Ratings Reference

Western Conference First Round Game 1 - Golden Knights vs Wild

Nielsen average audience: 735,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-04-20 Sunday
Networks
ESPN
735,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-04-23

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
735,000
The all-Canadian Senators-Maple Leafs series opened with 794,000 on ESPN2 Sunday night (-27%), followed by Wild-Golden Knights on ESPN at 735,000 (-8%). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
740,000
NHL Playoffs: Wild v. Golden Knights ESPN 0.22 0.74 The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

2024-04-21 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
795,000
2024-04-21 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
1,340,000
2024-04-21 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
932,000
3 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.