Stadium Series game was most watched regular season game in Raleigh market, set sales records
Posted February 22, 2023 3:48 p.m. EST
Updated February 22, 2023 4:44 p.m. EST
Raleigh, N.C. — Another benchmark was reached from Saturday night's 2023 Stadium Series game at Carter-Finley Stadium, largely considered a success by most fans and entities.
The game was the most-watched regular season NHL game in the Raleigh market's history, validating the fanfare the game received among the 57,000 spectators in attendance.
The Hurricanes' 4-1 win against the Washington Capitals averaged 1.1 million viewers and was the most-watched Stadium Series game since 2019 when the Pittsburgh Penguins played the Philadelphia Flyers.
Viewership for the 2023 game was up 73 percent from the 2022 game between the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning and 13 percent from the 2020 game between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche.
The peak viewership was 1.5 million total viewers and it marked the second most-viewed NHL game of the season across all networks.
The game also set ticket sales records for Stadium Series, outperforming the 2017 event by 2.4% and was an 13% increase over the 2022 event in Nashville.
The total online sales were the highest ever for a Stadium Series game with NHL officials noting it was one of the fastest sellouts they'd ever seen for an outdoor game.
