Caps/Hawks Top Week For NBCSN, Crosby Return Down From Last Time
March 20, 2012 5 Comments
In a week featuring the return (again) of Sidney Crosby, it was Alexander Ovechkin and Patrick Kane driving NHL numbers on NBC Sports Network.
Sunday’s Capitals/Blackhawks game topped the ratings for NBCSN, drawing 411,000 viewers. It built big-time on it’s lead-in, a Philadelphia-Colorado MLS telecast that drew 124,000 viewers. It was also up from last week’s Sunday night game, Kings/Blackhawks, which drew 397,000 viewers. The next closest telecast was Wednesday’s Colorado/Buffalo game, which drew 366,000 viewers.
Meanwhile, without local markets assisting, Sidney Crosby remains unable to move the needle much for the network. His return on Thursday against the Rangers drew 195,000 viewers. That was down 3,000 from his previous return on November against the Islanders, which drew 198,000. Just for comparison’s sake, a Carolina/NY Rangers game that aired on Tuesday and was blacked out in New York fared much better, scoring 292,000 viewers.
(Source: John Ourand)
October 6
7:00 Boston vs. Philadelphia – 874,000
10:00 Pittsburgh vs. Vancouver – 342,000
October 7
1:00 NY Rangers vs. Los Angeles – 101,000
October 8
1:00 NY Rangers vs. Anaheim – 124,000
October 10
7:00 Tampa Bay vs. Washington – 162,000
October 11
7:30 Florida vs. Pittsburgh – 216,000
October 12
7:30 Boston vs. Carolina – 312,000
October 17
7:30 Colorado vs. Toronto – 218,000
October 18
7:30 Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota – 286,000
October 25
7:30 Tampa Bay vs. Buffalo – 338,000
October 31
7:00 San Jose vs. NY Rangers – 169,000
November 1
7:30 Anaheim vs. Washington – 258,000
November 2
7:30 Philadelphia vs. Buffalo – 558,000
November 7
7:30 NY Islanders vs. Boston - 195,000
November 8
7:30 Carolina vs. New Jersey - 241,000
November 9
7:30 Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay - 411,000
November 14
7:00 Buffalo vs. Montreal – 323,000
November 15
7:30 Colorado vs. Pittsburgh – 392,000
November 16
7:30 New Jersey vs. Buffalo - 285,000
November 21
7:30 NY Islanders vs. Pittsburgh – 198,000
November 22
7:30 Los Angeles vs. St. Louis – 245,000
November 28
7:30 Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota – 232,000
November 29
7:30 Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers – 394,000
November 30
7:30 Tampa Bay vs. Detroit – 393,000
December 5
8:00 Phoenix vs. Chicago – 302,000 viewers
December 6
7:30 Detroit vs. St. Louis – 259,000
December 7
7:30 Philadelphia vs. Buffalo – 585,000
December 12
7:30 New Jersey vs. Tampa Bay – 201,000
December 13
9:00 San Jose vs. Colorado – 193,000
December 14
7:30 Chicago vs. Minnesota – 540,000
December 19
7:30 Anaheim vs. Dallas - 149,000
December 20
7:30 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh - 634,000
December 21
7:30 Philadelphia vs. Dallas - 462,000
December 26
7:30 Dallas vs. St. Louis - 270,000
December 27
7:30 St. Louis vs. Detroit - 195,000
December 28
7:30 NY Rangers vs. Washington - 327,000
January 2
8:00 San Jose vs. Vancouver – 267,000
January 3
8:00 Detroit vs. Dallas – 188,000
January 4
7:30 Boston vs. New Jersey – 435,000
January 8
7:30 Detroit vs. Chicago – 587,000
January 10
7:30 San Jose vs. Minnesota – 237,000
January 11
7:30 Pittsburgh vs. Washington – 526,000
January 15
7:30 NY Rangers vs. Montreal – 202,000
January 16
7:30 Dallas vs. St. Louis - 238,000
January 17
7:30 Nashville vs. NY Rangers - 224,000
January 18
7:30 Buffalo vs. Chicago - 466,000
January 23
