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Matches for today thursday, 2026-05-21
20:00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Montréal Canadiens	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Tomorrow friday, 2026-05-22
20:00	NHL Western Conference Final	Colorado Avalanche	Vegas Golden Knights	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Saturday, 2026-05-23
19:00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Montréal Canadiens	Sportsnet+ Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Sunday, 2026-05-24
20:00	NHL Western Conference Final	Vegas Golden Knights	Colorado Avalanche	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Monday, 2026-05-25
20:00	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Carolina Hurricanes	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Tuesday, 2026-05-26
21:00	NHL Western Conference Final	Vegas Golden Knights	Colorado Avalanche	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

Wednesday, 2026-05-27
20:00	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Carolina Hurricanes	Sportsnet CBC TVA Sports Sportsnet Now Premium

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STATISTICAL DATA OF NHL ON TELEVISION IN CANADA

As of today 2026-05-21, 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:

6,124

TV BROADCASTS

631 Free games

10.3%

5,493 Paid games

89.7%

Most Repeated Match

Montréal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs

LAST FREE GAME

Montréal Canadiens - Buffalo Sabres

2026-05-16 NHL por Sportsnet Now Premium, Sportsnet, TVA Sports, Sportsnet+, OMNI 2, OMNI, CKPG-TV, CBC, Citytv

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Colorado Avalanche - Vegas Golden Knights

2026-05-20 NHL por Sportsnet, Sportsnet Now Premium, TVA Sports, CBC

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Sportsnet Now Premium

2,540 (41.48%)

Sportsnet

1,711 (27.94%)

TVA Sports

1,615 (26.37%)

Sportsnet Now

1,377 (22.49%)

Sportsnet Pacific

1,270 (20.74%)

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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 (8.67%)

Montréal Canadiens

497 (8.12%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

495 (8.08%)

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 (2.51%)

Toronto Maple Leafs

90 (1.47%)

Montréal Canadiens

83 (1.36%)

Vancouver Canucks

69 (1.13%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Edmonton Oilers

266 (4.34%)

Montréal Canadiens

252 (4.11%)

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 (4.11%)

Montréal Canadiens

245 (4%)

Winnipeg Jets

239 (3.9%)

Ottawa Senators

238 (3.89%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

635

10.37%

TUESDAY

1,105

18.04%

WEDNESDAY

592

9.67%

THURSDAY

1,187

19.38%

FRIDAY

555

9.06%

SATURDAY

1,369

22.35%

SUNDAY

681

11.12%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

974

15.9%

FEBRUARY

676

11.04%

MARCH

1,078

17.6%

APRIL

774

12.64%

MAY

280

4.57%

JUNE

1.08%

JULY

0.05%

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

- %

OCTOBER

561

9.16%

NOVEMBER

854

13.95%

DECEMBER

858

14.01%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

664

10.84%

2025

1,184

19.33%

2024

1,357

22.16%

2023

1,328

21.69%

2022

919

15.01%

2021

672

10.97%

RANKING BY TIMES