Telecasts · NHL
NHL Penguins–Red Wings
1,600,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-01-08
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
But the game was surpassed not 48 hours later by ABC's Penguins-Red Wings game on Saturday, which drew 1.6 million — making it the most-watched game of the season and bumping the Winter Classic to third.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1,600,000
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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