Carolina Hurricanes will play more games on national TV next season. Here’s when

With success in sports usually comes more exposure. Eventually.

There was a time when the Carolina Hurricanes hardly made a blip on the NHL’s national TV schedule. Making it into the Stanley Cup playoffs five straight seasons, winning the Metropolitan Division the past two years and reaching the Eastern Conference final last season has changed that.

For the second straight season, the Canes will have 11 games on national TV broadcasts in the 2023-24 season. Three games are scheduled on TNT and eight on ESPN+, Hulu. The schedule was released Wednesday by the NHL.

The Hurricanes open the season Oct. 11 against the Ottawa Senators.

Hurricanes on national TV

Nov. 15 – Philadelphia, TNT.

Nov. 28 – at Philadelphia, ESPN+, Hulu

Nov. 30 – NY Islanders. ESPN+, Hulu

Dec. 6 – at Edmonton, TNT

Dec. 14 – at Detroit, ESPN+, Hulu

Dec. 15 – Nashville, ESPN+, Hulu

Jan. 24 – at Boston, TNT.

Jan. 25 – New Jersey, ESPN+, Hulu

Feb. 29 – at Columbus, ESPN+, Hulu

March 19 – at NY Islanders, ESPN or ESPN+, Hulu

March 28 – Detroit, ESPN+, Hulu.

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.