For Canadiens fans, watching every game this season means juggling more moving parts than usual. The 2026-27 season is the first 84-game slate the NHL has played since 1993-94 — a scheduling change built into the new CBA to create more space between the Stanley Cup Final and the draft — and it’s also the first season since Hockey Night in Canada left CBC after nearly 75 years on the air. Between French and English rights in Canada and the national picture in the United States, knowing where to find the Canadiens on a given night takes a bit of homework. Here’s the breakdown.

The Canadiens’ 84 games are covered by two full packages in Canada: 84 broadcasts in French and 84 in English, with Amazon Prime Video adding seven exclusive games to each.

Watching the Canadiens in French

RDS remains the regional broadcaster with the largest share of the schedule, carrying 45 Canadiens games covering Quebec, Atlantic Canada and eastern Ontario.

TVA Sports will broadcast 32 Canadiens games nationally in French — 10 more than under its previous deal, part of a new 12-year agreement with Quebecor announced this week that also hands TVA Sports the Canadiens’ entire playoff run: six of the eight first-round matchups, three of four second-round matchups, and every game from the Conference Finals through the Stanley Cup Final. Worth remembering: TVA Sports isn’t just a Canadiens channel — it carries hundreds of NHL games across the league every season, so its overall coverage goes well beyond Montreal.

Amazon Prime Video rounds out the French side with seven exclusive Wednesday-night games, streamed nationally.

— TVA Sports (@TVASports) September 3, 2026

The French Breakdown

• RDS: 45 Canadiens games
• TVA Sports: 32 Canadiens games
• Amazon Prime Video: 7 Canadiens games
• Total: 84 Canadiens games

Watching the Canadiens in English

This is where the season looks different from a year ago. CBC’s run with the NHL — Hockey Night in Canada, nearly 75 years old — ended when its sub-licensing deal with Rogers expired after last season’s playoffs. Citytv is out too. Sportsnet is now the sole English-language national broadcaster for the NHL in Canada.

TSN2 carries the largest regional share of Canadiens games, with 50 — in-market weeknights plus non-national weekend games — under the network’s newly extended long-term rights deal with the team.

Sportsnet carries the remaining 27 Canadiens games as part of the national English package, including Saturday-night hockey. Same caveat as TVA Sports on the French side: Sportsnet’s overall NHL schedule runs much deeper than its Canadiens total, and it now also covers the entire national Saturday footprint that used to be shared with CBC.

Amazon Prime Video adds seven exclusive Wednesday Night Hockey games in English, same as the French side.

The English Breakdown

• TSN2: 50 Canadiens games
• Sportsnet: 27 Canadiens games
• Amazon Prime Video: 7 Canadiens games
• Total: 84 Canadiens games

Watching the Canadiens in the United States

American Canadiens fans have a simpler setup: six Canadiens games are slated for U.S. national television or streaming across ESPN/ABC, TNT, NHL Network and ESPN+/Hulu exclusives — the marquee games picked for a national audience. Every other Canadiens game is available out-of-market through ESPN+ via NHL Power Play.

One Game to Circle

Outdoor hockey returns to Canada on October 25, when the Canadiens play the Winnipeg Jets in the Heritage Classic — exactly the kind of game that draws national coverage on both sides of the language split. Check the full schedule on our Canadiens Schedule page.

The Big Picture

No single channel carries the whole season. In French, RDS, TVA Sports and Amazon Prime Video combine for 84 Canadiens games; in English, it’s TSN2, Sportsnet and Prime Video for the same 84. Those totals are Canadiens games specifically — TVA Sports’ and Sportsnet’s full NHL slates run much deeper, into the playoffs and beyond.

The real new wrinkle this year, past the two extra games on the schedule, is that a cable or satellite package alone won’t get you everything anymore. Amazon Prime Video’s Wednesday-night exclusives are streaming-only in both languages, and Sportsnet’s Saturday games now stand alone without CBC’s free over-the-air simulcast.

For the Canadiens fan who just wants to catch every game: know which language you’re watching in, check who has the game before puck drop, and remember Prime Video is now a permanent part of the mix, not a bonus. Follow every result as it happens on our Game Results page.

The puck drops soon. Now you know where to watch.