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NHL Sabres–Lightning

Nielsen average audience: 390,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2025-03-06 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
Teams
Lightning · Sabres
390,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-03-08

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
390,000
Shifting to ESPN, Sabres-Lightning averaged a 0.20 rating and 390,000 viewers Thursday night — up from a 0.17 and 326,000 for Blues-Devils a year ago. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
390,000
NHL: Sabres v. Lightning ESPN 0.12 0.39 The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

326,000
NHL Blues–Devils
2024-03-07 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+19.6% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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