NBCSN topped the two million mark for the first time in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Game 2 of the Wild/Blackhawks Stanley Cup playoff series drew 2.0 million viewers on NBCSN Sunday night, up 10% from Rangers/Penguins Game 2 last year (1.9M), up 46% from Penguins/Senators in 2013 (1.4M) and cable’s largest audience of the playoffs. The previous high was 1.9 million for Game 1 of the series on Friday.
According to NBC Sports, the Blackhawks’ win ranks as the most-watched non-elimination second round playoff game on NBCSN. The game also generated strong local ratings, earning a 14.9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul — the market’s second-highest ever for the Wild on NBCSN or CNBC.
In other action Sunday night, Lightning/Canadiens Game 2 drew 1.1 million viewers and Flames/Ducks Game 2 just 265,000 on CNBC. There were no comparable windows last year.
Shifting to Monday, Game 3 of Rangers/Capitals drew 1.3 million viewers — down 10% from Penguins/Rangers last year (1.5M) and down 19% from Blackhawks/Red Wings in 2013 (1.6M).
(Sun. numbers from NBC Sports Group Press Box [1], [2], Sports TV Ratings; Mon. numbers from ShowBuzz Daily)
