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15:00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Ottawa Senators	TVA Sports Sportsnet Sportsnet+ Sportsnet Now Premium
17:30	NHL	Dallas Stars	Minnesota Wild	TVA Sports Sportsnet Victory+ Sportsnet Now Premium
20:00	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Philadelphia Flyers	TVA Sports Sportsnet Sportsnet Now Premium

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-04-17, 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:

6,060

TV BROADCASTS

617 Free games

10.18%

5,443 Paid games

89.82%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Nashville Predators - Anaheim Ducks

2026-04-16 NHL por Victory+, Sportsnet+, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Now Premium

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Colorado Avalanche - Seattle Kraken

2026-04-16 NHL por Sportsnet+, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet East

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,476 (40.86%)

Sportsnet

1,658 (27.36%)

TVA Sports

1,564 (25.81%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.72%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.94%)

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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

526 (8.68%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.17%)

Montréal Canadiens

484 (7.99%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.92%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.82%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

153 (2.52%)

Dallas Stars

149 (2.46%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

90 (1.49%)

Montréal Canadiens

82 (1.35%)

Vancouver Canucks

69 (1.14%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Edmonton Oilers

263 (4.34%)

Montréal Canadiens

246 (4.06%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (4.01%)

Winnipeg Jets

241 (3.98%)

Calgary Flames

238 (3.93%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Edmonton Oilers

263 (4.34%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

252 (4.16%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.94%)

Montréal Canadiens

238 (3.93%)

Vancouver Canucks

237 (3.91%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

625

10.31%

TUESDAY

1,095

18.07%

WEDNESDAY

582

9.6%

THURSDAY

1,181

19.49%

FRIDAY

547

9.03%

SATURDAY

1,359

22.43%

SUNDAY

671

11.07%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

16.07%

FEBRUARY

676

11.16%

MARCH

1,078

17.79%

APRIL

735

12.13%

MAY

255

4.21%

JUNE

1.09%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.26%

NOVEMBER

854

14.09%

DECEMBER

858

14.16%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

600

9.9%

2025

1,184

19.54%

2024

1,357

22.39%

2023

1,328

21.91%

2022

919

15.17%

2021

672

11.09%

RANKING BY TIMES