Using Sony’s Beyond Sports’ Virtual Commentator technology, the ESPN commentators calling the action on the animated telecast – Drew Carter, Kevin Weekes and Arda Öcal – will wear virtual reality headsets for motion capture, immersing them in the animated environment of Hockey Island in Riley’s Mind.

The 2025-26 NHL season on ESPN and ABC continued on March 5th with Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins on ESPN, delivering 808K viewers (peak: 928K), +98 per

Joy, Sadness and their other anthropomorphic emotional pals are getting ready to take to the ice.

The Edmonton Oilers are off to Sin City on Sunday night for a Western Conference battle with the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The game is scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. PT) with TV coverage on ESPN and streaming on-demand.

ESPN will offer an alternate telecast of the contest between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

The April 5 Capitals-Rangers matchup will feature players skating alongside Joy and Sadness in the "Inside Out Classic," a real-time animated alternative broadcast featuring characters from the hit Pixar films.

ESPN+, Disney+, Disney Channel, and Disney XD to present real-time animated presentation of Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers on Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. ET

Kirill Kaprizov scored his 37th goal of the season, Matt Boldy notched his 36th, and Filip Gustavsson earned his fourth shutout of the season as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 5-0 on Tuesday night.