Cup Finale on NBC Was Most Watched N.H.L. Game in 36 Years

This is pretty damn impressive for a sport desperate in need of exposure.

-KK

NBC’s Game 7 broadcast of the Stanley Cup final between the Penguins and the Red Wings on Friday night drew an average of 8 million viewers, the biggest American television audience for any N.H.L. game since the 9.4 million who watched the Game 6 Cup finale between Montreal and Chicago in 1973.