Are you looking for the best way to catch tonight’s late-season NHL action? The regular season is rapidly winding down, and tonight features an exciting late-night clash out West. If you are wondering how to watch the Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche game on TV this Thursday, April 16, 2026, you’ve come to the right place. Puck drop is scheduled for 10:00 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. MT) live from the always-loud Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Whether you’re a die-hard hockey fan or a casual sports observer, this is a matchup you won’t want to miss.
TV Channels, Streaming Options, and Regional Blackouts Explained
For fans tuning in from the United States, the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Cord-cutters can stream the game live using digital services like Fubo, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, and DIRECTV STREAM. Because it’s on ESPN, ESPN+ subscribers with the Unlimited package will also have streaming access. If you are watching in Canada, you can catch the broadcast on Sportsnet (SN, SNE) and stream it on SN+. TVA Sports will join the game in progress at 10:30 p.m. ET for French-language coverage.
If you are new to watching the NHL online, regional blackouts are an important factor to understand. Blackouts happen when a regional sports network (RSN), such as Altitude Sports in the Denver market, holds exclusive local broadcast rights to a game. Usually, if a game is blacked out on a streaming service like ESPN+, it means you must watch it on your local RSN via cable or a localized streaming package. However, because tonight’s Seattle Kraken and Colorado Avalanche matchup is an exclusive national ESPN broadcast in the US, standard local blackouts won’t prevent you from watching the national feed, provided you have a valid TV provider login or a streaming package that carries the ESPN network.
2025-26 NHL Season Records, Injuries, and Leading Scorers
As we head into this matchup, the Colorado Avalanche are dominating the NHL’s Central Division. The Avalanche boast a stellar 54-16-11 record (119 points) and are coming off a solid 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames. MVP candidate Nathan MacKinnon has been absolutely unstoppable, leading Colorado with an astonishing 52 goals, 74 assists, and 126 points this season. However, they are battling some key injuries right now; captain Gabriel Landeskog remains week-to-week (lower-body), and star defenseman Cale Makar is missing time with an upper-body injury.
On the other side of the ice, the Seattle Kraken currently sit at 34-36-11 (79 points) in the Pacific Division and have already been eliminated from playoff contention. They are playing the second half of a tough back-to-back schedule, having just lost 4-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. Veteran Jordan Eberle is pacing the Kraken’s offense with 26 goals and 55 points. Seattle is extremely banged up at the moment, having recently lost top goal-scorer Jared McCann for the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury, alongside injuries to both of their primary goaltenders, Joey Daccord and Philipp Grubauer.
With Colorado playing fantastic hockey on home ice and Seattle missing massive pieces of their core, the betting lines make a lot of sense. The odds are currently set with Colorado as a heavy -180 moneyline favorite and the Over/Under set at 6.5 goals. Personally, I absolutely love the Avalanche in this spot tonight. The Kraken are exhausted from playing last night in Vegas and are severely missing McCann’s scoring touch. I predict a dominant 5-2 victory for the Avalanche, easily cashing the over and taking full advantage of Seattle’s depleted goaltending rotation.
If you are looking for more details on finding the Colorado Avalanche on TV today, or if you need the complete Seattle Kraken TV schedule as they wrap up their year, be sure to browse our site. We also have comprehensive breakdowns of the NHL point leaders for the 2025-26 season, keeping you updated on Nathan MacKinnon’s pursuit of the Art Ross Trophy. Finally, don’t forget to enter our online hockey pool for cash prizes on my website—it’s completely free to sign up and offers massive payouts for hockey fans!
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