Caps-Bruins Game 7 Hits 12-Year High on Cable

NBC Sports Network began part one of a two-night “seventh heaven” with record numbers.

Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the victorious Washington Capitals and the Boston Bruins drew 1.32 million viewers, marking the highest quarterfinal number ever for NBCSN/VERSUS/OLN, and the highest for a quarterfinal game on cable since 2000 (SJ/STL, Game 7, 4/25/00: 1.55 million). It becomes the third quarterfinal game on NBCSN this year to crack the million mark, after only one passed one million last year.

NBCSN airs two more Game 7’s tonight.

Top 10 Most-watched Games of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Cable

1. Washington vs. Boston, Game 7 (4/25/12, NBCSN): 1.32 million
2. Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh, Game 5 (4/20/12, NBCSN): 1.07 million
3. Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia, Game 4 (4/18/12, NBCSN): 1.03 million
4. NY Rangers vs. Ottawa, Game 6 (4/23/12, NBCSN): 861,000
5. Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh, Game 1 (4/11/12, NBCSN): 847,000
6. Los Angeles vs. Vancouver, Game 5 (4/22/12, NBCSN): 817,000
7. Boston vs. Washington, Game 3 (4/16/12, NBCSN): 804,000
8. Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh, Game 2 (4/13/12, NBCSN): 795,000
9. New Jersey vs. Florida, Game 2 (4/15/12, NBCSN): 768,000
10. Florida vs. New Jersey, Game 7 (4/24/12, NBCSN): 763,000

(Source: @NBCSportsPR)