Ratings for the 2020 Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars have observed somewhat low viewership in Canada up to now.

According to Sports Media Watch, Saturday's Game 1 of the Stars-Lightning (on NBC) sequence drew just 2.12 million audience. That used to be the lowest viewership general for the opening game of a Stanley Cup Final collection since 2007, when Game 1 between the Ottawa Senators an Anaheim Ducks reached simply 769,000 audience.

Game 1 additionally had a score of simply 1.1. Sports Media Watch studies that it matched Game 3 of the Senators-Ducks collection as "the lowest Cup Final rating ever on broadcast television."

Confirming a report from Sportsnet, the network that is broadcasting the games in Canada, Sean Fitz-Gerald of The Athletic (subscription required) mentioned that they only averaged 1.081 million viewers in Game 1.

The ratings decreased significantly in Game 2. Including streams, the viewership got here in at 1.20 million, per Sports Media Watch. It must be noted that the NHL had pageant with the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders Monday Night Football recreation on ESPN, which averaged a whopping 15.590 million viewers.

Per Fitz-Gerald, Game 2 of the sequence fell to 841,000 audience for Sportsnet.

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Sportsnet is a part of Rogers Sports & Media. Back in 2013, Rogers and the NHL agreed to a 12-year tv contract worth $5.232 billion (Canadian dollars). Generally speaking, on the other hand, the ratings haven't been what Rogers more than likely envisioned once they signed that contract.

No Canadian workforce has played in the Stanley Cup Final since 2011, when the Vancouver Canucks fell in a seven-game collection to the Boston Bruins. Obviously, having no Canadian groups in the Stanley Cup Final can also be cited as a key reason why for Sportsnet's low ratings.

Zero Canadian NHL teams advanced past the first spherical in 2019. In 2020, the Canucks were the handiest crew to succeed in round two, however they have been dispatched by the Vegas Golden Knights in seven games.

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