Stanley Cup Final viewership continues to trend up, even though Saturday’s Edmonton blowout trailed the two prior games.
Saturday’s Panthers-Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 4 averaged a 1.4 rating and 3.1 million viewers on ABC, per Nielsen fast-nationals — up 15% in ratings and 20% in viewership from Golden Knights-Panthers on TNT, TBS and truTV last year (1.2, 2.56M) but down 43% and 33% respectively from the previous Game 4 on ABC, Avalanche-Lightning in 2022 (2.4, 4.60M).
All four games of the Panthers-Oilers series have increased double-digits over last year’s all-cable matchup. Compared to Avalanche-Lightning in ’22, viewership has declined for each and ratings have declined for all-but-one (Game 2).
As one would expect given the 8-1 margin, Game 4 declined from the two previous games in the series, Florida’s wins in Game 2 (1.9, 3.56M) and Game 3 (1.8, 3.35M). Pending results for the final nationals on Tuesday, Game 4 viewership was on par with Game 1, which also aired on a Saturday night.
The full Stanley Cup Final is averaging 3.1 million viewers, up 25% from the first four games last year, but down from 4.2 million in 2022. The ESPN/ABC portion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is averaging 1.6 million viewers, up 38% from last year and up 10% from 2022.
Canadian viewership for Game 4 will be added to this article when available.
(Figures from network PR)
