It drew a fraction of the ratings of last week’s Canada/USA Gold Medal Game, but Sunday’s Red Wings/Blackhawks game put up decent numbers on NBC.
The Red Wings’ 5-4 win over the Blackhawks drew a 1.2 overnight rating on NBC Sunday afternoon, up 20% from Bruins/Rangers on the comparable date last year (1.0), but down 8% from Penguins/Capitals on February 7 (1.3), NBC’s last NHL telecast before the Olympic break.
This marks the fourth straight NHL telecast on NBC to draw at least a 1.2 overnight rating. To put that in perspective, NBC did not draw an overnight higher than 1.1 during the previous two seasons (excluding the Winter Classic).
Sunday’s game took place one week after the Canada/USA Olympic Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Game drew a 17.6 overnight (15.2 final rating).
