Stanley Cup ratings drop, lower than 4 Nations

U.S. tv ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch betwixt the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers declined from their archetypal matchup a twelvemonth ago.

An mean of 2.5 cardinal viewers watched connected TNT, with 2.8 cardinal tuning successful for the Panthers' series-clinching Game 6 victory. The wide fig connected cablegram is down from 4.17 cardinal past twelvemonth erstwhile the last was connected over-the-air TV connected ABC and the lowest since Tampa Bay versus Montreal successful 2021.

The stock of viewers accrued 15% from TNT's archetypal Cup last successful 2023 erstwhile Vegas defeated Florida. Social media engagements connected NHL contented were up 32% implicit the people of the playoffs.

An mean of 3.8 cardinal viewers watched the last successful Canada connected Sportsnet, with Connor McDavid looking for his archetypal championship. The 1.8 cardinal connected mean for the playoffs, which included 5 retired of the 16 teams progressive being based successful Canada, is simply a 6% summation from a twelvemonth ago.

Ratings for the Cup last were importantly little than the 4 Nations Face-Off successful February, the instrumentality of planetary contention featuring the NHL's champion players. The final betwixt the U.S. and Canada was watched by 9.3 cardinal radical successful the U.S. and 10.7 cardinal successful Canada, aft the six round-robin games averaged 4.6 cardinal successful North America.