Telecasts · NHL
NHL Penguins–Rangers
1,090,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2025-10-09
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Penguins-Rangers led the way with 1.09 million, up 38% from a non-exclusive Bruins-Panthers game last year (790K) and behind only Blackhawks-Penguins two years ago — Connor Bedard' s NHL debut (1.43M) — as second-most watched NHL Opening Night game ever on cable.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1,090,000
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
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