Ratings for the Stanley Cup Finals since games began airing on network television in 1995. Ratings on cable (ESPN, Versus) are national ratings unless otherwise noted; cable ratings (which measure the amount of people watching out of the amount of people with access to the network) are larger.
1995
3.2: New Jersey at Detroit, Game 1 (Saturday, June 17, FOX)
3.6: Detroit at New Jersey, Game 4 (Saturday, June 24, FOX)
1996
3.7/7: Florida at Colorado, Game 1 (Tuesday, June 4, FOX)
N/A: Colorado at Florida, Game 3 (Saturday, June 8, FOX)
1997
4.0: Detroit at Philadelphia, Game 1 (Saturday, May 31, FOX)
1998
3.3: Washington at Detroit, Game 1 (Tuesday, June 9, FOX)
1999
3.4/7: Buffalo at Dallas, Game 1 (Tuesday, June 8, FOX)
3.3/6: Buffalo at Dallas, Game 2 (Thursday, June 10, FOX)
1.9/5: Dallas at Buffalo, Game 3 (Saturday, June 12, ESPN)
2.2/5: Dallas at Buffalo, Game 4 (Tuesday, June 15, ESPN)
3.5/7: Buffalo at Dallas, Game 5 (Thursday, June 17, FOX)
2.7/8: Dallas at Buffalo, Game 6 (Saturday, June 19, ESPN)
2000
1.5/3: Dallas at New Jersey, Game 1 (Tuesday, May 30, ESPN)
1.6/3: Dallas at New Jersey, Game 2 (Thursday, June 1, ESPN)
2.3/5: New Jersey at Dallas, Game 3 (Saturday, June 3, ABC)
3.3/6: New Jersey at Dallas, Game 4 (Monday, June 5, ABC)
4.2/9: Dallas at New Jersey, Game 5 (Thursday, June 8, ABC)
4.2/10: New Jersey at Dallas, Game 6 (Saturday, June 10, ABC)
2001
1.4/3: New Jersey at Colorado, Game 1 (Saturday, May 26, ESPN)
1.7/4: New Jersey at Colorado, Game 2 (Tuesday, May 29, ESPN)
3.2/6: Colorado at New Jersey, Game 3 (Thursday, May 31, ABC)
2.3/5: Colorado at New Jersey, Game 4 (Saturday, June 2, ABC)
3.1/5: New Jersey at Colorado, Game 5 (Monday, June 4, ABC)
3.5/6: Colorado at New Jersey, Game 6 (Thursday, June 7, ABC)
4.2/9: New Jersey at Colorado, Game 7 (Saturday, June 9, ABC)
2002
2.3/5: Carolina at Detroit, Game 1 (Tuesday, June 4, ESPN)
2.6/5: Carolina at Detroit, Game 2 (Thursday, June 6, ESPN)
3.3/8: Detroit at Carolina, Game 3 (Saturday, June 8, ABC)
3.5/6: Detroit at Carolina, Game 4 (Monday, June 10, ABC)
4.2/8: Carolina at Detroit, Game 5 (Thursday, June 13, ABC)
2003
1.4*: Anaheim at New Jersey, Game 1 (Tuesday, May 27, ESPN)
1.1*: Anaheim at New Jersey, Game 2 (Thursday, May 29, ESPN)
2.0/4: New Jersey at Anaheim, Game 3 (Saturday, May 31, ABC)
2.7/5: New Jersey at Anaheim, Game 4 (Monday, June 2, ABC)
2.7/5: Anaheim at New Jersey, Game 5 (Thursday, June 5, ABC)
2.4/5: New Jersey at Anaheim, Game 6 (Saturday, June 7, ABC)
4.6/8: Anaheim at New Jersey, Game 7 (Monday, June 9, ABC)
2004
1.1*: Calgary at Tampa Bay, Game 1 (Tuesday, May 25, ESPN)
1.2*: Calgary at Tampa Bay, Game 2 (Thursday, May 27, ESPN)
1.4/3: Tampa Bay at Calgary, Game 3 (Saturday, May 29, ABC)
2.1/4: Tampa Bay at Calgary, Game 4 (Monday, May 31, ABC)
2.5/5: Calgary at Tampa Bay, Game 5 (Thursday, June 3, ABC)
2.7/6: Tampa Bay at Calgary, Game 6 (Saturday, June 5, ABC)
4.2/7: Calgary at Tampa Bay, Game 7 (Monday, June 7, ABC)
2006
0.9*: Edmonton at Carolina, Game 1 (Monday, June 5, OLN)
0.9*: Edmonton at Carolina, Game 2 (Wednesday, June 7, OLN)
1.6/3: Carolina at Edmonton, Game 3 (Saturday, June 10, NBC)
2.0/4: Carolina at Edmonton, Game 4 (Monday, June 12, NBC)
2.5/4: Edmonton at Carolina, Game 5 (Wednesday, June 14, NBC)
1.9/4: Carolina at Edmonton, Game 6 (Saturday, June 17, NBC)
3.3/6: Edmonton at Carolina, Game 7 (Monday, June 19, NBC)
Asterisk (*) indicates cable rating.
