The Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers, two teams you will not see on the NHL Network this pre-season. USA TODAY Sports
The NHL pre-season is the first taste of hockey for famished fans of the sport. The games may not matter but don’t tell that to the fans. After the long summer, hockey on TV is as valuable to fans as a water bottle is to a teenage girl irresponsibly rolling her face off at a Bassnectar concert. For those who cannot wait until the season kicks off in October, the NHL Network has you covered….well sort of.
The chances of finding a Panthers game televised on the NHL Network are akin to the chances of you going to a bar in sweatpants and having a girl walk up to you and hand you her number. In other words, it ain’t gonna happen. If your a Canucks fan your in luck, Vancouver for some reason is involved in six of the 22 pre-season games aired. Not that I would ever complain about the Panthers not getting any national TV love….but anyway, I’ll stop b****ing, here is the NHL Network’s pre-season TV schedule:
| Date | Time | Matchup |
| Sept. 14 | 7 p.m. ET | Washington vs. Winnipeg |
| Sept. 15 | 6 p.m. ET | Pittsburgh vs. Columbus |
| Sept. 16 | 7 p.m. ET | Boston vs. Montreal |
| Sept. 16 | 10 p.m. ET | San Jose vs. Vancouver |
| Sept. 17 | 7 p.m. ET | NY Rangers vs. Philadelphia |
| Sept. 18 | 10 p.m. ET | Edmonton vs. Vancouver |
| Sept. 19 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Toronto vs. Ottawa |
| Sept. 20 | 7 p.m. ET | Chicago vs. Washington |
| Sept. 21 | 4 p.m. ET | Columbus vs. Pittsburgh |
| Sept. 21 | 7 p.m. ET | Toronto vs. Buffalo |
| Sept. 21 | 10 p.m. ET | Vancouver vs. Edmonton |
| Sept. 22 | 5 p.m. ET | Chicago vs. Detroit |
| Sept. 23 | 7 p.m. ET | Washington vs. Boston |
| Sept. 23 | 10 p.m. ET | Phoenix vs. Vancouver |
| Sept. 24 | 7 p.m. ET | New Jersey vs. Philadelphia |
| Sept. 24 | 10:30 p.m. ET | Vancouver vs. San Jose |
| Sept. 25 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Pittsburgh vs. Detroit |
| Sept. 26 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Boston vs. Winnipeg |
| Sept. 26 | 10 p.m. ET | NY Rangers vs. Vancouver |
| Sept. 27 | 7 p.m. ET | Philadelphia vs. Washington |
| Sept. 27 | 10:30 p.m. ET | NY Rangers vs. Los Angeles |
| Sept. 28 | 7 p.m. ET | Detroit vs. Toronto |