Sabres to appear 15 times on national broadcasts in 2023-24

The Buffalo Sabres will appear on national broadcasts 15 times during the 2023-24 season

The Walt Disney Company and Turner Sports announced their TV and streaming schedules Wednesday afternoon. The breakdown of the 15 nationally broadcast games is as follows:

• Sabres vs. Lightning on Oct. 17 will be exclusively televised on ESPN.

• Sabres vs. Blues on Feb. 10 will be exclusively televised on ABC.

• Six games will be available exclusively on ESPN+/Hulu. (Find more information here.)

• Two games (Nov. 1 at Philadelphia and Jan. 17 vs. Chicago) will be broadcast nationally on TNT but exclusively on MSG within the Buffalo broadcast market.

• Five games will be exclusively televised on TNT. Sabres vs. Penguins on Nov. 24 will air as part of the network's "Thanksgiving Showdown" doubleheader.

The remaining 67 games will air in the Buffalo broadcast market on MSG and MSG+.

Out-of-market fans can watch MSG broadcasts with a subscription to ESPN+/Hulu.

The NHL also announced that Buffalo's games on Oct. 17, Dec. 5, and March 14 - previously scheduled for 7 p.m. - will now start at 7:30.

The Sabres' national TV schedule for 2023-24 is as follows:

Oct. 17 vs. Tampa Bay - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Nov. 1 at Philadelphia - 7 p.m. on TNT (exclusively on MSG in the Buffalo broadcast market)
Nov. 24 vs. Pittsburgh - 6 p.m. on TNT
Dec. 5 vs. Detroit - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
Dec. 13 at Colorado - 10 p.m. on TNT
Dec. 27 vs. Boston - 7:30 p.m. on TNT
Jan. 17 vs. Chicago - 7:30 p.m. on TNT (exclusively on MSG in the Buffalo broadcast market)
Feb. 10 vs. St. Louis - 1 p.m. on ABC
Feb. 27 at Florida - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
March 2 vs. Vegas - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
March 6 at Toronto - 7 p.m. on TNT
March 9 vs. Edmonton - 12:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
March 14 vs. New York Islanders - 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
March 30 vs. Toronto - 7 p.m. on ESPN+/Hulu
April 7 at Detroit - 1 p.m. on TNT