NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

[Anisimovs AK]

You have a source? I believe you, just have to be careful of the mods around here. I’ve been given warnings before when I didn’t link the source.

You've linked a source one time in your 14 years here

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on TNT avg viewership last night-

*Red Wings-Penguins: 354k

*Non-exclusive game

Still waiting on Kings-Avs #

231k for Kings-Avs.

 

[Coinneach]

NHL TV ratings 2024/25
(via @jheaps4)

October:

Blues-Kraken: 348k (ESPN)
Bruins-Panthers: 790k (ESPN, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Utah: 522k (ESPN)
Rangers-Penguins: 467k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Golden Knights 315k (TNT+truTV)
Wild-Blues: 417k (ESPN)
Flyers-Oilers: 333k (ESPN)
Sabres-Penguins: 512k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Avalanche: 340k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Flyers: 477k (ESPN)
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k (ESPN)
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k (ESPN)
Flyers-Capitals: 410k (TNT+truTV)
Rangers-Capitals: 412k (ESPN)
Kings-Sharks: 186k (ESPN)
Golden Knights-Kings: 109k (TNT+truTV)

November:

Red Wings-Blackhawks: 411k (TNT+truTV)
Red Wings-Penguins: 354k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Kings-Avalanche 231k (TNT+truTV)
Hurricanes-Flyers: 237k (TNT, non-exclusive)

 

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-CANADA-
*Prime Monday Night Hockey*
AMA

Oilers-Canadiens: 440k

That excludes the nearly 600k French-lang AMA on RDS.

 

[S E P H]

https://sports.yahoo.com/panthers-tv-viewership-numbers-since-220000186.html

 

[Reaser]

https://sports.yahoo.com/panthers-tv-viewership-numbers-since-220000186.html

Whenever they don't include HHs or actual #'s or any relevant data it doesn't really tell much. Long history of low viewership markets being up over 100% for a period of time. Panthers have been before, Yotes would always hype things like this up every few years when they had a spike during any multi-week stretch, but in reality the #'s were going from something like 3k HHs to 8k HHs for a handful of games. From pitiful to still pretty bad.

Doesn't mean that's the case here, but we don't know what up 170% means, other than it's up (that's good.) And also, to be up that much suggests a low starting point to be up from.

This is, after all, still a market that had their local affiliate show game shows instead of NHL on ABC national broadcasts as recently as last season.

Regardless, defending cup champs, it SHOULD be up and being up no matter how they got there, is a good thing. Just without any actual data, it doesn't mean much, especially being self-reported. An honest release would show what they're up from, at a minimum.

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on TNT avg viewership last night-

*Hurricanes-Flyers: 237k

*Non-exclusive game

Still waiting on Predators-Kraken.

 

[Reaser]

231k for Kings-Avs.

For those that like the TNT/truTV split, updating this from last week:

Kings-Avalanche: 231k
-TNT: 185k
--truTV: 46k

 

[Anisimovs AK]

The Kings continue to be a ratings dumpster fire

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

If we would rank LA market teams the Kings are probably only avobe the Clippers and Changers and below USC and UCLA?

 

[S E P H]

Whenever they don't include HHs or actual #'s or any relevant data it doesn't really tell much. Long history of low viewership markets being up over 100% for a period of time. Panthers have been before, Yotes would always hype things like this up every few years when they had a spike during any multi-week stretch, but in reality the #'s were going from something like 3k HHs to 8k HHs for a handful of games. From pitiful to still pretty bad.

Doesn't mean that's the case here, but we don't know what up 170% means, other than it's up (that's good.) And also, to be up that much suggests a low starting point to be up from.

This is, after all, still a market that had their local affiliate show game shows instead of NHL on ABC national broadcasts as recently as last season.

Regardless, defending cup champs, it SHOULD be up and being up no matter how they got there, is a good thing. Just without any actual data, it doesn't mean much, especially being self-reported. An honest release would show what they're up from, at a minimum.

Yeah, I don't understand why the article would have the percentage up, but no numbers to collaborate it. It seems to me if that's the case, 170% up is still quite low overall. Good to get more viewership, but I am not expecting anything amazing.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

If we would rank LA market teams the Kings are probably only avobe the Clippers and Changers and below USC and UCLA?

Idk why people still try to compare football ratings to literally any other sport that plays multiple games a week.


And idk if you've seen a UCLA game since 2019, but they are averaging 30k attendance in a 90k stadium. Nobody likes them either

 

[Jets4Life]

You have a source? I believe you, just have to be careful of the mods around here. I’ve been given warnings before when I didn’t link the source.

You gave made-up sources. This is a big difference.

 

[Jets4Life]

You've linked a source one time in your 14 years here

I recall this pretty well. It was a few years back, just before the COVID shutdown. He gave his source as Steve Lepore, a ex-hockey insider, who was pretty much blacklisted from the industry 10 years ago, as multiple women accused him of sexual harassment.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

I recall this pretty well. It was a few years back, just before the COVID shutdown. He gave his source as Steve Lepore, a ex-hockey insider, who was pretty much blacklisted from the industry 10 years ago, as multiple women accused him of sexual harassment.

I think it is Steve Lepore's account. Because he did it quite often until we called it out. He tried to do it again roughly 2-3 years ago, was called out for it again, then said

"Oh really? Thats weird. He gives my daughter piano lessons."

I am Truly puzzled by NextBigThing

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on TNT avg viewership last night-

*Hurricanes-Flyers: 237k

*Non-exclusive game

Still waiting on Predators-Kraken.

Finally got the second game from last Wednesday:

Predators-Kraken: 155k
-TNT: 126k
--truTV: 29k