Stanley Cup Final Viewership Taking Hit From Crowded Sports Calendar September 25, 2020 The Cup Final's viewership trend follows many other major sports, which are also seeing declines Photo: GETTY IMAGES Viewership numbers for the first three games of the Lightning-Stars Stanley Cup Final “are … That's a 38% decrease compared to last year. The 2020 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2019–20 season and the culmination of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.This series was between the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars.The Lightning won … This year’s historically bad NBA playoffs viewership — the Finals fell about 50 ... 43 percent. ... Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final got off to a miserable start. 2009 – Game seven drew an average of 3.529 million viewers to the CBC. The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL). Stanley Cup Final Viewership Soars In Tampa, But Down Overall 10.1.2020 Game 6 drew a 15.39 rating in the Tampa Bay market, twice the percentage of households in Dallas GETTY IMAGES The Lightning's Stanley Cup-clinching victory over the Stars on Monday was NBC’s "most viewed NHL game in the Tampa market" since Game 1 of the '15 Stanley Cup … According to Sports Media Watch, through Tuesday, the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged 724,000 viewers across NBC Sports’ TV and digital platforms — down 24% from the same point last year (957K). Game six was the most-watched All-American Stanley Cup Final game, with 4.077 million viewers. Overall, the six game series averaged just 2.03 million viewers … Average U.S. TV ratings NHL Stanley Cup games 2006-2020 TV viewership National Hockey League opener in the U.S. 2020 Total broadcasting rights of the NHL by sector in 2019/20 That might not seem like a lot. However, it averaged 2.154 million viewers for the seven-game rematch, down 7% from the 2008 final. Stanley Cup Final Viewership Taking Hit From Crowded Sports Calendar 9.25.2020 The Cup Final's viewership trend follows many other major sports, which are also seeing declines GETTY IMAGES Viewership numbers for the first three games of the Lightning-Stars Stanley Cup Final “are way down across … Throughout the first 13 weeks of the 2020 season, NFL TV ratings are down 7% from a season ago. Second round games have averaged 977,000, down 35%. • The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged 953,000 viewers across NBC's TV and digital platforms. “The clincher drew 2.88 million viewers on NBC, far fewer viewers than not only Monday Night Football, but also various cable news programs, Dancing With the Stars on ABC, and reruns of both The Neighborhood and Young Sheldon on CBS.It was the least-watched Game 6 and least-watched clincher since at least the 2004-05 lockout. The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and concluded on September 28, 2020, with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning their second Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Dallas Stars four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals.The playoffs … The Final averaged 3.107 million viewers, up 44 percent from 2009. The Stanley Cup finals: 61 percent.