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Watching the NHL from Europe
The NHL is the league Nordic hockey players dream of, and it is played while the Nordics sleep. Here is when the games start, and how to follow a season without wrecking your nights.
Short answer
An evening game in New York starts at 01:00 in Sweden, Norway and Denmark and 02:00 in Finland. Weekend afternoon games are the exception and start around 19:00. Catch-up, 7 days on three and six months and 14 days on twelve months, is what makes a full NHL season watchable from Europe.
NHL game times in Nordic time
| Start in North America | Sweden, Norway, Denmark | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 Eastern (weekend afternoon) | 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 Eastern (usual evening start) | 01:00 | 02:00 |
| 19:00 Central | 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 Pacific | 04:00 | 05:00 |
The regular season runs from October to April, and the Stanley Cup playoffs continue into June. Most teams play three or four games a week.
The weeks when the gap changes
North America moves its clocks on different dates from Europe: in March it switches about two weeks earlier, and in autumn about a week later. During those weeks the gap is five hours instead of six, so a 19:00 game in New York starts at midnight in Stockholm.
The programme guide in your player handles this automatically, as long as the device is set to the right time zone.
Catch-up: the breakfast game
Catch-up lets you play a game that has already been broadcast, straight from the guide. Three- and six-month plans keep 7 days, twelve months keeps 14. The test and the one-month plan have none.
- Open the guide and go back to the channel that showed the game.
- Pick the game in the programme list and choose play from the start.
- Keep your phone face down until it is over: the result arrives on every news app before breakfast.
Weekend afternoon games
On Saturdays and Sundays some teams play in the early afternoon local time, which means early evening in the Nordics. These are the games to watch live, with Nordic players often on the ice and the whole house awake.
What your setup needs
Hockey is the fastest sport on a TV screen, and it shows a weak device before any other sport does. A Fire TV Stick 4K or an Android TV device with a cable to the router is the safe choice. The device guide has the details.
| Quality | Minimum | Recommended | Typical setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD 480p | 3 Mbit/s | 5 Mbit/s | Phone on 4G |
| HD 720p | 5 Mbit/s | 8 Mbit/s | Phone on 5G |
| Full HD 1080p | 8 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | Smart TV |
| 4K UHD | 20 Mbit/s | 30+ Mbit/s | Fibre and a 4K TV |
Questions and answers
What time do NHL games start in Sweden?
Most start between 01:00 and 04:00. Weekend afternoon games start around 19:00.
How do I watch NHL games that start at night?
With catch-up: 7 days on three- and six-month plans, 14 days on twelve months. Play the game from the guide the next morning.
When does the NHL season start?
In October. The regular season ends in April and the playoffs run into June.
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The test runs for 48 hours on one screen and stops by itself. Start it on a Friday, so it covers a full weekend of matches.