NHL 2018/19 local TV ratings:
TOP 5:
1) Buffalo Sabres (MSG Western New York): 8.13 average rating
2) Pittsburgh Penguins (AT&T SN Pittsburgh): 6.38
3) Vegas Golden Knights (AT&T SN Rocky Mountain):4.05
4) St. Louis Blues (FS Midwest): 3.66
5 Minnesota Wild (FS North): 2.9
Sunday's Sharks/Golden Knights match earned 1,3 million viewers on NBCSN, best cable audience of this postseason!
It is a really huge number for NBCSN.
Local TV ratings for last night's
#StanleyCup
games:
Columbus (Blue Jackets/Bruins): 15.2
Boston (Blue Jackets/Bruins): 15.1
Denver (Avalanche/Sharks): 9.1
San Jose (Avalanche/Sharks): 3.4
(via
@NBCSportsPR
)
SUMMARY:
- regular season UP vs last year
- playoffs was the most watched in 23 years
- Game 7 of SC Final was the most watched NHL game on record
Great year for NHL in USA!
Avs are rolling! Wednesday's Flyers-Avalanche match had a 351,000 viewers, the best audience for a late night game since Opening Night.
#avs
#avalanche
#nhlonnbc
Bruins beat the Celtics Friday night for local TV ratings. The Bruins had a 8.2 rating between the local and national channels. The Celtics did a 6.5 combined for the two networks.
Vegas loves hockey! Proof?
Three meaningless preseason
@GoldenKnights
games have pulled in at least a 4.6 rating:
at Colorado – 4.9 Rating / 9 Share
at Los Angeles – 5.0 Rating / 9 Share
at San Jose – 4.6 Rating / 8 Share
(via
@SinBinVegas
)
@GlobeChadFinn
@SportsTVRatings
The highest local NHL ratings -- in any market -- since NBC acquired rights:
1. 43.4 in Boston for Bruins/Canucks Game 7 in 2011
2. 42.2 in Pittsburgh for Penguins/Red Wings Game 7 in 2009
3. 41.8 in St. Louis for Blues/Bruins Game 7 in 2019
Sunday's Sharks/Golden Knights match earned 1,3 million viewers on NBCSN, best cable audience of this postseason!
It is a really huge number for NBCSN.
NHL 2018/19 local TV ratings:
TOP 5:
1) Buffalo Sabres (MSG Western New York): 8.13 average rating
2) Pittsburgh Penguins (AT&T SN Pittsburgh): 6.38
3) Vegas Golden Knights (AT&T SN Rocky Mountain):4.05
4) St. Louis Blues (FS Midwest): 3.66
5 Minnesota Wild (FS North): 2.9
“It will be David versus Goliath and I just hope we remember to bring our slingshots.” — U.S. hockey coach Herb Brooks before the “Miracle on Ice,” which happened 40 years ago today. The US beat the Russians, whose record in the Olympics was 40-3-2!
TV ratings for U.S.-based NHL teams as of Jan. 13, according to Nielsen Media Research:
Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.86
Buffalo Sabres: 4.78
St. Louis Blues: 3.80
Boston Bruins: 3.66
Minnesota Wild: 2.39
Five longest active
#StanleyCup
droughts now:
🏒 Maple Leafs – 52 years
🏒 Sabres – 48 years
🏒 Canucks – 48 years
🏒 Flyers – 44 years
🏒 Coyotes/Jets – 39 years
Huge TV numbers for hockey in Finland: IIHF quarterfinal against Sweden earned 1.75 million viewers!
(Finland has 5.5 million inhabitants)
#IIHFWorlds
#iihfworlds2019
TV ratings for U.S.-based NHL teams as of Jan. 13, according to Nielsen Media Research, BOTTOM FIVE:
Los Angeles Kings: 0.30
New York Islanders: 0.29
New Jersey Devils: 0.27
Arizona Coyotes: 0.22
Anaheim Ducks: 0.10
2019 NFL Revenue $15bil+
2019 MLB revenue $10bil
2019 NBA revenue $8.5bil
2019 NHL revenue $5.1bil
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2019 MLS revenue $1,2bil
Pretty sure NHL has big 4 credentials... unless there's some random billion dollar NA sports league we've never heard of.
