Games will be carried over-the-air in the Seattle region on TEGNA's KONG, with at least 15 games simulcast on TEGNA's NBC affiliate, KING 5. Fans outside of Seattle will see the games on TEGNA stations:
Spokane, Wash - KREM-KSKN
Portland, Ore - KGW
Yakima and Tri-Cities, Wash - KAPP-KVEW
Eugene, Ore - KEVU-KLSR
Anchorage, Ala - KAUU
Juneau, Ala - KYEX
Fans can also tune into Kraken games on the iHeart Kraken Audio Network, with hosts Everett Fitzhugh and Al Kinisky, plus pre- and post-game coverage with Mike Benton. Seattle-area fans can find games and coverage on Sports Radio KJR 93.3 FM. Check below for local listings across WA, OR and AK.
Prime Video will stream all non-nationally televised games for Prime members in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, which will include pre-season, regular season and the first round of the playoffs.
Watch eight Kraken games during the 2024-25 regular season exclusively on ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ and Hulu. These games are available to ESPN+ subscribers and Hulu subscribers.
Tue, Oct 8 vs. St. Louis | 1:30 PM - ESPN, ESPN+
Tue, Oct 22 vs. Colorado | 5:30 PM - ESPN, ESPN+
Thu, Dec 5 @ New York Islanders | 4:30 PM - ESPN+, Hulu
Thu, Jan 30 vs. San Jose | 7:00 PM - ESPN
Thu, Feb 6 vs. Toronto | 7:00 PM - ESPN+, Hulu
Sat, Mar 8 @ Philadelphia | 9:30 AM - ABC, ESPN+
Tue, Apr 15 vs. Los Angeles | 7:30 PM - ESPN
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports will nationally broadcast two 2024-25 Kraken regular season games.
Wed, Nov 20 vs. Nashville | 7:00 PM - TNT, truTV, Max
Wed, Mar 19 @ Minnesota | 6:30 PM - TNT, Max
Out-of-market fans with an ESPN+ subscription will be able to watch most Kraken games as part of NHL Power Play on ESPN+ (formerly NHL.TV), which features more than 1,000 regular-season NHL games.
John Forslund has served as the play-by-play announcer for Seattle Kraken's broadcasts since the team’s inaugural season in 2021. It’s just the latest step in a legendary broadcasting career that spans decades including most recently 25 years as the voice of the Carolina Hurricanes / Hartford Whalers.
Forslund has called games at all levels of hockey and continues to contribute to national broadcasts both at TNT and on the radio.
Eddie Olczyk serves as one of the Kraken's TV color analysts and also appears on national game broadcasts for TNT as the network's lead analyst.
Prior to coming to the Kraken, he spent 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks as their TV color analyst. Before joining the broadcast booth, Olczyk spent 16 seasons in the NHL playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets (now Utah Hockey Club), New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a member of the Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup-winning team and was inducted in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
Alison Lukan is a full-time color analyst for the Kraken and has been with the broadcast since the inaugural season. She became an instant hit with fans for her clever and easy-to-understand use of data.
Lukan also contributes to Kraken digital channels and for the Seattle Kraken app. Before her time with the Kraken organization, Lukan covered the NHL, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State men's and women's hockey for The Athletic while also spending time with Fox Sport's Ohio.
JT Brown is a TV color analyst for all Kraken broadcasts. Brown has been in the booth with John Forslund going back to the Kraken's inaugural season in 2021.
Brown previously spent 11 seasons as a collegiate and professional hockey player, recording 72 points (23 goals, 49 assists) in 365 career NHL regular season games with Tampa Bay, Anaheim and Minnesota. Prior to turning pro, he played two seasons with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, where he won the 2011 National Championship and was named the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player. Today is a member of the NHL’s Player Inclusion Coalition.
Piper Shaw has served as rinkside reporter for the Seattle Kraken since the inaugural season.
Before coming to Seattle, Shaw served as a reporter, host, and content producer for Wisconsin Badger Hockey on Fox Sports Wisconsin for three seasons. She also covered high school sports for the network, in addition to broadcasting a variety of college athletics for the Big East Conference on BEDN, NBC Sports Chicago, and FS1. Shaw began her broadcasting career as a news reporter at WMTV NBC15 News in Madison, WI.
Furness joins the KHN team as a host after being a fixture in Seattle Sports Media for almost two decades. His on-air career began as the voice of the Seattle Thunderbirds before he moved to the same role with the Tri-City Americans. In total, he’s served as announcer for over 1500 games in the American Hockey League, International Hockey League and Western Hockey League.
Born and raised in Seattle, Furness has covered the Seahawks, Trailblazers and Kraken and hosts a daily Seattle sports radio show on KJR 93.3.
Everett Fitzhugh is in his fifth season as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Kraken on Sports Radio 93.3 KJR and across the Kraken Audio Network, and his sixth season overall with the organization. Upon his hiring, Fitzhugh made history as the first full-time Black play-by-play announcer in NHL history. In addition to his play-by-play duties, the Detroit, MI, native is responsible for a whole host of promotional and community events and appearances and is widely featured in content across various Kraken platforms.
In his time with the Kraken, Fitzhugh was named the 2023 National Sports Media Association (NSMA) Washington State Sportscaster of the Year and has won a Northwest Regional Emmy Award.
Prior to his time in Seattle, Fitzhugh spent five seasons in the ECHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones, where he served as the team's Director of Public Relations and Broadcasting. In 2017, he received the ECHL's Award of Excellence in Public Relations. He has also worked for the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL and in the USHL League office.
The 36-year-old graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2011 and was the school's hockey play-by-play announcer from 2009-12.
Kinisky who provides color commentary on the Kraken’s radio broadcast, brings four decades of hockey experience as a player, coach, and color commentator to KJR. Originally born and raised in the Vancouver, BC area, Kinisky has lived in the Seattle area for over three decades where he and his wife have raised their two boys.
He first came to Seattle to play for the Seattle Thunderbirds in 1989 after spending a year in Northern Saskatchewan playing for the Nipawin Hawks. With the Thunderbirds, he totaled 83 points (27 goals, 56 assists) in 149 regular-season games. In 1990, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 3rd round, 52nd overall.
