LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Preliminary ratings show that Monday's Stanley Cup hockey final between the Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils was off 20% from a year ago, and ranked third in its time slot. Broadcast by Comcast Corp.'s CMCSA, -1.19% NBC, the bi-coastal faceoff that resulted in the Kings' first-ever National Hockey League title, captured 1.6% of all households and 5% of those with their televisions on, reports said. It was beat out by Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and ABC's "The Bachelorette." Fox is a unit of News Corp. NWS, -3.57% , which also owns MarketWatch, publisher of this report. Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.46% is ABC's parent. Ratings figures may change once final results are in.