{"id":22523,"date":"2025-02-22T13:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=22523"},"modified":"2025-02-22T13:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:17:19","slug":"4-nations-final-between-usa-and-canada-breaks-espn-viewership-records-with-9-3-million-tuning-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/4-nations-final-between-usa-and-canada-breaks-espn-viewership-records-with-9-3-million-tuning-in\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Nations final between USA and Canada breaks ESPN viewership records with 9.3 million tuning in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>4 Nations Face-Off final<\/strong> between <strong>Team USA<\/strong> and <strong>Team Canada<\/strong> wasn&rsquo;t just another hockey game. It was a <strong>broadcasting powerhouse<\/strong>, pulling <strong>9.3 million viewers on ESPN<\/strong>, the <strong>highest<\/strong> for any hockey game in the network&rsquo;s history. At its peak? <strong>10.4 million people<\/strong> were watching.<\/p><p>It wasn&rsquo;t just big for hockey&mdash;it was <strong>ESPN&rsquo;s biggest non-NFL or college football event since the 2024 NBA Finals<\/strong>. If anyone thought midseason international hockey wouldn&rsquo;t grab attention, they were wrong.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connor McDavid&rsquo;s OT winner and Jordan Binnington&rsquo;s performance made this game a classic<\/h2><p><strong>Connor McDavid<\/strong> took over in <strong>overtime<\/strong>, scoring <strong>8:18 into extra time<\/strong> at TD Garden, securing <strong>Canada&rsquo;s 3-2 victory<\/strong> over <strong>Team USA<\/strong>. <strong>Jordan Binnington<\/strong> held the Americans to <strong>two goals on 33 shots<\/strong>, a performance that proved crucial. The game wasn&rsquo;t just a battle of skill&mdash;it was a <strong>statement<\/strong> from Canada.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN had 9.3 million viewers for last night's 4 Nations final between the USA and Canada.<br><br>That makes it the most-watched NHL game in 30+ years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/npLOeZvgW3\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/npLOeZvgW3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoePompliano\/status\/1893054939540197529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Back home, <strong>10.7 million Canadians<\/strong>&mdash;over a <strong>quarter of the country&rsquo;s population<\/strong>&mdash;watched, according to Sportsnet. On their broadcast alone, the audience peaked at <strong>7.3 million<\/strong> when McDavid&rsquo;s goal hit the net.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 4 Nations Face-Off final delivered NHL&rsquo;s biggest U.S. TV audience outside the Olympics<\/h2><p>Hockey rarely breaks into <strong>mainstream U.S. sports viewership<\/strong>, but this game did. It became the <strong>most-watched non-Olympic hockey game ever<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The last time a hockey audience came close? Game 7 of the <strong>2019 Stanley Cup Final<\/strong> between the <strong>Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues<\/strong>, which pulled in <strong>8.9 million viewers<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The <strong>16.1 million combined<\/strong> across ESPN and Sportsnet proves that when <strong>Team USA and Team Canada<\/strong> face off, people tune in. And for anyone saying <strong>hockey isn&rsquo;t a ratings driver<\/strong>? This game went head-to-head with <strong>The Masters (9.59M) and a Big Ten football game (9.33M)<\/strong>&mdash;and <strong>won<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/columbus-blue-jackets-activate-boone-jenner-kirill-marchenko-off-ir\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Columbus Blue Jackets Activate Boone Jenner &amp; Kirill Marchenko Off IR<\/a><\/p><p>Image: Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Nations final sets ESPN records with 9.3M viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3766],"class_list":["post-22523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-4-nations-face-off-final"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Nations final between USA and Canada breaks ESPN viewership records with 9.3 million tuning in - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 4 Nations Face-Off final between USA and Canada set ESPN records, drawing 9.3M viewers. 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