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Western Conference Second Round Game 1 - Golden Knights vs Oilers

Nielsen average audience: 1,310,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-05-03 Wednesday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Golden Knights · Oilers
1,310,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2023-05-06

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,310,000
… Oilers-Golden Knights opened with 1.31 million on ESPN Wednesday — up 47% from Oilers-Flames a year ago (894K) — preceded by Devils-Hurricanes at 1.30 million, down 22% (vs. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

1,050,000
Eastern Conference First Round Game 5
2022-05-11 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+24.8% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Western Conference Second Round by year

2014–2026
Record
2.3M 2025
This telecast
#6 of 16 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
13 2014–2026
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
1M2M3M2023 · Western Conference Second Round Game 1 · 1.3M2023 · Western Conference Second Round Game 1 · 1.3M2014 · Western Conference Second Round Game 2 · 2.2M2015 · Western Conference Second Round Game 2 · 2.0M2016 · Western Conference Second Round Game 6 · 1.1M2017 · Western Conference Second Round Game 6 · 1.4M2018 · Western Conference Second Round Game 2 · 2.2M2019 · Western Conference Second Round Game 7 · 1.9M2020 · Western Conference Second Round Game 7 · 829K2021 · Western Conference Second Round Game 6 · 1.3M2022 · Western Conference Second Round Game 3 · 1.2M2023 · Western Conference Second Round Game 3 · 1.5M2024 · Western Conference Second Round Game 7 · 1.7M2025 · Western Conference Second Round Game 6 · 2.3M2026 · Western Conference Second Round Game 1 · 2.2M2014201620182020202220242026
  • Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
  • Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
  • Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
52 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 23:16 UTC

Western Conference Second Round Game 1, every year on record

This telecast: #2 of 2 Game 1 telecasts in the Panel + Out-of-Home era

Big Data + Panel
  1. 2026TNT · truTV · HBO Max2,220,000
Panel + Out-of-Home
  1. 2023ESPN1,310,000
  2. 2023ESPN1,410,000
3 earlier Game 1 telecasts
Before Out-of-Home
  1. 2019NBCSN943,000
  2. 2018NBCSN799,000
  3. 2016NBCSN923,000
6 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 23:16 UTC
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
YearTelecastAvg audience
2014Western Conference Second Round Game 22,200,000
2014Western Conference Second Round Game 4797,000
2014Western Conference Second Round Game 61,000,000
2014Western Conference Second Round Game 7903,000
2015Western Conference Second Round Game 22,000,000
2015Western Conference Second Round Game 2265,000
2015Western Conference Second Round Game 31,800,000
2015Western Conference Second Round Game 3545,000
2016Western Conference Second Round Game 1923,000
2016Western Conference Second Round Game 41,100,000
2016Western Conference Second Round Game 5589,000
2016Western Conference Second Round Game 61,100,000
2016Western Conference Second Round Game 6500,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 2748,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 3803,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 41,000,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 51,100,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 5568,000
2017Western Conference Second Round Game 61,400,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 1799,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 22,200,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 21,200,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 41,000,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 61,300,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 61,200,000
2018Western Conference Second Round Game 71,560,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 1943,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 31,180,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 41,000,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 51,140,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 71,860,000
2019Western Conference Second Round Game 71,670,000
2020Western Conference Second Round Game 3542,000
2020Western Conference Second Round Game 4715,000
2020Western Conference Second Round Game 5689,000
2020Western Conference Second Round Game 7829,000
2021Western Conference Second Round Game 61,270,000
2022Western Conference Second Round Game 31,170,000
2023Western Conference Second Round Game 11,410,000
2023Western Conference Second Round Game 11,310,000
2023Western Conference Second Round Game 31,510,000
2023Western Conference Second Round Game 41,260,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 21,240,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 2774,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 31,550,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 3919,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 41,220,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 4989,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 61,010,000
2024Western Conference Second Round Game 71,660,000
2025Western Conference Second Round Game 62,270,000
2026Western Conference Second Round Game 12,220,000

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