Ratings: Olympic Hockey, NHL, NASCAR Xfinity, PBC

Monday’s United States-Slovakia Olympic men’s hockey game had 1.6 million viewers on NBCSN, the network’s second-largest hockey audience after 10 PM ET. A 2014 Wild-Blackhawks NHL playoff game holds the top spot (1.95M). NBCSN’s full primetime window, which featured ice dancing for most of the night, had 2.1 million.

Figures for Tuesday’s Czech Republic-United States quarterfinal, which eliminated the U.S. from the Olympics, were not immediately available. In an interview published Monday, NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus told Sports Illustrated that Olympic hockey viewership has declined in the high 20-low 30 percent range. The NHL barred its players from participating in the Games.

Leading into Olympic coverage, Flyers-Rangers drew a 0.9 rating and 1.4 million viewers in Sunday’s NHL Game of the Week on NBC — up 50% in ratings and 41% in viewership from last year (Capitals-Rangers: 0.6, 963K) and up 29% and 31% respectively from 2016 (Penguins-Sabres: 0.7, 1.0M).

Last Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series opener from Daytona scored a 1.15 rating and 1.85 million viewers on FS1, down 18% in ratings and viewership from last year (1.4, 2.25M) and down 17% and 13% respectively from 2016 (1.4, 2.1M). It was the least-watched edition of the race since at least 2007.

The last time it faced the Winter Olympics, 2014, the race had a 1.8 and 2.7 million on ESPN.

Airing opposite the Olympics, Premier Boxing Champions delivered a 0.8 rating and 1.1 million viewers on FOX last Saturday night — down a third in ratings and 39% in viewership from last February (1.2, 1.9M), but up a third and 28% respectively from the network’s most recent card last July (0.6, 886K). Even so, it was the second-least watched PBC card ever on primetime network television.