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Matches for today tuesday, 2026-05-12
19:00	NHL Playoffs	Montréal Canadiens	Buffalo Sabres	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
21:30	NHL Playoffs	Vegas Golden Knights	Anaheim Ducks	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet Sportsnet 360 TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Tomorrow wednesday, 2026-05-13
20:00	NHL Playoffs	Colorado Avalanche	Minnesota Wild	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Thursday, 2026-05-14
19:00	NHL Playoffs	Buffalo Sabres	Montréal Canadiens	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium
21:30	NHL Playoffs	Anaheim Ducks	Vegas Golden Knights	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet Sportsnet 360 TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-12, 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:

6,116

TV BROADCASTS

630 Free games

10.3%

5,486 Paid games

89.7%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Minnesota Wild - Colorado Avalanche

2026-05-09 NHL por Sportsnet, TVA Sports, CBC, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet One, OMNI 2, Sportsnet+, OMNI

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Minnesota Wild - Colorado Avalanche

2026-05-11 NHL por Sportsnet, CBC, Sportsnet Now Premium, TVA Sports

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,532 (41.4%)

Sportsnet

1,703 (27.84%)

TVA Sports

1,607 (26.28%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.51%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.75%)

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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 (8.68%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.09%)

Montréal Canadiens

493 (8.06%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.85%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.75%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

158 (2.58%)

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

250 (4.09%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (3.97%)

Winnipeg Jets

241 (3.94%)

Calgary Flames

238 (3.89%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Edmonton Oilers

265 (4.33%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

252 (4.12%)

Montréal Canadiens

243 (3.97%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.91%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.89%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

634

10.37%

TUESDAY

1,103

18.03%

WEDNESDAY

590

9.65%

THURSDAY

1,185

19.38%

FRIDAY

555

9.07%

SATURDAY

1,368

22.37%

SUNDAY

681

11.13%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.93%

FEBRUARY

676

11.05%

MARCH

1,078

17.63%

APRIL

774

12.66%

MAY

272

4.45%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.17%

NOVEMBER

854

13.96%

DECEMBER

858

14.03%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

656

10.73%

2025

1,184

19.36%

2024

1,357

22.19%

2023

1,328

21.71%

2022

919

15.03%

2021

672

10.99%

RANKING BY TIMES