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Matches for today friday, 2026-05-01
19:00	NHL Playoffs	Montréal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
19:30	NHL Playoffs	Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet Now Premium
22:00	NHL Playoffs	Utah Mammoth	Vegas Golden Knights	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet Now Premium Sportsnet+

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-01, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Hockey matches from the NHL competition in Canada are televised, which began on 2021-01-13, we can provide the following data:

6,099

TV BROADCASTS

628 Free games

10.3%

5,471 Paid games

89.7%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Edmonton Oilers - Anaheim Ducks

2026-04-28 NHL por Sportsnet 360, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet West, Victory+

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Vegas Golden Knights - Utah Mammoth

2026-04-29 NHL por TVA Sports 2, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet+, Sportsnet, TVA Sports

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,515 (41.24%)

Sportsnet

1,687 (27.66%)

TVA Sports

1,592 (26.1%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.58%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.81%)

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TOTAL

TV CHANNELS

DAYS

WITHOUT FREE GAME

AVERAGE

3.1

CHANNELS PER MATCH

31 Pay channels

77.5%

9 Free-to-air channels

22.5%

TOTAL

CANALES

TOTAL

Total equipos

Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches

Edmonton Oilers

531 (8.71%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.12%)

Montréal Canadiens

489 (8.02%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.87%)

Vancouver Canucks

474 (7.77%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV

Anaheim Ducks

158 (2.59%)

Dallas Stars

154 (2.53%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

90 (1.48%)

Montréal Canadiens

82 (1.34%)

Vancouver Canucks

69 (1.13%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Edmonton Oilers

266 (4.36%)

Montréal Canadiens

248 (4.07%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (3.98%)

Winnipeg Jets

241 (3.95%)

Calgary Flames

238 (3.9%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Edmonton Oilers

265 (4.34%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

252 (4.13%)

Montréal Canadiens

241 (3.95%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.92%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.9%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

631

10.35%

TUESDAY

1,102

18.07%

WEDNESDAY

588

9.64%

THURSDAY

1,184

19.41%

FRIDAY

550

9.02%

SATURDAY

1,365

22.38%

SUNDAY

679

11.13%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.97%

FEBRUARY

676

11.08%

MARCH

1,078

17.68%

APRIL

774

12.69%

MAY

255

4.18%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.2%

NOVEMBER

854

14%

DECEMBER

858

14.07%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

639

10.48%

2025

1,184

19.41%

2024

1,357

22.25%

2023

1,328

21.77%

2022

919

15.07%

2021

672

11.02%

RANKING BY TIMES