Telecasts · NHL
NHL Blackhawks–Penguins
1,430,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2023-10-11
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Tuesday's Blackhawks-Penguins NHL Opening Night game averaged a 0.8 rating and 1.43 million viewers on ESPN, marking the largest audience on record for a regular season NHL game on cable, excluding the Winter Classic.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1,430,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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