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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup the hard way, ending their marathon playoff run with a double overtime thriller.
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Kings having to dig themselves out of a three-game hole against San Jose ended
Friday night in a 3-2 double-overtime triumph over the New York Rangers to seal
their second Cup in three seasons. The final lasted five games, with three going
to overtime -- including two double OT contests. It was the only playoff series
that didnt go the distance for the Kings. Alec Martinezs winner at 14:43 of the
second overtime was a fitting conclusion to a post-season slog that saw the
Kings run a gauntlet of Western Conference heavyweights before dispatching the
speedy Rangers in the final. It was the 26th game of the Los Angles playoff run,
matching the single-year league record set by Philadelphia in 1987 and Calgary
in 2004, who both lost seven-game series in the final. L.A. did set a record for
most playoff games by a Cup winner. The Kings had to go through a murderers row
in the West just to get to the final after finishing 10th in the league with a
46-26-8 record and 100 points. Los Angles had to get by San Jose (111 points),
Anaheim (116) and defending champion Chicago (107) in one of the most gruelling
post-season routes on record. They overcame a 3-2 series deficit in the second
round against Anaheim and rallied from 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 deficits in Game 7 of
the Western Conference final in Chicago. Their latest campaign lasted 115 games,
counting seven pre-season, 82 regular-season and a record 26 post-season
contests. Los Angeles went 7-0 in playoff elimination games along the way. Only
the 1975 Islanders won more (eight). The Kings are only the fourth team in
playoff history to overcome a 3-0 series deficit in rallying to beat the Sharks
in the first round. And they are the first team to play -- and win -- three Game
7s on the road in a single post-season. Throughout it all burned the belief that
if the Kings played their game, they knew they were tough to beat. "We really
earned it," said forward Justin Williams, named winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy
as playoff MVP after opening the scoring with his ninth goal and 25th point of
the post-season. "Its been a wild year," said forward Jeff Carter. "A lot of
hockey, a lot of ups and downs ... We had to dig deep. We really had to battle."
Like teammate Drew Doughty, Carter won Olympic gold and hoisted the Cup in 2014.
"A hell of a year," he said. "Couldnt ask for anything more." Captain
Dustin Brown hoisted the Cup first, then handed it off to veteran defenceman
Robyn Regehr, a spectator since suffering an injury in Game 1 of the Anaheim
series. Brown sacrificed his body to get to the Cup, delivering 125 hits in the
post-season. The native of Ithaca, N.Y., is the first U.S.-born captain to win
multiple Stanley Cups. Family and friends packed the ice as fans pressed their
nose to the glass to watch the post-game partying. Coach Darryl Sutter watched
with a smile, his son Christopher -- who has Down Syndrome -- hoisting the Cup
in the celebration. "You got to give these guys full marks," he said simply of
his players. The Kings squandered 3-0 series leads both times en route to
hoisting the Cup. But they got the job done in five games -- three wins coming
via overtime -- this time compared to six against New Jersey in 2012. Los
Angeles remarkable road to this Cup was long and tortuous. It was an
edge-of-your-seat record-setting ride though all-comers that will be hard to
beat. Martinez ended the longest game in Kings history, surpassing Game 5 of the
2013 Western Conference final (91:40), by wristing home a rebound of a
Tyler Toffoli shot to seal the Cup. "I havent been married and I havent had kids
but as far as Im concerned so far this is the greatest feeling in the world,"
Martinez said. "It came out pretty quick," he said of the rebound. "I just tried
to get it on net then I blacked out." It was the 17th Stanley Cup-clinching
overtime goal in NHL history. Martinez eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks in OT
in Game 7 of the Western Conference final at Chicago on June 1. According to the
Elias Sports Bureau, he joins Martin Gelinas (Calgary, 2004) and Adam Henrique
(New Jersey, 2012) as the only players in NHL history to notch two
series-clinching overtime goals in one post-season. Amazingly Los Angeles did
not hold a lead in the first three games of the final. The Kings led for just
14.6 per cent of the first four games -- a 40:01 stretch that was all in Game 3.
The Kings trailed 2-0 the first two games of the series but rallied both times
to win in OT. The Rangers probably deserved better. "Obviously everybodys very
disappointed in the outcome," said New York coach Alain Vigneault whose team
went past Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Montreal en route to the Rangers first
final in 20 years. "You go into this hoping that you dont regret anything. We
put it out there," he added. "We gave our best shot, best effort. Three games
here all went to OT. What can I say?" The never-say-die Kings, who trailed by
two goals four times in the first two games of the final, proved once again that
the third period is their domain. They have four victories this post-season when
trailing after two periods. And in mounting the latest comeback, they put an end
to New Yorks remarkable 5-0 record in elimination games. The win improved the
Kings playoff overtime record in 2014 to 5-2. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist kept
the Rangers in the game for the second outing in a row. The elegant Swede stood
on his head for much of the evening, especially when push came to shove. "During
the regular time he made some big saves. I thought in the overtime, though,
thats when we played our better hockey of the night," said Vigneault. "Had some
real good looks. Both goaltenders were outstanding." Lundqvist ended the evening
face down in disbelief. He may still be shaking his head. The contest started
slowly and took its time to boil, but finished in nail-biting, adrenalin-pumping
end-to-end fashion. The third period was all Kings as a goal by Marian Gaborik
pulled Los Angeles even at 2-2 some eight minutes in. Gaborik knocking in a
rebound of a Doughty wrister from the point at 7:56. It was his 14th of the
playoffs -- following a season in which he had 11 goals in 41 games. Los Angeles
outshot New York 12-3 in the period and 29-15 in regulation time. The shots were
42-25 for L.A. after four periods of hockey and 51-30 when the dust settled.
