‘To the surprise of fans of Sabres play-by-play announcer Dan Dunleavy and analyst Rob Ray, the local ratings for the six-game series with the Bruins were higher on the National Hockey League’s national broadcast partners than they were on local rightsholder MSG for all but one game. And the higher rating on MSG for the one game – the Sabres’ 6-1 win in Game 4 on a Sunday afternoon – was only one-tenth of a point ahead of the combined rating on TNT and sister station truTV, 9.1-9.0. The streaming viewership on HBO Max is unavailable for the games on TNT and truTV.’
Alan Pergament: Despite complaints, Sabres fans embrace national TV coverage of playoffs
Source: Buffalo News
