my Hilton is carrying the local MN feed. Otherwise I'll have to VPN it on my laptop.STL fan in MN wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025 09:11 amESPN+ should get you every game other than when they’re playing the Kings or Ducks (because you’re in their viewing area) except for the ones on National TV. For that you’d obviously need TNT or ABC but those are rare.
For me, the only games I have to worry about are the ones against the Wild as I don’t bother to pay for FanDual Sports North. And it’s really just the games against the Wild that are in STL. If the game is here, I’ll just attend it in person. Which means I need to find an alternative for the season opener this season..
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If you are in San Bernardino County, you are screwed for all Vegas Knights games. You can either find a sports bar across the line into LA or Orange County or... pay 80 bucks for Knighttime for those three games. You will be blacked out as San Bernardino with all its giant mountains and Joshua Tree and Palm Springs, touches Clark County Nevada, which is over 200 miles away from my home.