How to watch the NHL All-Star Weekend 2024 live online

The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend will take place from Thursday February 1 to Sunday February 4. The first evenings are dedicated to the NHL All-Star Player Draft and NHL All-Star Skills. However, the real highlight is the All-Star game, where teams comprising of the best hockey players in the world face off in an all-or-nothing competition. Below, we’ll let you know how to catch all of the action without ever leaving the house.

It’s important to note that we’ll only be recommending official streams. Although unlicensed streams are almost inevitable for major sporting events, they’re often laggy, low-resolution, and unreliable. Further, copyright holders actively monitor social media and forums for links to unofficial streams during the event, meaning there’s a good chance they’ll be taken offline before the end of the game. You can watch the NHL All-Star Weekend for free anyway, so there’s no reason to resort to unlicensed streams in the first place.

The vast majority of major streaming platforms use geo-blocking to prevent their content from being watched from abroad. To access your home services while traveling abroad, you’ll need a VPN.

How to watch the NHL All-Star Weekend online

It’s actually fairly simple to access geo-blocked platforms from abroad with a VPN. Simply follow the steps below.

Here’s how to watch the NHL All-Star Weekend 2024 online abroad for free:

1. First of all, you’ll have to sign up to a suitable VPN service. We recommend NordVPN but Surfshark and ExpressVPN are both high-quality alternatives.
2. Next, download and install the VPN software, taking care to get the appropriate version for your device.
3. Connect to a server in the country your desired service is based in. For instance, an American server could unblock ABC or ESPN, but you’d need a Canadian one for TVA, Sportsnet, or CBC.
4. Try accessing your chosen site. Content should load almost immediately, but if it doesn’t, clear your browser’s cache and cookies, then refresh the page.

Since these matches will be broadcast live, any complications with your VPN could lead to you missing part of the game. As such, we strongly recommend testing the software out with the steps above well in advance. This approach ensures you’ll still have time to contact customer support for advice if anything doesn’t work as expected.

How to watch the All-Star Game for free on US TV

In the US, you can watch all of NHL All-Star Weekend on ESPN+. This costs just $10.99 a month although you can bundle it with Disney+ and Hulu for $14.99/month. Of course, you may have a cable TV subscription that includes ESPN, in which case, you can simply sign in via your TV provider to watch at no added cost.

Another way you can watch ESPN that’s cable-free is via the following TV streaming providers: Fubo ($79.99/month), Hulu + Live TV ($76.99/month and includes Disney+ and ESPN+), Sling ($40/month but only $20 for your first month), and YouTube TV ($72.99/month). With the exception of Hulu, all of the above services offer free trials for new subscribers.

If you’re only interested in the NHL All-Star Game, know that it will also be broadcast on ABC. Again, you can watch this for no extra cost if you have cable TV. Failing this, you can stream it via TV streaming services such as those we’ve listed above.

You should note that the above services are all geo-blocked, so you’ll have to either be in in the US or connected to an American VPN server in order to watch. We recommend NordVPN which includes a 30-day money-back guarantee so you can receive a full refund after the NHL All-Star Game if you don’t want to keep it.

Where else can I watch NHL All-Star Weekend live online?

Hockey is popular the world over, not just in the US. As you might expect, this means that the NHL All-Star Weekend will be broadcast in several different countries:

Canada

You can stream the weekend’s events on Sportsnet (English commentary) and TVA Sports (in French). These services cost $19.99 CAD per month although neither comes with a free trial. This year you will also be able to watch the NHL All-Star Game for free on CBC. Simply go to CBC Gem and create a free account to stream.

All of the above services are region-locked, so if you’d like to use them abroad, you’ll need a Canadian IP address via a VPN.

Australia

ESPN is airing the NHL All-Star Weekend across Australia. If you’re a Foxtel customer, you can watch online using Foxtel Go at no added cost. Don’t have cable TV? That’s not a problem — you can just sign up for Kayo or Foxtel Now instead.

A Foxtel Now subscription costs $54/month while Kayo Sports plans start from $25/month. However, you can enjoy free trials with both of these services (10 days and 7 days respectively). As such, you can watch the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend online for free, provided you cancel before the end of the free trial period.

Foxtel services and Kayo Sports are region-locked, so remember that you’ll have to use a VPN if you’re outside of Australia.

Other locations

The NHL actually has a publicly available list of international broadcast partners. However, there’s no guarantee that they’ll be showing the All-Star Game. Additionally, some of these partners appear to have sub-licensed their coverage rights to other companies (for instance, Fox owns the rights in Australia, but the event is shown on ESPN), so you may have to do some research of your own to find out if your country has a free stream or not.

What is there to know about the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend?

The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend takes place over four days at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Perhaps the biggest change this year is that, for the first time, the four-team, three-on-three format is to be combined with the fantasy draft format.

32 players were initially revealed on January 4 (one from each NHL team) before the remaining 12 players were decided by a fan vote and revealed on January 13. The draft takes place on February 1, seeing the selected players sorted into their respective teams.

NHL All-Star Weekend Schedule

• Thursday, February 1: NHL All-Star Thursday (NHL All-Star Player Draft, NHL Alumni Man of the Year)
• Friday, February 2: NHL All-Star Skills Competition
• Saturday, February 3: NHL All-Star Game
• February 1-4: NHL Fan Fair