Yahoo To Start Live-Streaming Up to 4 NHL Games a Week

Yahoo will begin free live streaming up to four NHL games a week, in an agreement with the NHL, Yahoo said in a news release. The "Game of the Day" streaming began Friday and comes atop the Wednesday and Sunday NHL games Yahoo promotes in a partnership with NBC Sports Group. Under the NHL deal, Yahoo said, it also will stream condensed games, "Best of the Day" and "Best of the Week" highlights. Yahoo Vice President-Media Partnerships Phil Lynch said Thursday the NHL deal "brings us one step closer to providing fans a live professional sporting event every day, on Yahoo, completely frictionless and for free -- no cable subscription or authentication required."