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Matches for today saturday, 2026-05-02
20:00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Philadelphia Flyers	Sportsnet TVA Sports OMNI 2 Sportsnet Now Premium

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-02, 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:

6,102

TV BROADCASTS

628 Free games

10.29%

5,474 Paid games

89.71%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Edmonton Oilers - Anaheim Ducks

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

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Utah Mammoth - Vegas Golden Knights

2026-05-01 NHL por Sportsnet, TVA Sports 2, Sportsnet+, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet Now Premium

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,518 (41.27%)

Sportsnet

1,689 (27.68%)

TVA Sports

1,593 (26.11%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.57%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.8%)

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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 (8.7%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.11%)

Montréal Canadiens

490 (8.03%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.87%)

Calgary Flames

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 (2.52%)

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 (4.36%)

Montréal Canadiens

249 (4.08%)

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

10.34%

TUESDAY

1,102

18.06%

WEDNESDAY

588

9.64%

THURSDAY

1,184

19.4%

FRIDAY

553

9.06%

SATURDAY

1,365

22.37%

SUNDAY

679

11.13%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.96%

FEBRUARY

676

11.08%

MARCH

1,078

17.67%

APRIL

774

12.68%

MAY

258

4.23%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.19%

NOVEMBER

854

14%

DECEMBER

858

14.06%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

642

10.52%

2025

1,184

19.4%

2024

1,357

22.24%

2023

1,328

21.76%

2022

919

15.06%

2021

672

11.01%

RANKING BY TIMES