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Tuesday night’s 2026 Stanley Cup Final Game 4 (8 p.m. ET), which saw the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 in Las Vegas to even the series at 2-2, averaged 5.3 million viewers on ABC and drew the largest Game 4 audience since 2017 (Pittsburgh-Nashville, NBC).
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The 2026 Stanley Cup Final Game 3 between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights (Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m. ET) continued the momentum of an NHL postseason marked by multi-year viewership highs and a highly competitive Stanley Cup Final. The double-overtime thriller averaged 5 million viewers on ABC helping lead the Stanley Cup to its best start in over a decade.
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The 2026 Stanley Cup Final Game 2 (Thursday, June 4) between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes (8 p.m. ET) continued an NHL postseason of multi-year high viewership. The overtime thriller averaged 4.7 million viewers on ABC.
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The 2026 Stanley Cup Final opened with its largest audience in seven years as Game 1, between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes (Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET) which averaged 4.8 million viewers, on ABC. This makes it the most-viewed Stanley Cup Final Game 1 since 2019 (St. Louis/Boston, NBC).
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Today, ESPN NHL commentators Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan and Steve Levy were joined by media for a discussion of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, which continues tonight, Thursday, June 4 on ABC. More on ESPN’s coverage here.
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ESPN’s 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs postseason viewership continues its nearly two-month standout run, capturing the most-watched Western Conference Final (Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado Avalanche) since 2015, despite the Golden Knights sweep. Across four games on ESPN, the series averaged 2.2 million viewers and was up 44% vs. the Western Conference Final last year (Edmonton vs. Dallas) which went five games on ESPN.
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ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final presented by GEICO begins Tuesday (June 2), when the Vegas Golden Knights face the Carolina Hurricanes on ABC and the ESPN App. The series continues in Raleigh, N.C. with Game 2 (June 4) before shifting to Vegas for Game 3 (June 6), and Game 4 (June 9). If necessary Games 5 through 7, on the same platforms and start time, will be played on June 11, 14 and 17, with each game alternating between host cities.
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Last Sunday, 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs action continued in prime time with Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights, which delivered the most-viewed Western Conference Final Game 3 since 2002 (Detroit-Colorado on ESPN).
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Starting off the Memorial Day weekend, 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs action continued on Friday in prime time with Vegas Golden Knights-Colorado Avalanche delivering the most-viewed Western Conference Final Game 2 since 2002 (Colorado-Detroit on ESPN).
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On Wednesday, 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs action continued in prime time on ESPN, delivering the most-viewed Western Conference Final Game 1 since 2018 (Vegas-Winnipeg). Vegas Golden Knights-Colorado Avalanche averaged 2.1 million viewers, up 45% vs. Last year’s Western Conference Final Game 1.
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