Top 5 Most-Watched NHL Games On Record (Since 1994):
Game 7: St. Louis/Boston 2019 - 8,7 million viewers
Game 7: Boston/Vancouver 2011 - 8,5 million
Game 6: Chicago/Philly 2010 - 8,3 million
Game 6: Chicago/Boston 2013 - 8,2 million
Game 6: Tampa Bay/Chicago 2015 - 8,0 million
The full six-game Lightning-Stars series averaged 2.15 million viewers, down 61% from last year’s seven-game final (5.47M) and the least-watched Cup Final since 2007.
(via
@paulsen_smw
)
Through the first two days of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, NBC Sports is averaging a TAD of 620,000 viewers on
@NBCSN
, NBC Sports' best start to the playoffs ON RECORD. Compared to last season's previous best of 551,000 viewers, 2020 coverage is up +13%.
NHL Opening Night TV Ratings:
598K: Predators vs Lightning
1.431M: Blackhawks vs Penguins (most-watched opening night game on record)
691K: Kraken vs Golden Knights
Last night’s tripleheader is the most-watched opening night in history.
TV audience of championship games in USA (excluding NFL):
NBA: Raptors - Warriors Game 6: 18.3 million viewers
MLB: Red Sox - Dodgers Game 5: 17.6 million (2018)
NHL: Bruins - Blues Game 7: 8.7 million
----------------------
MLS: Atlanta - Portland: 1.8 million (2018)
Canada looooves football. SUPER BOWL LIV is the most-watched SUPER BOWL ever in Canada, attracting a record average audience of 9.5 million viewers on CTV, TSN, and RDS (via
@CTV_PR
)
Saturday & Sunday average viewership:
Sat on ABC
Wings-Bruins: 1.135M
Flyers-Pens: 1.037M
Sun on TNT
*Bruins-Wings: 403k
Rangers-Pens: 807k
*non-exclusive game
Friday’s Stanley Cup Final Game 4 (Lightning-Stars) averaged 2.22 million viewers on the NBC broadcast network, marking the least-watched Game 4 since 2012. Ratings fell 59% and viewership 57% from Bruins-Blues Game 4 last year.
(via
@paulsen_smw
)
Most recent championship games (
#OOH
out-of-home audiences per
@TunityAnalytics
):
NFL Super Bowl 2020: 23.31 million viewers
NBA Finals 2019 Game 6: 8.2 million
NHL Stanley Cup 2019 Game 7: 6.7 million
MLB World Series 2019 Game 7: 5.5 million
MLS Cup 2019: 0.4 million
NHL will finish the season with audience (around 460,000 viewers) up around 18% from 2020-2021 campaign. This season was the first under a new deal with TNT and ESPN.
Last season was on NBC/NBCSN (391,000).
Fox Sports SVP/sales Mark Evans: "The NHL could be a place that we’d like to delve back into.” MLS is a big failure for FS1. Maybe this is a reason why is FOX looking at NHL.
The biggest year to year increase belongs to the Vegas. The Golden Knights experienced a whopping 116% rise in its ratings on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.
@SinBinVegas
#VegasBorn
NHL 2018/19 local TV ratings:
TOP 5:
1) Buffalo Sabres (MSG Western New York): 8.13 average rating
2) Pittsburgh Penguins (AT&T SN Pittsburgh): 6.38
3) Vegas Golden Knights (AT&T SN Rocky Mountain):4.05
4) St. Louis Blues (FS Midwest): 3.66
5 Minnesota Wild (FS North): 2.9
Some Sundays sports TV audiences:
Indy 500: 3.7 million viewers
NBA: Clippers-Dallas 3.3 million
NHL: Boston-Tampa 1.8 million
MLB: Philadelphia-Atlanta 1.1 milion
MLS: Galaxy-LAFC 0.4 million
Almost 4 weeks into the season, the NHL
Regular Season on NBCSN is averaging 351,000 viewers, up BIG vs last year (+28%) through the same point (via
@NBCSportsPR
)
Sunday’s shutout defeat to the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game Five of the Qualifying round drew an overnight, estimated audience of 2,529,000 on Sportsnet National.
Still no other team in any sport across Canada draws like the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Saturday, NHL on ABC TV Ratings:
896K: Rangers vs Capitals
1.015M: Penguins vs Blues
This weekend’s ABC doubleheader was the most-watched of the season (956K viewers).
