Stanley Cup Final: Two Million Viewers For Game 4; Still Down From ’11

Posted by | 06/07/2012 at 5:40 pm

After fewer than two million viewers watched Game 3, viewership bounced back somewhat for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Game 4 of the Devils/Kings Stanley Cup Final drew 2.069 million viewers on NBC Sports Network Wednesday night, down 24% from Bruins/Canucks Game 4 last year (2.714M), and down 34% from Blackhawks/Flyers Game 4 on a Friday night in 2010 (3.126M).

The game ranks as the second-least viewed Stanley Cup Final telecast on any network since Ducks/Senators Game 3 on NBC in 2007 (1.631M). Only Monday’s Game 3 drew fewer viewers.

Overall, Games 3 and 4 of Devils/Kings rank as the least-viewed Stanley Cup Final telecasts on NBC Sports Network (previously VERSUS and OLN) since 2007, when Games 1 and 2 of Senators/Ducks failed to draw even one million viewers.

Viewership For the Stanley Cup Final on NBCSN (Previously VERSUS and OLN)
Since the network began airing games in the 2005-06 season

Year Date Away Home
#
 Net
Viewers (000)
2006 Mon., 6/5/06 Oilers Hurricanes
1
 OLN
861
Wed., 6/7/06 Oilers Hurricanes
2
 OLN
875
2007 Mon., 5/28/07 Senators Ducks
1
 VERSUS
769
Wed., 5/30/07 Senators Ducks
2
 VERSUS
576
2008 Sat., 5/24/08 Penguins Red Wings
1
 VERSUS
2,352
Mon., 5/26/08 Penguins Red Wings
2
 VERSUS
2,608
2009 Tue., 6/2/09 Red Wings Penguins
3
 VERSUS
2,955
Thu., 6/4/09 Red Wings Penguins
4
 VERSUS
3,448
2010 Wed., 6/2/10 Blackhawks Flyers
3
 VERSUS
3,600
Fri., 6/4/10 Blackhawks Flyers
4
 VERSUS
3,126
2011 Mon., 6/6/11 Canucks Bruins
3
 VERSUS
2,757
Wed., 6/8/11 Canucks Bruins
4
 VERSUS
2,714
2012 Mon., 6/4/12 Devils Kings
3
 NBCSN
1,743
Wed., 6/6/12 Devils Kings
4
 NBCSN
2,069

(Wednesday’s numbers from TV By the Numbers)

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