Eastern Conference First Round Game 1 - Hurricanes vs Senators
Nielsen average audience: 1,280,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-04-18 Saturday
- Networks
- ESPN
- Teams
- Hurricanes · Senators
1,280,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-04-22
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
1,280,000
… Senators-Hurricanes drew a 0.55 and 1.28 million on Saturday afternoon and Mammoth-Golden Knights a 0.52 and 1.00 million Sunday night.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 comparable
981,000
2025-04-19 · TNT · truTV · HBO Max · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+30.5% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, the only such window within a week of 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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