Pittsburgh Penguins - Washington Capitals is a star-studded series, and it showed with Game 5’s ratings in particular.
NBC Sports PR released some numbers regarding last night’s must-win game for the Capitals, with some striking ratings for this latest showdown between Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Nicklas Backstrom and more.
Game 5 set a new bar for a playoff game in the first or second round on NBC:
Last night's Pit-Was NBC primetime gm drew 2.69 overnight, BEST overnight for 1stor2nd round NHL gm on NBC to date (since 2006)
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) May 8, 2016
Here are a few other impressive tidbits:
2.69 overnight for Pit-Was up 44% vs comparable NBC 2nd round playoff avg
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) May 8, 2016
Pit rating of 19.8 is best on NBC in market since conf finals in 2013; Was rating of 7.7 is best in market since 2012 @penguins @washcaps
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) May 8, 2016