are NHL games on TNT supposed to be blacked out?

[Jim S.]

I don't remember it being so last season, but this Wednesday's game is listed as unavailable for me on Dish.

 

[NYDutch]

I don't remember it being so last season, but this Wednesday's game is listed as unavailable for me on Dish.

The league determines the blackouts, not Dish, TNT, or ESPN.

 

[Mr Tony]

They can be per the contract

NHL on TNT to Feature 62-Game Schedule for 2022-23 NHL Season Beginning with Opening Week Doubleheader on Wednesday, Oct. 12

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Wednesday

Nov. 2

7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh Penguins* at Buffalo Sabres

* = TNT’s game telecast will not be available in the local participating market

Wednesdays game is blacked out in Pittsburgh...basically forcing you to watch via the RSN

 

[Jim S.]

What a bunch of idiocy. Out of 6 Pens games (not counting the Winter Classic) on TNT, only two are blacked out, the other four aren't. To say nothing of, why the hell should I have to look at a Warner Brothers website to find this out? Why couldn't it have been included on the NHL's website when the national broadcast schedule was published two months ago?

 

[Mr Tony]

At the beginning of the season it was. Both espn and tnt schedules were listed (it was a link to the document I posted)