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Matches for today thursday, 2026-04-16
19:30	NHL Regular Season	Utah Mammoth	St. Louis Blues	Sportsnet Sportsnet East Sportsnet Now Premium Sportsnet Ontario
20:00	NHL Regular Season	Winnipeg Jets	San Jose Sharks	Sportsnet+ TVA Sports TSN 3
20:00	NHL Regular Season	Nashville Predators	Anaheim Ducks	Sportsnet+ Victory+ Sportsnet Now Premium Sportsnet Ontario
21:00	NHL Regular Season	Edmonton Oilers	Vancouver Canucks	Sportsnet Sportsnet West Sportsnet Pacific Sportsnet Now Premium
21:00	NHL Regular Season	Calgary Flames	Los Angeles Kings	Sportsnet One Sportsnet Now Premium
22:00	NHL Regular Season	Colorado Avalanche	Seattle Kraken	Sportsnet+ TVA Sports Sportsnet East Sportsnet Now Premium

STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-04-16, 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:

6,054

TV BROADCASTS

616 Free games

10.18%

5,438 Paid games

89.82%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Buffalo Sabres - Dallas Stars

2026-04-15 NHL por Victory+, Sportsnet+, TVA Sports 2

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Vegas Golden Knights - Seattle Kraken

2026-04-15 NHL por Sportsnet+, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now Premium, KHN, Sportsnet Pacific

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,471 (40.82%)

Sportsnet

1,656 (27.35%)

TVA Sports

1,562 (25.8%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.75%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,268 (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

525 (8.67%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.18%)

Montréal Canadiens

484 (7.99%)

Winnipeg Jets

479 (7.91%)

Calgary Flames

473 (7.81%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

152 (2.51%)

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

262 (4.33%)

Montréal Canadiens

246 (4.06%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

243 (4.01%)

Winnipeg Jets

240 (3.96%)

Calgary Flames

237 (3.91%)

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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 (3.95%)

Montréal Canadiens

238 (3.93%)

Ottawa Senators

236 (3.9%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

625

10.32%

TUESDAY

1,095

18.09%

WEDNESDAY

582

9.61%

THURSDAY

1,175

19.41%

FRIDAY

547

9.04%

SATURDAY

1,359

22.45%

SUNDAY

671

11.08%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

16.09%

FEBRUARY

676

11.17%

MARCH

1,078

17.81%

APRIL

729

12.04%

MAY

255

4.21%

JUNE

1.09%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.27%

NOVEMBER

854

14.11%

DECEMBER

858

14.17%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

594

9.81%

2025

1,184

19.56%

2024

1,357

22.41%

2023

1,328

21.94%

2022

919

15.18%

2021

672

11.1%

RANKING BY TIMES