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[06/03/26 - 06:00 AM]
TNT Sports Caps Its Most Watched NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs with Its Most Watched Conference Final Ever
The record-setting series helped propel TNT Sports' overall coverage of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs to an average of 1.4 million viewers across TNT, TBS, truTV and HBO Max, up 50% from 2025 through the Conference Final.
[via press release from Warner Bros. Discovery]

TNT Sports Caps Its Most Watched NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs with Its Most Watched Conference Final Ever

Five-Game Montreal-Carolina Eastern Conference Final Averaged 2 Million Viewers, Up 41% vs. 2025

2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Across TNT, TBS, truTV & HBO Max Averaged 1.4 Million Viewers, Up 50% vs. 2025 Through Conference Final

Bleacher Report's B/R Open Ice Posts Its Most Socially Viewed Postseason Ever

TNT Sports saw its best Stanley Cup Playoffs ever, culminating coverage of the 2025-26 season with its most watched Conference Final on record, a five-game Montreal/Carolina Eastern Conference Final series that averaged 2 million viewers, up 41% vs. 2025 (Florida/Carolina).

The record-setting series helped propel TNT Sports' overall coverage of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs to an average of 1.4 million viewers across TNT, TBS, truTV and HBO Max, up 50% from 2025 through the Conference Final. Audience growth was fueled by strong engagement across key demographics, including Women 2+, which surged 63% compared to last season.

The Eastern Conference Final delivered multiple historic milestones, highlighted by Game 3 on Monday, May 25, when Carolina's Andrei Svechnikov scored the overtime winner in front of the largest audience ever for a Conference Final game in NHL on TNT history. The telecast peaked at 2.6 million viewers and averaged 2.3 million viewers.

Additional Conference Final highlights include:

Game 1 (May 21): Peaked at 2.1 million viewers, averaging 1.7 million viewers, up 33% vs. 2025

Most-watched Conference Final Game 1 on TNT Sports in four years

Second-most watched Game 1 Conference Final on cable ever featuring a Canadian team (EDM/COL on TNT Sports in 2022)

Game 2 (May 23): Peaked with 2.5 million viewers and averaged 2 million viewers, up 58% vs. 2025

Most-viewed Conference Final Game 2 on cable featuring a Canadian team

Game 4 (May 27): Peaked with 2.5 million viewers and averaged 2.1 million viewers, up 30% vs. 2025

Most-watched Conference Final Game 4 on TNT Sports

Most-watched Conference Final Game 4 ever on cable featuring a Canadian team

Game 5 (May 29): Peaked with 2.2 million viewers and averaged 1.8 million viewers, up 15% vs. 2025

Most-watched Conference Final Game 5 on TNT Sports

Most-watched Conference Final Game 5 ever on cable featuring a Canadian team

TNT Sports' social platforms, including Bleacher Report, House of Highlights and B/R Open Ice, also delivered more than 800 million views of hockey content during the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, with B/R Open Ice posting its most socially viewed postseason ever.





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