ST. LOUIS -- Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference finals between the Sharks and St. Louis Blues delivered the second-best overnight rating of any conference finals opener shown on NBCSN, the network said in a news release.
Sunday's game, a 2-1 Blues win, had a 1.26 overnight rating, second all-time among 14 conference finals Game 1s on NBCSN. It trailed only the 2013 Western Conference finals opener between the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings, which had a 1.42 rating.The game had a 17.4 rating in St. Louis, the highest rated Blues game on the networks of NBC in the St.