Where can I watch the Stanley Cup playoffs? When is the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Final? Maybe you're just wondering how to watch the Stanley Cup playoffs and NHL hockey in 2024? Well, you've come to the right place. Watch NHL hockey and the Stanley Cup playoffs on ABC and the ABC app as the quest for the Stanley Cup begins with the top playoff games headed your way on ABC where the Stanley Cup Final will air LIVE in 2024. In what's sure to be a series of thrilling battles between the NHL's elite teams, you can watch every moment of the games airing on ABC live on the ABC app from your smartphone and tablet (iOS and Android), computer on ABC.com and connected devices (Roku, AppleTV and Amazon Fire TV). Just sign in, select your TV provider and WATCH! Go to the menu and select "LIVE" to sign in, select your TV provider and WATCH! SIGN IN NOW to WATCH the Stanley Cup playoffs Online and all the action come face-off! The 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs LIVE* on ABC ends when there's one team left standing on the ice. See the schedule of games on ABC leading up to the Stanley Cup playoffs:

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

NEW YORK ISLANDERS @ NEW YORK RANGERS 12:25 PM ET/9:25 AM PT

SEATTLE KRAKEN @ DALLAS STARS 3 ET/12 PT

BOSTON BRUINS @ PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 8 ET/5 PT

WATCH LIVE SPORTS IN THE ABC LIVESTREAM HERE

In 2021, The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and the National Hockey League reached a historic and innovative seven-year television, streaming and media rights deal, taking the new partnership from the beginning of the 2021-22 season through the 2027-28 season.

The new deal is highlighted by: exclusive coverage of the Stanley Cup Final on ABC in four of the seven years of the agreement, with the ability to simulcast/megacast on ESPN+ and additional ESPN networks; the return of live NHL action to ESPN networks with 100 exclusive national regular-season games across ESPN, ESPN+, ABC and Hulu; 2024 NHL All-Star Skills February 2 on ESPN and NHL All-Star Game February 3 on ABC and ESPN+; the Stanley Cup Final returns to The Walt Disney Company to close out the season.

The NHL debuted on ESPN on Dec. 19, 1979, only about three months after the network went on air. ESPN's coverage recorded milestones both on and off the ice the first nine seasons, including being the first U.S. network to produce an NHL All-Star Game in 1986. After a four-year absence, the league returned to the network in 1992 and aired for the first time on ESPN2 the following season, days after the channel's debut. In the years that followed, the NHL played a key role in the expansion of ESPN2, leading to ESPN and ESPN2 celebrating their 1,000th NHL telecast on March 8, 1998. Over the years, ESPN introduced its innovative production elements to hockey coverage including, electronic cut-ins (1980), MaskCam (1998), SkyCam (1998) and more. The network's last TV rights deal with the league concluded in 2005. Live games and a daily studio show returned to ESPN+ in 2018.

* The ABC live stream requires a participating TV provider account. Show and episode availability are subject to change.

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