The opening game of the 2023 NHL season between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks was watched by approximately 1.43 million viewers on ESPN. Excluding the Winter Classic, this represented the biggest audience ever for a regular season NHL game on cable.
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Sports Media Watch. (October 11, 2023). Average TV viewership of NHL season opener games in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 viewers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/
Sports Media Watch. "Average TV viewership of NHL season opener games in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 viewers)." Chart. October 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/
Sports Media Watch. (2023). Average TV viewership of NHL season opener games in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 viewers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/
Sports Media Watch. "Average Tv Viewership of Nhl Season Opener Games in The U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 Viewers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/
Sports Media Watch, Average TV viewership of NHL season opener games in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 viewers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/ (last visited September 13, 2024)
Average TV viewership of NHL season opener games in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023 (in 1,000 viewers) [Graph], Sports Media Watch, October 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/251545/us-average-tv-audience-for-selected-nhl-games/
