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Matches for today tuesday, 2026-04-28
19:30	NHL Playoffs	Buffalo Sabres	Boston Bruins	Sportsnet Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports
20:00	NHL Playoffs	Dallas Stars	Minnesota Wild	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet Now Premium Victory+
22:00	NHL Playoffs	Edmonton Oilers	Anaheim Ducks	Sportsnet West Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium Victory+

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-04-28, 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:

6,093

TV BROADCASTS

626 Free games

10.27%

5,467 Paid games

89.73%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Anaheim Ducks - Edmonton Oilers

2026-04-26 NHL por CBC, Victory+, Sportsnet, Sportsnet Now Premium, TVA Sports 2

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Utah Mammoth - Vegas Golden Knights

2026-04-27 NHL por Sportsnet+, Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now Premium, CBC

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,509 (41.18%)

Sportsnet

1,683 (27.62%)

TVA Sports

1,587 (26.05%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.6%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.83%)

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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

530 (8.7%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.12%)

Montréal Canadiens

488 (8.01%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.88%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.78%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

157 (2.58%)

Dallas Stars

153 (2.51%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

90 (1.48%)

Montréal Canadiens

82 (1.35%)

Vancouver Canucks

69 (1.13%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Edmonton Oilers

265 (4.35%)

Montréal Canadiens

248 (4.07%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (3.99%)

Winnipeg Jets

241 (3.96%)

Calgary Flames

238 (3.91%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Edmonton Oilers

265 (4.35%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

252 (4.14%)

Montréal Canadiens

240 (3.94%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.92%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.91%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

631

10.36%

TUESDAY

1,099

18.04%

WEDNESDAY

585

9.6%

THURSDAY

1,184

19.43%

FRIDAY

550

9.03%

SATURDAY

1,365

22.4%

SUNDAY

679

11.14%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.99%

FEBRUARY

676

11.09%

MARCH

1,078

17.69%

APRIL

768

12.6%

MAY

255

4.19%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.21%

NOVEMBER

854

14.02%

DECEMBER

858

14.08%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

633

10.39%

2025

1,184

19.43%

2024

1,357

22.27%

2023

1,328

21.8%

2022

919

15.08%

2021

672

11.03%

RANKING BY TIMES