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NHL Rangers–Capitals

Name: NHL Rangers–Capitals
Creator: RatingsReference
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2018-10-17 · NHL · NBCSN

329,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2018-10-19

Published figures

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average audience

full telecast / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Down Week For NHL on NBCSN Rangers-Capitals scored a 0.20 rating and 329,000 viewers on NBCSN's Wednesday Night Hockey, down 23% in ratings and 21% in viewership from last year (Blackhawks-Blues: 0.26, 419K) and down 13% and 14% respectively from 2016 (Red Wings-Rangers: 0.23, 383K). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

329,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksNBCSN

TeamsCapitals · Rangers

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

NHL Blackhawks–Blues

2017-10-18 · NBCSN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

419,000

NHL Canadiens–Kings

2017-10-18 · NBCSN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

170,000

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 NBCSN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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NHL Rangers–Capitals (2018-10-17): 329,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2018-10-19, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018/10/nba-ratings-espn-pacers-nhl-nascar-trucks/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nhl-capitals-rangers-2018-10-17, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950