In addition, the amount of ABC games this year to average over 1M viewers has already surpassed last season.
#WorldJuniors
: The match between the Czechs and the Swiss was watched by 511,000 people in the Czech Republic. It was there the most watched junior hockey game in many years.
Včera v prime time plný zásah České televize:
ČT1 20:12 Místo zločinu České Budějovice 1.873.000
ČTsport 20:30 "místo činu" Halifax (Česko-Švýcarsko 9-1, čtvrtfinále MSJ) 1.157.000 diváků
Zájem o hokejový ohňostroj českých juniorů překonal dosud platné divácké rekordy MSJ na ČTs
Some weekend numbers:
NBA: Houston-Lakers 5.4 million viewers (ABC)
NHL: Philadelphia-Islanders 3.0 million (NBC)
MLB: St. Louis-Chicago 1.2 million (ESPN)
MLS: Atlanta-Orlando 0.4 million (FOX)
TV sports on Monday:
Bruins/Blues on NBC: 5.1 million viewers
Ucla/Oklahoma (softball) on ESPN: 1.3 million viewers
Astros/Mariners on ESPN: 515.000 viewers
If hockey is not one of the top four team sports in the U.S. then what is?
Most recent championship games:
Super Bowl 2020: 99 million viewers
World Series 2019: 23.0 million
NBA Finals 2019: 18.3 million
Stanley Cup 2019: 8.7 million
MLS Cup 2019: 0,8 million
Saturday’s Canadiens-Penguins NHL Stanley Cup Qualifier Game 1 averaged a 1.0 rating and 1.54 million viewers on NBC, marking the highest rated and most-watched NHL game of the season, excluding the Winter Classic. (via
@paulsen_smw
)
Ice Hockey World Championship: Wednesday's rival meeting between Sweden and Finland was seen by as many as 2.5 million Finns - equivalent to 45 percent of the population.
The match, which aired on C More and MTV3, was tuned by 75 percent of television viewers.
Wednesday’s Stanley Cup Final Game 3 (Lightning-Stars) averaged 1.15 million viewers on NBCSN topping only Monday’s Game 2 (1.14M) as the least-watched Cup Final telecast in 13 years.
(via
@paulsen_smw
)
Most recent championship games (english audiences of clinching games, U.S. only):
Super Bowl 2020: 99 million viewers
World Series 2019: 23.0 million
NBA Finals 2019: 18.3 million
Stanley Cup 2019: 8.7 million
MLS Cup 2019: 0,8 million
WNBA Finals 2019: 0,4 million
NHL on ESPN continues with big numbers with last nights game between Flyers vs Bruins averaging 684,000 viewers. That’s the most viewed NHL game on ESPN since opening night.
English audiences of clinching games (U.S. only):
World Series 2019: 23.0 million viewers
NBA Finals 2019: 18.3 million
Stanley Cup 2019: 8.7 million
MLS Cup 2019: 0,8 million
WNBA Finals 2019: 0,4 million
Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final in St. Louis on Sunday is the second-most expensive match among the four major North American sports leagues this decade.
Based average 🎟 price,
#stanleycup
Final Game 6 at
#STLBlues
is most $$$ hockey game this decade + second most $$$ game amongst 4 major league finals 🎼🏒 Low Price Guarantees 👉
Seattle Kraken (NHL) expected to begin play in 2021/22 - 186.2K followers
Charlotte FC (MLS) expected to begin play in 2022 - 26.6K followers
There is still a Big Four league charm...
Through 15 games, NBC Sports has delivered its best NHL viewership in four years, averaging a Total Audience Delivery of 352,000 viewers, up 24% vs. last season through the same point (278,000 viewers).
With a 6.2 overnight rating in primetime, NBC is expected to win the night with
@StLouisBlues
@NHLBruins
#Game7
as the No. 1 show. It's the best primetime overnight for a Wednesday night on NBC since Sept. 19, 2018, which included the "America’s Got Talent" finale (6.8).
Many hockey fans watched The last march of Golden Knights. Tuesday's Vegas/San Jose Playoffs Game 7 earned 1.1 million viewers on NBCSN, one of the network's best audiences for 1st round late game on record.
@SinBinVegas
#StanleyCupPlayoffs