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Game 5 of Penguins - Capitals drew great ratings for NBC

Pittsburgh Penguins v Washington Capitals - Game Five

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Jay Beagle #83 of the Washington Capitals skates in front of Justin Schultz #4 of the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Verizon Center on May 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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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:

Here are a few other impressive tidbits: