Habs host Nashville on October 8, Sportsnet has it, who's in?
Is this game in the evening? I just got Sportsnet+ last week and honestly still figuring out the app 😅 would hate to miss the opener vs Nashville. What time is puck drop and is it on the regular Sportsnet channel too, or streaming only? Thanks in advance 🙏
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Evening game for sure 👍 I've watched a bunch of these on the app and it's dead easy once you get the hang of it, honestly. Sportsnet has it on the regular channel AND on Sportsnet+, so you're covered either way. Puck drop time is in the app listing the day before, but plan around an evening start, standard HABS NIGHT IN CANADA vibes 🔥
My advice: open the app now and find the game in the schedule so you know where the watch button lives before Wednesday. Nothing worse than fumbling around while the anthem's playing 😂 We're heading to the pub early for this one, our lot never make it easy. Nashville are sitting way down the table but that means nothing on opening night. Backing them all day! 💪🙌
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Quick dumb question, don't laugh 😅 what does "puck drop" actually mean, the start time, right? Thanks for the app tips 🙏
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Yep, puck drop = the moment the game actually starts, when they drop the puck for the opening faceoff. So if Sportsnet lists 7:00 pm, that's your start time, get to the pub a bit earlier for a seat, Habs fans fill up quick on home opener nights 😏
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Victoria's got it right, though one nuance: the listing time is usually the pre-game show, so puck drop can drift ten or fifteen minutes past 7. I watched the opener from my kitchen table last year with a spreadsheet open on the second screen 📊, and even then the app lagged the broadcast by half a minute — worth knowing if you follow along in a group chat. Get to the pub by 6:30 if you want a seat.
Context beats a bare stat.
To sum up for anyone landing here late: 7:00 pm listing on Sportsnet, with Sportsnet+ as the streaming option, and expect actual puck drop a touch after 7 since that listing time often includes the pre-game show. RideOrDie4Life's point about the app lagging the broadcast is worth heeding. If you're watching on Sportsnet+, mute the radio broadcast or you'll hear goals before you see them.
Worth noting the matchup itself: Habs sit 6th with 106 points against a Nashville side 23rd at 86, so pubs in town will fill early on home opener night. Caveat on small samples though. It's game one of the season, last year's table tells you plenty but October resets everything. I'll be at my usual spot near the Bell Centre, second screen open with my tracking sheet like always 📊. Anyone else heading out, or is everybody couch-bound this one?
Do the math before you argue.