7:30 St. Louis vs. Detroit – 429,000
January 24
9:00 Minnesota vs. Colorado - 190,000
January 25
7:30 Detroit vs. Montreal - 241,000
January 28
7:00 Super-Skills Competition - 1.1 million
January 29
4:00 All-Star Game - 1.3 million
January 31
7:30 Washington vs. Tampa Bay - 264,000
February 1
7:30 NY Rangers vs. Buffalo - 478,000
February 5
12:30 Boston vs. Washington - 455,000
February 6
8:00 Detroit vs. Phoenix - 263,000
February 7
7:30 Los Angeles vs. Tampa Bay - 155,000
February 8
7:30 Boston vs. Buffalo - 455,000
February 12
7:30 Philadelphia vs. Detroit - 600,000
February 13
7:30 San Jose vs. Washington - 351,000
February 14
7:30 Anaheim vs. Minnesota - 173,000
February 15
7:30 Boston vs. Montreal - 417,000
February 19
6:00 New Jersey vs. Montreal - 203,000
February 20
7:30 Washington vs. Carolina - 171,000
February 21
8:00 Detroit vs. Chicago - 228,000
February 22
9:00 Los Angeles vs. Colorado - 166,000
February 26
7:00 Chicago vs. Anaheim - 370,000
February 27
7:30 New Jersey vs. NY Rangers - 287,000
February 28
7:30 Los Angeles vs. Minnesota - 156,000
February 29
7:30 Pittsburgh vs. Dallas - 456,000
March 6
9:00 Minnesota vs. Colorado - 167,000
March 11
8:00 Los Angeles vs. Chicago – 397,000
March 12
9:00 Anaheim vs. Colorado - 180,000
March 13
7:30 Carolina vs. NY Rangers - 292,000
March 14
7:30 Colorado vs. Buffalo - 366,000
March 15
7:00 Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers - 195,000
March 18
7:00 Washington vs. Chicago - 411,000
10 Most-watched Games on NBCSN This Season
1. Boston vs. Philadelphia (10/6/11) - 874,000
2. Chicago vs. Pittsburgh (12/20/11) - 634,000
3. Philadelphia vs. Detroit (2/12/12) - 600,000
4. Detroit vs. Chicago (1/8/12) - 587,000
5. Philadelphia vs. Buffalo (12/7/11) - 585,000
6. Philadelphia vs. Buffalo (11/2/11) – 558,000
7. Chicago vs. Minnesota (12/14/11) – 540,000
8. Pittsburgh vs. Washington (1/11/12) – 526,000
9. NY Rangers vs. Buffalo (2/1/12) – 478,000
10. Buffalo vs. Chicago (1/18/12) – 466,000
10 Least-watched Games on NBCSN this Season
1. NY Rangers vs. Los Angeles (10/7/11)* – 101,000
2. NY Rangers vs. Anaheim (10/8/11)* – 124,000
3. Anaheim vs. Dallas (12/19/11) – 149,000
4. Los Angeles vs. Tampa Bay (2/7/12) – 155,000
5. Los Angeles vs. Minnesota (2/28/12) - 156,000
6. Tampa Bay vs. Washington* (10/10/11) – 162,000
7. Los Angeles vs. Colorado (2/22/12) - 166,000
8. Minnesota vs. Colorado (3/6/12) - 167,000
9. San Jose vs. NY Rangers* (10/31/11) – 169,000
10. Washington vs. Carolina* (2/20/12) - 171,000
*-was blacked out in one or both of the home markets.
About stevelepore
Doesn’t anyone get it? No one cares about Cindy Crosby! Malkin is the better player anyway! Honestly, I would rather watch Malkin, Ovechkin, Kane, Datsuk…..before Crosby
Does anyone actually believe that more people outside of Pitt and NY, watched the Canes/Rangers game over the Pens/Rangers game? Let’s be honest. What a fucking joke. Maybe someday we’ll get some accurate numbers..
Mls drew numbers compared to Pitt and Crosbys return. Can’t be good for NHL .
those mls numbers are including local markets. If Pitt/NYR had local markets watching it could be close to 700k.
Steve:
When you list the dates it would be helpful if you could add day of the week. Knowing which days were Sundays is meaningful.
Also the possessive pronoun – its – has no apostrophe as in “baseball is a game that has always exceeded its limitations.
On the other hand, it’s is a contraction of “it is” as in: it’s going to rain.
Keep up the good work.