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Thursday's Bruins-Canadiens Game Garners Record 6.6 Rating on NESN (NESN, Mar 25, 2011)

Thursday night's 7-0 Bruins win over the Canadiens garnered a 6.6 household rating on NESN, according to Nielsen, which is the highest-rated regular-season game in the network’s 27-year history covering the Bruins. [...]

The Bruins-Canadiens game faced a very competitive television lineup, including the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and ranked No. 1 in the Boston DMA in men age 25-54, No. 2 in adults age 18-49 and No. 3 in households and adults age 25-54.

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