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[04/15/26 - 12:49 PM]
TNT Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched NHL on TNT Regular Season
All in, NHL coverage across TNT Sports' networks reached 20.4 million viewers this season, up 37% vs. last season.
[via press release from Warner Bros. Discovery]

TNT Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched NHL on TNT Regular Season

NHL on TNT Regular Season Viewership Up Double Digits, with Sunday Games Up 77% and Post-Olympics Break Average Audience Up 47% vs. Last Year

TNT Sports Sets New Records with Most Socially Viewed Season Ever

TNT Sports delivered more hockey across its networks and platforms this season than ever before, and viewership surged heading into a wide open 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

NHL on TNT's fifth regular season of coverage has delivered its most watched on record, with overall viewership up 19% vs. last season through 71 regular season games. Women viewers aged 2+ showed particular strong growth, up 26% vs. last season.

TNT Sports also posted its most watched Sunday package of games on record, averaging 713k viewers, up 77%.

Regular season viewership accelerated after the Olympics break in February, with NHL on TNT games averaging 453k viewers since then, up 47% vs. the average audience after the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, and the most watched post-Olympics/All-Star period in TNT's five years of coverage.

Additionally, NHL on TNT aired three of the five most watched games on cable this season, including Boston/Philadelphia and Minnesota/Detroit on April 5, TNT's most watched non-Outdoor regular season games ever.

All in, NHL coverage across TNT Sports' networks reached 20.4 million viewers this season, up 37% vs. last season.

TNT Sports' social platforms once again elevated coverage of the NHL regular season with around-the-clock content, including news, highlights, behind-the-scenes looks, player interviews, and more. All in, Bleacher Report, House of Highlights, B/R Open Ice, NHL on TNT and TNT Sports US social platforms posted 1.79 billion views of NHL content during the regular season, TNT Sports' most socially viewed hockey season ever. This was led by B/R Open Ice, which saw a 48% increase in social views vs. last season.

NHL on TNT will air its final broadcast of the regular season tonight as the Atlantic Division-winning Buffalo Sabres host Western Conference heavyweight Dallas Stars at 7 p.m. ET. Kenny Albert will call the action, alongside commentators Eddie Olczyk and Brian Boucher, as well as reporter Jackie Redmond.

TNT Sports' coverage of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs presented by GEICO will begin on Sunday, April 19. Game and studio commentator assignments will be announced in the coming days. 

Source: Nielsen Live + SD Data, Big Data + Panel currency. 10/8/25-4/12/26. Reach using 6-minute qualifier.





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