NHL Viewership Keeps Rolling at a Record Pace

The NHL is still drawing at a historic clip through the conference semifinals, which is exactly the kind of business metric every league office loves to wave around. Strong playoff ratings do more than flatter the broadcast partners - they reinforce the league’s selling point when the games get sharper and the audience gets bigger. For a league that has spent years trying to widen its footprint, the numbers matter as much as the score sheet.