On Monday, the Washington Capitals moved one victory away from their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history with a 6-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of the Final.

The victory gave Washington a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Early on it was Vegas who was generating the best scoring chances and came close to capitalizing on a couple, including a few open net chances. The Golden Knights were unable to cash in on any of them, however, and the game remained scoreless until a Capitals power play opportunity led to a goal by T.J. Oshie to make it 1-0 Washington at 9:54 of the first period.

From that point on it was all Capitals, who were able to score two more goals before the first period ended to extend their lead to 3-0. The second and third Washington goals were scored by Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly.

The lone goal of the second period came from Capitals defensemen John Carlson on the power play to push Washington’s lead to 4-0 at the 15:23 mark.

Vegas was finally able to get on the board when James Neal scored his sixth goal of the playoffs to make it 4-1. 6:43 later, Reilly Smith added another Golden Knights goal to cut the deficit to just two.

They wouldn’t get any closer than that, however, as Washington defensemen Michal Kempny scored just over a minute after Smith’s goal to make it 5-2 Capitals with 6:21 remaining in regulation.

A Brett Connolly power play goal made it 6-2 with 1:09 left in the game.

Washington can clinch the Cup with a victory in Game 5 Thursday night in Vegas, but nothing is guaranteed. The Washington Capitals have blown the most 3-1 playoff series leads of any team in professional sports, doing so five different times. The Vegas Golden Knights haven’t lost four straight games this season and have won 3+ consecutive games 10 different times, including twice in these playoffs.