Overtime was a thrill ride as both teams hit the post and Los Angeles poured it
on. The Kings also had to kill off a minor penalty in each overtime. New York
defenceman Ryan McDonagh hit the post with a blast from the blue-line in the
first OT period. Toffoli also rang a shot off the post, some 13 minutes in.
Lundqvist stopped Williams twice at point-blank range during one sequence late
in overtime as the Kings turned the screws. Then the Rangers mounted two
assaults on the L.A. goal before Chris Kreider fired wide on a semi-breakaway.
In the second overtime, a Dan Girardi shot clipped the outside of the Kings post
and L.A. goalie Jonathan Quick make several key saves. Kreider and Brian Boyle
scored for the Rangers in a 3:53 stretch late in the second period -- the first
on the power-play, the second short-handed -- as New York clawed its way back to
lead 2-1 after 40 minutes that saw just 12 shots on the L.A. goal. That New York
outburst silenced the sellout crowd of 18,713 at Staples Center. The Rangers
were 11-1 when leading after two periods in the playoffs and had won 39 of 43
games in that scenario including the regular season. But L.A. refused to go
quietly. The Kings have outscored their opponents 30-16 in the third period this
post-season, including 3-0 in the Cup final. Fridays game was the 93rd game of
the 2014 playoffs, surpassing the previous single-year record of 92 established
in 1991. It was also the 63rd post-season game for the Kings dating to 2012,
tying the NHL record for most games over a three-year span (Dallas, 1998-00;
Detroit: 2007-09). It was the 25th post-season game for the Rangers, who
finished 12th in the league at 45-31-6 and 96 points but still made it to their
first final in 20 years by eliminating Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Montreal.
Going into Friday, the Rangers were 5-0 when facing elimination. Lundqvist led
the way in such games with a 1.00 goals-against average and .971 save
percentage. The Rangers record in elimination matches is now 11-3 dating back to
2012. New York hadnt got a shot on target by the time the Kings went ahead at
6:04, with Williams scoring on a deft backhand as linemates Jarret Stoll and
Dwight King poked away at Lundqvist after a shot from the point by
Willie Mitchell. It took New York almost eight minutes to record a shot on goal.
That followed a third period in Game 4 in which they only managed one shot. It
took the Kings some 27 minutes to crack double digits in shots. New York,
frustrated for stretches by the L.A. forecheck, was stuck at seven. The New York
power play, 1-for-19 in the final up until then, finally clicked at 15:37 of the
second period as Kreider tipped in a McDonagh feed from the faceoff circle to
tie it at 1-1. McDonagh threaded the pass through three Kings to set up the
goal, which came on the Rangers 11th shot of the night. McDonagh, who turned 25
on Friday, becomes the first player to record a point on his birthday in the Cup
final since Jari Kurri did it in 1990 for the Oilers. Boyle then scored
shorthanded to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 19:30. The big man deftly roofed
the puck after a nice curl-and-drag past Doughty, with New Yorks Dominic Moore
in the penalty box for hooking. The speedy Carl Hagelin triggered the play,
beating defenceman Slava Voynov to the puck, as Boyle notched his third of the
post-season. The Rangers third short-handed goal of the playoffs had Moore
celebrating in the box. The Kings ranked 26th in the league in average goals per
game during the regular season, averaging 2.42 a game. It helped that they led
the league with just 2.05 goals against per game. They found their scoring touch
in the playoffs, leading all teams with an average of 3.40 goals a game going
into Friday. It was the 26th overtime game of the playoffs, tied for the
third-highest total in one year (the record of 28 was set in 1993). Los Angeles
is the 17th team in NHL history to win the Cup in overtime and the first to do
so at home since the 1908 Islanders.
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on emergency recall from Springfield of the AHL.KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas Citys
Omar Infante has a sprained jaw and needed six stitches to close a cut opened
when he was hit by a Heath Bell pitch. Infante was injured during the seventh
inning of Mondays 4-2 win over Tampa Bay and was sent to the University of
Kansas Medical Center. The Royals said Tuesday that the second baseman did not
sustain a concussion. The team said he will be evaluated over the following two
days and he was not likely to miss a significant amount of playing time. "It was
great news, no fracture," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "I just saw him in the
training room. He looks good. He just ate something, so hhe was able to chew.
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worse, so we really dodged a bullet there." Infante left Detroit during the
off-season and signed a $30.25 million, four-year contract with the Royals.
Danny Valencia replaced Infante at second base on Tuesday, leaving the Royals
had no backup infielder. Yost said the Royals arent sure whether they will make
any roster moves before a six-game trip to Minnesota and Houston that starts
Friday. Yost said for the rest of the Tampa Bay series he can rely on backup
catcher Brett Hayes and left fielder Alex Gordon as emergency infielders.
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