
An 8:15 a.m. ET puck drop didn't stop Team USA fans from tuning into the men's hockey final on Sunday morning. Rather, the gold medal game vs. Team Canada was NBC Sports' second-most-watched hockey game ever, behind the men's gold medal game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the network said in a press release shared Tuesday.
An average of nearly 21 million combined viewers tuned in for coverage across NBC, Peacock and USA Network, with viewership on NBC and Peacock peaking at 26 million live at the time of Jack Hughes's game-winning goal in overtime.