The Blues and Avalanche open their 2021 NHL seasons with a matchup on Wednesday night. Here’s how you can watch a live stream of the game without cable.<\/b>
\nGetty\t Conor Timmins of the Colorado Avalanche The St. Louis Blues will kick their 2021 campaign off on the road against the Colorado Avalanche at Bell Arena Wednesday. In the United States, the game (10:30 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on NBC Sports Network. But if you don\u2019t have cable, here\u2019s how you can watch a live stream of the Blues vs Avalanche online for free: You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports Network and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which you can try for free with a seven-day trial: FuboTV Free Trial Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Blues vs Avalanche live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website. If you can\u2019t watch live, FuboTV also comes with cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to re-watch the game within three days of its conclusion, even if you don\u2019t record it. You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports Network and 40-plus other TV channels via Sling TV\u2019s \u201cSling Blue\u201d package. It\u2019s the cheapest streaming service with NBC and NBCSN, plus you can get $10 off the first month, and get Showtime, Starz, and Epix included for free: Get Sling TV Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Blues vs Avalanche live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website. If you can\u2019t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR. You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports Network and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial: Hulu With Live TV Free Trial Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the Blues vs Avalanche live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website. If you can\u2019t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to \u201cEnhanced Cloud DVR,\u201d which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials). The Blues went 42-19-10 overall and 15-7-2 in the division last season, and they saw a disappointing early exit in the playoffs, falling in the first round to Vancouver. St. Louis is getting back its top three scorers, though, which bodes well for them heading into this season. Ryan O\u2019Reilly, who led the team with 61 points (12 goals and 49 assists) will be back, as will David Perron, who was second on the team in scoring, netting 25 goals with 35 assists. Brayden Schenn (25 goals,33 assists) will also return, giving the team a solid trio of dangerous scoring threats. \u201cThis season\u2019s going to be uncomfortable in a lot areas, but we\u2019re using that as motivation,\u201d O\u2019Reilly said, per the Associated Press. \u201cWe\u2019re a very good team and we should have went a lot farther than we did. And we\u2019re looking at this year to rebound and to come back and prove to the hockey world again that we\u2019re elite.\u201d As for the Avalanche, they went 42\u201320\u20138 last season, making it to the second round of the playoffs, ultimately losing to the Dallas Stars. The Avalanche essentially swapped Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm for Devon Toews and Brandon Saad this offseason, and the performance of the latter two will be something to watch. Defenseman Erik Johnson has not been practicing for Colorado, and he will miss the opener. Conor Timmins will replace him. \u201cConor Timmins has looked fantastic,\u201d Avs coach Jared Bednar said Saturday, per Mile High Sports. \u201cHe showed up to camp in great condition. He looks bigger and stronger and more comfortable. He\u2019s put some of his injury woes behind him and had a great summer of training.\u201d With both teams having a solid amount of success last year, players are gearing up for a rivalry in the making. \u201cI think there\u2019s going be a lot of smaller rivalries taken to the next level this year with the schedule and how many times we play teams,\u201d Blues forward Zach Sanford said, per the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be exciting. I think we\u2019re all excited to get going and let those rivalries take over\u2026. (Colorado) has got a lot of great players \u2014 and so do we \u2014 and we\u2019ve had a lot of really good games against them (recently).\u201d These two teams last played several months ago, when Colorado won a 2-1 round robin game in the NHL bubble. The Blues have won two of their last five against the Avs. Disclaimer: Heavy Inc. has affiliate relationships with various streaming content providers and may receive a commission if you sign up for a service via a link on this page.<\/p>\n