Best way to download NHL games (both live and archive) to your Mac, PC or Linux. An active account to at least one provider is required. You should be familiar with terminal.

Currently supported providers:

• NHL.TV
• WatchESPN (US ESPN+ and ESPN channels)

Blackouts are not worked around in any way. This game is blacked out in your region. Try using VPN or select another game. message will be displayed in that case.

Demo

Usage

If using NHL.TV, edit config.yaml to set email and password (these are not stored anywhere else and used only to login).

If using WatchESPN, the app will give you a code for ESPN+ feeds that you have to enter at https://espn.com/activate (every 6 months). For ESPN channels, the app will give you a code that you have to enter at https://es.pn/appletv (every 12 months).

Explore other options available in config.yaml.

Video will be downloaded to ./video folder. This location can be customized in .env file.

Download latest version of this repository and unzip it anywhere.

With Docker

• If you have downloaded a new version of this repository, run docker-compose build --no-cache to rebuild the docker container with the latest dependencies.
• Run docker-compose run --rm nhltv in the directory where you've unzipped code to.
• You can also run docker-compose run --rm nhltv yarn start --help for info on command line options.

Without Docker, much less resource hungry, instructions for macOS

• Install dependencies with brew install yarn streamlink ffmpeg.
• Run yarn install in the directory where you've unzipped code to.
• Run yarn start in the directory where you've unzipped code to.
• You can also run yarn start --help for info on command line options.

Credits

Loosely based on

• https://github.com/timewasted/xbmc-nhl-gamecenter
• https://github.com/eracknaphobia/plugin.video.nhlgcl
• https://github.com/cmaxwe/dl-nhltv
• https://github.com/t43pasdf/plugin.video.espn_3
• https://gist.github.com/akeaswaran/b48b02f1c94f873c6655e7129910fc3b
• https://github.com/emilsvennesson/kodi-viaplay

Special credit to StevensNJD4 and his awesome LazyMan app.