Telecasts · NHL
NHL Winter Classic
1,780,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-28
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
The NHL Winter Classic — Penguins-Bruins from Fenway Park in Boston — averaged 1.78 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
1,780,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Wikipedia
1.77 millionWikipedia, verbatim
1,770,000
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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