Fewer than two million viewers watched the third game of the Stanley Cup Final.
Game 3 of the Devils/Kings Stanley Cup Final drew 1.743 million viewers on NBC Sports Network Monday night, down 37% from Canucks/Bruins Game 3 last year (2.757M), and down 52% from Blackhawks/Flyers Game 3 in 2010 (3.600M).
The telecast ranks as the least-viewed Stanley Cup Final telecast, regardless of network, since Ducks/Senators Game 3 on NBC in 2007 (1.631M). This is the first time since that Ducks/Senators series that any Stanley Cup Final game has dipped below two million viewers.
Game 3 ranks as the fifth-least viewed of the thirteen Stanley Cup Final telecasts on NBC Sports Network (previously Versus and OLN). Only Games 1 and 2 of the 2006 Hurricanes/Oilers series and the 2007 Ducks/Senators series drew fewer viewers.
Least-Viewed Stanley Cup Final Telecasts on NBCSN (Previously Versus and OLN)
| # | Date | Away | Home |
#
|
Net |
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed., 5/30/07 | Senators | Ducks |
2
|
VERSUS |
576
|
|
2
|
Mon., 5/28/07 | Senators | Ducks |
1
|
VERSUS |
769
|
|
3
|
Mon., 6/5/06 | Oilers | Hurricanes |
1
|
OLN |
861
|
|
4
|
Wed., 6/7/06 | Oilers | Hurricanes |
2
|
OLN |
875
|
|
5
|
Mon., 6/4/12 | Devils | Kings |
3
|
NBCSN |
1,743
|
(Monday’s viewership from TV By the Numbers)
