Recreation 7 of the epic 2024 Stanley Cup Last was worthy of the hype — and the TV rankings mirrored the historic night time. A median viewers of 16.3 million viewers tuned in throughout a number of networks in North America, making Monday’s clinching tilt the second-most-watched NHL recreation in 20 years.
After a wild collection that went from a potential sweep to a doubtlessly historic comeback, the league topped its fourth first-time champion in seven years because the host Florida Panthers beat Connor McDavid‘s Edmonton Oilers, 2-1, within the deciding recreation.
The complete seven-game Last averaged 8.8 million North American viewers, essentially the most because the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins in an Authentic Six matchup in 2013. Knowledge on North American Stanley Cup Last TV rankings has been tracked since 2004.
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Monday night time’s Recreation 7 aired on ABC within the U.S., streaming on ESPN+, and on CBC, SN and TVA Sports activities in hockey-mad Canada. And mad they’re within the Nice White North as an American membership received the Cup for a thirtieth consecutive season. No Canadian group has claimed the Biggest Trophy in Sports activities because the Montreal Canadiens beat Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings in 1993.
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McDavid, the world’s undisputed finest participant and among the many biggest of all time, received the Conn Smythe Trophy because the MVP of the total playoffs however did not cement his legacy with a Cup title. His Oilers misplaced the primary three video games to the Panthers however rallied to win the following three and power the 18th Recreation 7 in Stanley Cup Last historical past. McDavid was held off the rating sheet within the final two video games of the collection after scoring 4 factors in every of the earlier two.
As is the 30-year customized for the Panthers, who entered the NHL within the 1993-94 season, pretend rats rained down on the ice at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment after the clinching win. It was the franchise’s third journey to the Cup Last, together with final 12 months’s five-game loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
