Open Thread: Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars

The Tampa Bay Lightning have moved within a single win of hoisting the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars 5-4 in Game 4. Kevin Shattenkirk scored at the 6:34 mark of the first overtime period on the power play, and gave the Lightning their third win of the Final. The Dallas Stars, who have dropped two consecutive games, will look to fight off elimination tonight in Game 5.

Steven Stamkos was labeled as “unfit to play” once again after briefly appearing in Game 3 and registering just a touch over four minutes of ice-time. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 p.m ET.

How to Watch:

When: 8:00 p.m ET

Where: Rogers Place (Edmonton, Alberta)

Television: NBC, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports

Projected Lineups

Lightning

Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon - Cedric Paquette - Carter Verhaeghe

Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Kevin Shattenkirk
Mikhail Sergachev- Erik Cernak

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Stars

Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark - Joe Pavelski - Denis Gurianov
Joel Kiviranta - Roope Hintz - Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano - Jason Dickinson - Nicholas Caamano

Esa Lindell - John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak - Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley - Andrej Sekera

Anton Khudobin