Stanley Cup now down double-digits despite post-restart highs
Good news and not-so-good-news for the NHL.
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Good news and not-so-good-news for the NHL.
As in the NBA, the NHL suffered no ill-effects from its Stanley Cup stoppage.
Stanley Cup playoff viewership has slipped below last year.
Stanley Cup playoff viewership continues to trend ahead of last year.
TNT scored its most-watched NBA season finale in nine years.
Stanley Cup playoff ratings opened strong on NBC.
NBA viewership has now slipped under the league's pre-hiatus average.
The NHL returned without the big ratings jump other leagues have experienced.
The Stanley Cup Final -- and the playoffs as a whole -- ended up at multi-year highs.

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