Minnesota Wild Hockey Broadcast Rights & Regional Blackout Guide (2026–27 Wild Season)
Following the Minnesota Wild regular season across the United States requires understanding how NHL broadcast territory rights are split between regional sports networks and national streaming partners. For Minnesota Wild fans, games are divided across FanDuel Sports North, ESPN+, ESPN/ABC, TNT, and NHL Network.
Regional Minnesota Wild Games (FanDuel Sports North)
FanDuel Sports North holds the official in-market regional broadcast rights for the Minnesota Wild (70 regular-season games) across Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota & South Dakota. If your US ZIP code falls inside the Minnesota Wild local broadcast territory, regional games are blacked out on ESPN+ and must be watched via FanDuel Sports North.
If you live outside the Minnesota Wild local broadcast territory in the US, regional Wild games stream live on ESPN+ (unless the Minnesota Wild are playing an opponent whose local broadcast territory includes your ZIP code).
National Wild Games (ESPN, ABC, TNT & NHL Network)
When the Minnesota Wild are selected for an exclusive national US broadcast on ESPN, TNT, or NHL Network (16 games), the broadcast is blacked out on ESPN+ nationwide unless simulcast on ABC/ESPN+.
Viewers both in-market and out-of-market need access to the designated national television channel or streaming tier (such as Max for TNT simulcasts) to watch these national exclusives.