After overnights dipped to a three-year low, final ratings inched up for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Mondays Bruins-Blues Stanley Cup Final Game 4 earned a 3.1 rating and 5.13 million viewers on NBC, up 3% in ratings and 1% viewership from Golden Knights-Capitals last year (3.0, 5.06M), but down a tick and 9% respectively from Penguins–Predators in 2017 (3.2, 5.65M).
The Blues’ win, which peaked with 5.84 million viewers from 10:30-10:45 PM ET, posted the third-largest Stanley Cup Final Game 4 audience since at least 1998, behind Penguins-Predators in ’17 and Blackhawks-Bruins in 2013 (6.46M).
It also delivered the third-highest Game 4 rating since 2002 (Red Wings-Hurricanes: 3.5), again behind Penguins-Predators and Blackhawks-Bruins (3.8).
The slight increase in ratings and viewership marked a turnaround from the overnight ratings, which were down a tick. Game 4 was the second of the series to go from a decline in the overnights to an increase in the final nationals.
Notably, both Bruins-Blues games on NBC have increased, while both games on NBCSN declined.
Game 4 had a 1.5 rating in adults 18-49, down a tick from last year (1.6) and down 25% from 2017 (2.0). It also had a 1.2 in adults 18-34, down a tick from last year (1.3) and down 28% from 2017 (1.8).
For the night, it could only tie for first-place in adults 18-49, matching ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” It ranked second in adults 18-34, trailing “The Bachelorette” (1.4).
[Numbers from NBC Sports, Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily 6.5]
