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Matches for today sunday, 2026-04-26
14:00	NHL Playoffs	Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres	TVA Sports Sportsnet Sportsnet Now Premium
16:30	NHL Playoffs	Los Angeles Kings	Colorado Avalanche	Sportsnet Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet 360 TVA Sports
19:00	NHL Playoffs	Montréal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning	TVA Sports Sportsnet CBC Sportsnet Now Premium
21:30	NHL Playoffs	Anaheim Ducks	Edmonton Oilers	Sportsnet Victory+ CBC Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports 2

Tuesday, 2026-04-28
19:30	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	Boston Bruins	Sportsnet Sportsnet Now Premium TVA Sports
20:00	NHL	Dallas Stars	Minnesota Wild	TVA Sports 2 Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet Now Premium Victory+
22:00	NHL	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 2026-04-25, 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:

6,084

TV BROADCASTS

623 Free games

10.24%

5,461 Paid games

89.76%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Anaheim Ducks - Edmonton Oilers

2026-04-24 NHL por CBC, Victory+, Sportsnet Now Premium, TVA Sports, Sportsnet

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Utah Mammoth - Vegas Golden Knights

2026-04-24 NHL por TVA Sports 2, Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet 360

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,500 (41.09%)

Sportsnet

1,674 (27.51%)

TVA Sports

1,579 (25.95%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.63%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,269 (20.86%)

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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

529 (8.69%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.14%)

Montréal Canadiens

487 (8%)

Winnipeg Jets

480 (7.89%)

Calgary Flames

474 (7.79%)

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

Anaheim Ducks

156 (2.56%)

Dallas Stars

152 (2.5%)

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 (4.36%)

Montréal Canadiens

247 (4.06%)

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

264 (4.34%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

252 (4.14%)

Montréal Canadiens

240 (3.94%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.93%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.91%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

629

10.34%

TUESDAY

1,099

18.06%

WEDNESDAY

585

9.62%

THURSDAY

1,184

19.46%

FRIDAY

550

9.04%

SATURDAY

1,362

22.39%

SUNDAY

675

11.09%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

16.01%

FEBRUARY

676

11.11%

MARCH

1,078

17.72%

APRIL

759

12.48%

MAY

255

4.19%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.22%

NOVEMBER

854

14.04%

DECEMBER

858

14.1%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

624

10.26%

2025

1,184

19.46%

2024

1,357

22.3%

2023

1,328

21.83%

2022

919

15.11%

2021

672

11.05%

RANKING BY TIMES