Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres
Nielsen average audience: 2,960,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-05-18 Monday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Home
- Buffalo Sabres
2,960,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-05-21
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
2,960,000
Monday's Canadiens-Sabres second round Stanley Cup playoff Game 7 averaged 2.96 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
2,970,000
NHL Playoffs ESPN 0.88 2.97The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
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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