Washington Capitals Vs Vegas Game 5: Live Stream, Time, Preview

The Washington Capitals are now just a win away from the Stanley Cup after a Game 4 victory on Monday night, and Thursday night they'll get the chance to close out the series with Game 5 in Las Vegas against the Golden Knights at 8 p.m. Goals from six different Caps players powered the team to an impressive 6-2 home win on Monday, and the team has scored 16 goals in four games this series.

Here's everything you need to know about Thursday night's game.

Stanley Cup Finals Game 5
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.
Thursday, 8 p.m. ET

NETWORKS: NBC, CBC

LIVESTREAM: NBCSN

UPCOMING SCHEDULE: If the Caps fail to clinch tonight, they'll play Game 6 in Washington on Sunday, June 10, and if there is a Game 7, it will happen on Wednesday, June 13 in Vegas.

All games will take place at 8 p.m.

GAME 1 RECAP: The Caps lost a back-and-forth game in which they often took the lead only for Vegas to quickly answer. Brett Connolly was first on board for the Caps in the 1st period, followed by Nick Backstrom less than a minute later. John Carlson scored in the 2nd period and Tom Wilson scored in the 3rd.

GAME 2 RECAP: After falling behind 1-0, the Caps scored three straight with goals from Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin, and Brooks Orpik. Vegas got a goal back on the power play, but late-game heroics from Holtby kept the score at 3-2 until the final buzzer. The win was potentially costly for the Caps, with Evgeny Kuznetsov leaving the ice with an injury and not returning.

GAME 3 RECAP: After the opening goal by Devante Smith-Pelly was waved off for goalie interference, the Caps finally found the back of the net thanks to a mad scramble that saw Alex Ovechkin pot home the goal in the 2nd period. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the ultimate game-winner on an odd-man rush, and even though Braden Holtby committed a brutal error to allow the Golden Knights to get on the board, Smith-Pelly salted the game away with a goal in the third period.

GAME 4 RECAP: A flurry of goals in the first period by T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, and Devante Smith-Pelly left Vegas in a 3-0 hole. A John Carlson goal in the second period stretched the lead to 4-0, and while Vegas would finally answer with a couple of goals in the third, the Caps manged to get two more to seal the victory.

CAPITALS PROJECTED LINEUP:

Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie

Andre Burakovsky -- Lars Eller -- Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson -- Jay Beagle -- Devante Smith-Pelly

Dmitry Orlov -- Matt Niskanen

Michal Kempny -- John Carlson

Brooks Orpik -- Christian Djoos

Braden Holtby

Philipp Grubauer

GOLDEN KNIGHTS PROJECTED LINEUP:

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith

Alex Tuch -- Erik Haula -- James Neal

David Perron -- Cody Eakin -- Ryan Carpenter

Tomas Nosek -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves

Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt

Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland

Luca Sbisa -- Colin Miller

Marc-Andre Fleury

Maxime Lagace

As the Caps prepare to face off against the Golden Knights and take a stranglehold the series, here's a preview from NHL Network:

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 04: Reilly Smith #19 of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a shot defended by Matt Niskanen #2 of the Washington Capitals during the first period in Game Four of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Capital One Arena on June 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)