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Matches for today friday, 2026-05-08
19:00	NHL Playoffs	Buffalo Sabres	Montréal Canadiens	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
21:30	NHL Playoffs	Anaheim Ducks	Vegas Golden Knights	Sportsnet Sportsnet 360 TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports 2

Tomorrow saturday, 2026-05-09
18:00	NHL Playoffs	Philadelphia Flyers	Carolina Hurricanes	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
21:00	NHL Playoffs	Minnesota Wild	Colorado Avalanche	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium Sportsnet One

Sunday, 2026-05-10
19:00	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Buffalo Sabres	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
21:30	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	Vegas Golden Knights	Sportsnet Sportsnet 360 TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports 2

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-08, 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:

6,109

TV BROADCASTS

629 Free games

10.3%

5,480 Paid games

89.7%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Carolina Hurricanes - Philadelphia Flyers

2026-05-02 NHL por Sportsnet Now Premium, OMNI 2, Sportsnet, TVA Sports

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Philadelphia Flyers - Carolina Hurricanes

2026-05-07 NHL por Sportsnet, Sportsnet Now Premium, TVA Sports, CBC

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,525 (41.33%)

Sportsnet

1,696 (27.76%)

TVA Sports

1,600 (26.19%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.54%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.77%)

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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 (8.69%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.1%)

Montréal Canadiens

491 (8.04%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.86%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.76%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

158 (2.59%)

Dallas Stars

154 (2.52%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

90 (1.47%)

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 (4.35%)

Montréal Canadiens

249 (4.08%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (3.98%)

Winnipeg Jets

241 (3.94%)

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

242 (3.96%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.91%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.9%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

633

10.36%

TUESDAY

1,103

18.06%

WEDNESDAY

590

9.66%

THURSDAY

1,185

19.4%

FRIDAY

553

9.05%

SATURDAY

1,366

22.36%

SUNDAY

679

11.11%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.94%

FEBRUARY

676

11.07%

MARCH

1,078

17.65%

APRIL

774

12.67%

MAY

265

4.34%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.18%

NOVEMBER

854

13.98%

DECEMBER

858

14.04%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

649

10.62%

2025

1,184

19.38%

2024

1,357

22.21%

2023

1,328

21.74%

2022

919

15.04%

2021

672

11%

RANKING BY TIMES