In what will be the 5th of 6 outdoor NHL games this year, building on the popularity of the Winter Classic, the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Chicago Blackhawks in outdoor NHL ice hockey at Soldier Field. If you can’t get to a TV to watch the game on NBC tonight, you can watch the Pittsburgh-Chicago Stadium Series game online via a free live video stream – as well as a replay if you miss it live.
Hockey fans can watch the stadium series online through the free video stream from NBC Live Extra. NBC Live Extra is a dedicated web portal on the NBC sports web site, as well as a downloadable app for your mobile device, featuring live online video of a variety of sports events – including tonight’s Penguins – Blackhawks outdoor game.
Here’s how to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks Stadium Series online live and replay video stream:
To get the free access to watch the Stadium Series Penguins – Blackhawks online, viewers can either go to the NBC Sports Live Extra web site, or download the mobile Live Extra app. The video stream NBC makes it possible for NHL hockey fans to watch the game on their smartphones, tablets, or laptop computers.
It’s free to watch the NHL Stadium Series online video via the NBC Live Extra portal as long as you have NBC as part of your current cable or satellite television programming. On the NBC sports web site, viewers will be prompted to login to their provider and can then watch NHL Hockey, and other sports events live online.
Broadcast of the Stadium Series NHL match between the Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks is scheduled for prime-time viewing at 8PM eastern tonight. Chicago’s Soldier Field has been modified to add an outdoor ice hockey rink in the middle of the Bear’s home field.
For the last 6 years now, the NHL has been playing at least one game on the outdoor ice – known as the Winter Classic, played each year on New Year’s Day. This year the NHL added 5 more games.
Tonight’s Blackhawks – Penguins match is the 4th outdoor can dubbed the “Stadium Series”, and then the final outdoor game of 2014 will be the Heritage Classic tomorrow afternoon when the Ottawa Senators take on the Vancouver Canucks in Vancouver.