Lightning-Blackhawks on NBC Posts 5.6 HH Rating in Metered Markets
Chicago Delivers Best-Ever 41.0 HH Rating; Tampa Posts Second-Best 15.2
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 16, 2015 – Last night’s Stanley Cup Final series-clinching Game 6 on NBC delivered at 5.6 metered market rating, the third-best for a Game 6 on record (since 1995) and NBC’s fourth-best NHL overnight ever, according to The Nielsen Company.
The 5.6 overnight for Game 6, in which the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to win their third Stanley Cup in six years, trails only the 2010 Game 6 between the Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers (5.8) and the 2013 Game 6 between the Blackhawks and Boston Bruins (5.7). Last night’s game is up 40% vs. the 2012 Game 6 between the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings (4.0).
Locally, the Chicago market delivered a 41.0 HH rating, its highest ever for a Blackhawks game, and a 57 share. The Chicago rating is the highest local rating for any market for a non-Game 7 on NBC. Tampa posted a 15.2 HH rating, its second-best ever on NBC.
Following are the Top 10 markets for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final:
| Rank | Local Market | HH Rtg |
| 1 | Chicago | 41.0 |
| 2 | Tampa | 15.2 |
| 3 | Buffalo | 10.5 |
| 4 | Milwaukee | 7.9 |
| 5 | Denver | 7.6 |
| 6 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | 7.5 |
| 7 | Boston | 6.7 |
| 8 | Providence | 5.8 |
| 8 | St. Louis | 5.8 |
| 10 | Las Vegas | 5.1 |
NBC Sports Group’s NHL coverage continues with the 2015 NHL Awards from Las Vegas, Nev., on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN, as well as with live coverage of the 2015 NHL Draft from Sunrise, Fla., on Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
–NBC SPORTS GROUP–
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