Hurricanes-Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoffs: What channel is it on? Where to watch

The Carolina Hurricanes have packed PNC Arena through the first two games of the Stanley Cup playoffs this season, with north of 18,000 people jamming their way into the Canes’ home arena to watch the team take a 2-0 series lead against the Boston Bruins.

The Canes put up 10 goals in two games at home while enjoying the last change and matchup advantage, though the wins came at a cost, as keeper Antti Raanta went down with an injury, paving the way for Pyotr Kochetkov to earn the win in Game 2.

Now, the team heads out on the road to the TD Garden in Boston for Games 3 and 4, and watching the game it won’t be as easy as saddling up to the local arena and settling in to tour seat there.

Here’s how you can watch Game 3, which starts at 7 p.m. Friday night:

Hurricanes-Bruins on standard TV

Hurricanes fans will have options Friday for Game 3 of the first-round playoff series with the Bruins, including a familiar voice.

The Canes’ road game at TD Garden will be shown regionally by Bally Sports South, with Mike Maniscalco again handling the play-by-play and Shane Willis the in-game analysis. Abby Labar will be the rinkside reporter and host of the Hurricanes LIVE! pregame show.

ESPN had the national broadcast of Games 1 and 2, but the national broadcast switches to TNT with Turner Sports also now televising the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. Calling the play by play will be John Forslund, the former Hurricanes TV announcer and now the voice of the expansion Seattle Kraken.

Also on the TNT broadcast will be Keith Jones, Colby Armstrong and Shannon Hogan.

In the New England area, Game 3 also will be on NESN, and in Canada the game can be seen on SN360 and TVA Sports.

Are you a cord-cutter?

If you’ve shunned traditional cable or satellite providers, there are still ways to watch the game.

DirectTV Stream, Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV all stream content from TNT, TBS and TruTV, the Turner networks on which the games will appear this postseason. Currently, Bally Sports does not offer a streaming option.

All of the above mentioned streaming options are available on most major platforms, including AppleTV, Android TV, Roku and Amazon FireTV.

Additionally, TNT and TBS have stand-alone apps available for download on the major platforms, as well.

Watching in person

Sometimes fans want the camaraderie of seeing a game among many fans, and also like the idea of not preparing their own food and beverages. To that end, there are many viewing options for those who want to venture out on the town.

First, the Canes are hosting an official watch party at their traditional location, Carolina Ale House.

According to the team’s release, each Canes watch party features games and contests, and visits from Stormy and the Canes Crew.

For all 2022 Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Playoffs games, Carolina Ale House will be running multiple drink specials at all of their locations.

Carolina Ale House locations:

Chip Alexander

The News & Observer

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.