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Watching Game 1 Of The Stanley Cup Final

05/29/2018 at 1:43pm EDT

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).

TOP 10 MARKETS FOR MONDAY’S STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1 ON NBC

1 Las Vegas 28.08
2 Wash, D.C. 16.02
3 Pittsburgh 10.31
4 Baltimore 9.07
5 Buffalo 8.84
6 Richmond 6.92
7 Minn.-St. Paul 6.58
8 St. Louis 5.22
9 Denver 5.11
10 Ft. Myers 4.71

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