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Penguins once again lead NHL in local TV ratings

May 7, 2022 / 3:19 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The NHL returned to a full 82-game season this past year, after playing a COVID-shortened season in 2021.

With the return to 82 games, the NHL saw a dip in regular-season television ratings, according to a report from Sports Business Journal.

Their report found that in the United States, team's TV ratings fell by 23-percent as a whole.

The Penguins this year had the league's highest TV ratings, averaging a 5.43 rating, but even that was 30-percent below last year.

This is nothing new for the Pens as they have posted the best ratings in the league in nine of the last 16 years.

A team with the biggest swing in ratings was the Arizona Coyotes, who saw a decrease of 58-percent from last season.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.