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How to Watch the Boston Bruins Live Without Cable

Written by Derek Fleming

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Boston Bruins fans in the northeast can live stream regular season games on NESN with DIRECTV STREAM and fuboTV. Both services support most major streaming devices, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, laptops, iPhone, Samsung Smart TV, and more.

Table of Contents
  1. Today’s game
  2. Important channels
  3. From the Boston area
  4. Out-of-market
  5. More NHL Teams

Two live TV streaming services, fuboTV and DIRECTV STREAM, carry NESN, the regional sports network that broadcasts Bruins and Red Sox games to sports fans in the northeast.

Our top pick for watching the Bruins is DIRECTV STREAM “Choice.”

DIRECTV STREAM – Choice

Watch WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston, ABC, ESPN, TNT, NBC Sports Boston, and NESN.

$99.99 / month

5 Day Free Trial

Fubo

Watch WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston, ABC, ESPN, NBC Sports Boston, and NESN. Missing TNT.

$74.99 / month

7 Day Free Trial

ESPN Plus

Watch the Bruins out-of-market.

$9.99 / month

Sign Up for ESPN+

Today’s game

Our software lists the upcoming TV schedule with streaming options below.

This team does not have a televised game scheduled in the next two weeks.

Important channels

The majority of Bruins regular season games air on NESN. When the Bruins are on national TV, or in the playoffs, the games will be covered by ABC, ESPN, or TNT.

DIRECTV STREAM – ChoiceDIRECTV STREAMFuboHulu + Live TVSling Orange & BlueYouTube TV
ABC ABC
ESPN ESPN
NESN NESN
TNT TNT

From the Boston area

In order to access the Bruin’s broadcasts on NESN, DIRECTV STREAM requires an upgrade to its more expensive “Choice” plan. With DIRECTV STREAM “Choice,” sports fans gain access to the local regional sports network in their viewing area, including NESN for watching Bruins and Red Sox games.

If you don’t live in Boston, to make 100% sure you will have access to NESN, confirm you are in the channel’s viewing area prior to paying for DTV.

NESN publishes a territory map, which can be viewed here.

fuboTV is another excellent choice for live streaming Bruins games. The platform carries NESN and NBC Sports Boston in the base package, and comes with 1,000 hours of DVR storage.

The main drawback with fuboTV for NBA and NHL fans is the app’s lack of TNT.

Out-of-market

Outside of the NESN viewing territory, Bruins fans can watch the team out-of-market on ESPN+, or wait for the team to appear in nationally televised games.

ESPN+ is the new home of NHL.TV, which is the NHL’s out-of-market product. If you live in New England, Bruins games on ESPN+ will be blacked out to protect NESN’s TV rights.

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