Capitals parade in Washington set for Tuesday

application submitted Thursday morning that it expects over 100,000 in attendance.

“I think it’s going to be much bigger than everyone is expecting,” owner Ted Leonsis said Thursday night, after the Capitals’ 4-3 win in Game 5 over the host Vegas Golden Knights.

"We have a lot of work to do,” he added. “We'll try to make it very, very familyoriented. To make sure it's not just the players, but it's the mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters."

Thousands of Capitals fans flooded Capital One Arena and the surrounding streets to watch Game 5. TV ratings: The Capitals’ championshipclinching win Thursday night was the Stanley Cup Final’s most watched Game 5 in 16 years — and the most watched NHL game in Baltimore ever.

Washington’s 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on NBC drew a 12.53 rating in the Baltimore market, meaning 12.5 percent of all households in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties tuned in.

Baltimore set a local ratings record for Game 1 (9.07), eclipsed it in Game 4 (12.39) and trailed only Washington and Las Vegas over the series’ final four games.

The market posted a 9.9 rating over the Stanley Cup Final's five games and a 1.9 rating over the entire playoffs, tied with Boston for seventh best nationally. White House visit? President Donald Trump said he expects to welcome the hometown Capitals to the White House for winning the Stanley Cup. But he adds: “If they don't want to be here, I don't want them.”

Trump congratulated the Capitals on his Twitter feed after the team won the NHL title

He singled out series Most Valuable Player Alex Ovechkin as “a true Superstar” and said the city is “popping” after the Capitals won the team's first Stanley Cup.

The president spoke to reporters on the South Lawn days after he canceled a visit by the Philadelphia Eagles to commemorate their Super Bowl victory after most of the players decided to skip the ceremony.

Before departing for an international summit in Canada, Trump said he wouldn't invite either the Golden State Warriors or the Cleveland Cavaliers, the two teams in the NBA Finals, but added, “we have other teams that are coming.”

Trump pointed out that he's had several championship teams at the White House, including the NFL's New England Patriots and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.