I was in a Boston bar near the BU campus. When game started it was 1/2 full but by 6pm it was full of BU hockey fans as there was a BU-Wisconsin game that night acoss the street. BU won.
I'll tell you, by the end, all those fans with the big red and white BU hockey jerseys on were glued to the sets. Many had left already for the game, but there were a bunch that stayed. I didn't get a sense that they were rooting for one team over the other. They were just fixated on that last quarter.
It was a terrific game experience....next to being there in person, of course.