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Which NHL teams are on Prime Video, and what do they cost?

Six NHL teams are adding local Prime Video streams for 2026–27, but the price is not the same. In-market Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars fans get non-national games with an Amazon Prime membership and no extra team fee. Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, and St. Louis Blues fans instead pay $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year for the team package; those four packages require only a free Amazon account, not a paid Prime membership.

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  1. The NHL's September 2 announcement names the Hurricanes, Ducks, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wild, and Blues. The deal covers local streams inside each team's regional territory beginning with the 2026–27 season. It does not turn every NHL game into a Prime stream, remove national exclusives, or give an in-market package to an out-of-market viewer.
  2. The Ducks' official terms say non-national local games are included with an Amazon Prime membership at no additional charge in the first year. The stated territory is Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties plus Hawaii. The club also says 65 games remain on KCOP-13 or FOX 11, so check the broadcast listing before paying for another service.
  3. The Stars' official announcement says non-national local games are included with Prime at no additional charge for in-market viewers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Out-of-market viewers are directed to NHL Center Ice or NHL Power Play on the ESPN App instead of the local Prime route.
  4. The Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues each list the same team-package price: $19.99 monthly or $99.99 annually. These subscriptions are sold to Amazon customers in the applicable local territory and do not require paid Prime. A standard Prime trial therefore does not waive the separate team-package charge.
  5. The annual team package becomes cheaper only if you would otherwise pay for at least six monthly periods. Five monthly payments total $99.95, four cents less than the $99.99 annual price. Six monthly payments total $119.94, so the annual option saves $19.95 at that point. Do not choose annual billing until the live checkout confirms the team, territory, season coverage, start date, renewal terms, tax, and final price.
  6. The four paid packages cover local team-network games rather than national exclusives. The Blue Jackets say nationally selected games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN+/Hulu, or TNT are excluded; the Hurricanes, Wild, and Blues announcements make the same local-versus-national distinction. Check the official schedule and broadcaster for each game because one team subscription does not replace every national service.
  7. For Anaheim or Dallas, an eligible account may use the indexed standard Amazon Prime trial. Amazon currently shows 30 days for eligible U.S. customers, followed by $14.99 monthly or $139 yearly unless canceled. Account eligibility and the final signed-in offer control. Do not start the trial in September if the first local game you need falls after the displayed trial end date.
  8. A Prime trial is not a separate NHL trial and does not promise access outside the Ducks or Stars territory. Before accepting it, sign in to the account that will own Prime, confirm the 30-day offer, billing plan, payment method, first charge, and end date, then find the exact Ducks or Stars game in Prime Video while physically in the stated regional territory. Leave the flow if the game or free-trial terms are not shown.
  9. Eligible 18–24-year-olds and higher-education students should compare the six-month Prime for Young Adults offer before using the standard 30-day trial for Ducks or Stars games. That membership has separate verification and renewal terms. It still does not remove the $19.99 monthly or $99.99 annual charge for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, or Blues packages.
  10. To buy one of the four paid team packages, wait until the team says subscriptions are live, open Prime Video with the Amazon account that will own the purchase, find the named team network, confirm that the account location is eligible, and compare monthly with annual billing. Save the confirmation, tax, renewal date, territory notice, and included-game description. A free Amazon account gives access to checkout; it does not make the team package free.
  11. To cancel a paid team package, open Prime Video Account & Settings, choose Your Subscriptions, find the team-network add-on, select Unsubscribe, and confirm. Amazon's add-on cancellation help says the end date appears on the confirmation screen and prior charges are not refunded merely because the add-on is canceled. If Apple billed the subscription, use Apple's cancellation path at least 24 hours before renewal.
  12. Canceling Amazon Prime is a separate action from canceling a team add-on. Use Amazon's Prime cancellation instructions for the Ducks or Stars membership route, and check every separately listed subscription before leaving the account. Deleting the Prime Video app does not cancel Prime or a team package.
  13. The team announcements say more launch, territory, cable, satellite, and over-the-air details will arrive before the season. Recheck the team page and live Prime Video screen before paying. The streaming category, guide hub, and methodology explain other current trial options and how offer terms are verified.

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Use only the verified indexed amazon-prime record plus current official NHL, Hurricanes, Ducks, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wild, Blues, Amazon Prime, and Prime Video cancellation sources. Lead with the exact price split: in-market Ducks and Stars non-national local games are included with an Amazon Prime membership at no additional team fee, while Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues local packages cost $19.99 monthly or $99.99 annually and require only a free Amazon account, not paid Prime. Include a source-backed six-row comparison table with team, current Prime Video price, whether paid Prime is required, stated territory, games included, national-game limitation, other announced viewing route, launch status, and official source. Explain that the annual $99.99 package is four cents more than five monthly payments totaling $99.95 but $19.95 less than six monthly payments totaling $119.94. State that the standard indexed Prime trial is 30 days only for eligible accounts, renews at the selected $14.99 monthly or $139 annual plan unless canceled, and can help only with the Ducks or Stars Prime-included route; it does not waive the other four team-package charges. Warn readers not to start a Prime trial before the first local game they need and to confirm the exact game, territory, billing plan, payment method, end date, and first charge in the signed-in flow. Give separate signup and cancellation steps for a team add-on and Prime membership, including the Apple-billed 24-hour warning and no automatic refund of prior add-on charges. Link directly to https://www.nhl.com/news/prime-video-to-stream-nhl-games-in-6-local-markets, https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/topic/press-releases/hurricanes-games-to-be-available-as-a-subscription-on-prime-video, https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-games-available-to-stream-on-prime-video, https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/2627-tv-broadcast-faqs, https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/topic/press-releases/dallas-stars-to-be-available-to-stream-on-prime-video-090226, https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/topic/press-release/wild-games-to-be-available-with-a-subscription-on-prime-video-090226, https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-prime-video-reach-agreement-to-stream-locally-televised-games, https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-prime-free-trial, https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/is-cost-of-prime-membership-worth-it, https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/how-to-cancel-amazon-prime-membership, and https://www.primevideo.com/help?language=en_US&nodeId=G3BQ95AL4WZLV9ZG. Add natural internal links to /trials/amazon-prime, /guides/amazon-prime-student-free-trial, /guides/watch-reacher-free-prime-video-trial, /categories/streaming-video, /guides, and /methodology. Do not say all NHL games are on Prime, call any paid team package free, imply Prime membership is required for the four add-ons, imply a Prime trial removes an add-on fee, promise out-of-market access, merge national and local rights, publish a territory not stated by the team, claim an add-on launch is live before the team says so, start a trial for the reader, or say deleting the app cancels a subscription.

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Ducks and Stars local games are included with Prime, while Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues packages cost $19.99 monthly or $99.99 yearly. Check territory, national-game exclusions, trial limits, and cancellation. Records are selected from Andrew’s Freebies only when an official provider, issuer, agency, library, or administering-program source is attached. Terms can change; open the cited source immediately before signing up, applying, depositing, spending, or relying on access.

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