NHL All-Star Game viewership up 42 percent

No John Scott effect required.

NBC saw its rating spike for its broadcast of the NHL's 2017 All-Star three-on-three tournament, with a 42 percent viewership increase from last year's event in Nashville, the network announced via a press release.

The NBC-only broadcast averaged 2.262 million viewers, which increased to more than 2.5 million for the Metropolitan Division's victory over the Pacific in the tournament finale.

Pittsburgh and Buffalo were the two top scoring markets.