Game 2 Stanley Cup Final Ratings Take A Slide

By Marcus Vanderberg 

Overnight ratings for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between Vancouver and Boston took a slide, drawing just 3.37 million viewers.

That’s down 27 percent from Game 1 (4.56 million viewers) and 43 percent from last year’s Game 2 (5.91 million viewers) between Philadelphia and Chicago.

It was the least-watched Stanley Cup Final broadcast on network television since Game 5 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final between Anaheim and Ottawa, which drew 2.87 million viewers.

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Through two the first two games on NBC, the 2011 Stanley Cup Final has averaged 3.96 million viewers, down 23 percent from 5.12 million viewers through two games last year.

 

 

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