The Lions won the bronze medal on an emotional afternoon, after which several players including 43-year-old captain Teemu Selänne announced their retirement from international hockey.
His swansong was long-awaited and brought a huge audience, which peaked at 2.28 million viewers at 19:15 in the closing stages of the match.
The average audience for the whole game was 1.67 million viewers. Finland ran out 5-0 winners to take the bronze medal. Their goals came from Teemu Selänne (2), Jussi Jokinen, Olli Määttä and Juuso Hietanen.
