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Tomorrow saturday, 2026-05-16
20:00	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Buffalo Sabres	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium Sportsnet+ CKPG-TV OMNI 2 OMNI Citytv

Wednesday, 2026-05-20
20:00	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Vegas Golden Knights	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Friday, 2026-05-22
20:00	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Vegas Golden Knights	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-15, 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:

6,121

TV BROADCASTS

630 Free games

10.29%

5,491 Paid games

89.71%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Minnesota Wild - Colorado Avalanche

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

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Anaheim Ducks - Vegas Golden Knights

2026-05-14 NHL por TVA Sports 2, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Pacific

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,537 (41.45%)

Sportsnet

1,708 (27.9%)

TVA Sports

1,612 (26.34%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.5%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,270 (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%)

Montréal Canadiens

495 (8.09%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.09%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.84%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.74%)

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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

251 (4.1%)

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

244 (3.99%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.9%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.89%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

634

10.36%

TUESDAY

1,105

18.05%

WEDNESDAY

591

9.66%

THURSDAY

1,187

19.39%

FRIDAY

555

9.07%

SATURDAY

1,368

22.35%

SUNDAY

681

11.13%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.91%

FEBRUARY

676

11.04%

MARCH

1,078

17.61%

APRIL

774

12.64%

MAY

277

4.53%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.17%

NOVEMBER

854

13.95%

DECEMBER

858

14.02%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

661

10.8%

2025

1,184

19.34%

2024

1,357

22.17%

2023

1,328

21.7%

2022

919

15.01%

2021

672

10.98%

RANKING BY TIMES