via NBC Sports press release,
GAME 1 OVERNIGHT RATING UP 7% VS. 2017; VEGAS AND WASHINGTON SET LOCAL MARKET RECORDS
- Last night’s Game 1 of the Washington-Vegas Stanley Cup Final on NBC delivered a 3.72 overnight rating, the bestovernight for a Game 1 in three years, since 2015 with Chicago-Tampa Bay (4.23).
- Game 1’s overnight rating (3.72) was up vs. both last year’s Game 1 with Nashville-Pittsburgh (+7%; 3.49) and 2016’s SCF Game 1 with San Jose-Pittsburgh (+36%; 2.73).
- Las Vegas’ 28.1 local rating stands as the highest rating for a Golden Knights game ever in the market, surpassing this year’s deciding Game 5 of the Western Conference Final vs. Winnipeg on NBC (17.9).
- With a 16.0 local rating in Washington D.C., Game 1 was the highest-rated Capitals game ever on the networks of NBC in the market, topping this year’s Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final vs. Tampa Bay on NBCSN (12.6).
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