Eastern Conference First Round Game 1 - Bruins vs Sabres
Nielsen average audience: 1,710,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-04-19 Sunday
- Networks
- ESPN
1,710,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-04-22
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
1,710,000
On Sunday, Bruins-Sabres drew a 0.8 and 1.71 million — up 116% from last year, albeit an all-Canadian Senators-Maple Leafs game that aired on ESPN2 (794K).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
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
Prior-season windows
2025-04-20 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
880,000
2025-04-20 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
735,000
2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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