More than 350,000 households in Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia tuned in to last night's Game Three of the Capitals-Flyers series, making it one of the highest-rated hockey games ever on Comcast SportsNet.
The game was the highest-rated Capitals game in five seasons on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, drawing an average household viewership of 59,800 (2.6 rating.) in the Washington D.C. market and 13,200 households (1.2 rating) in Baltimore.
Of course, to give you an idea of how rabid Flyers fans are in Philly, consider that Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia drew a peak viewership of 247,000 households, more than twice as many viewers as Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic, which drew peak viewership of 110,000. In Philadelphia, more than 8 percent of the households with a television were tuned into the game. It was the highest-rated game on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia in two seasons.
In all three markets, the audience topped out between 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
-- Tim Lemke