Members of the L.A. Kings hoist the Stanley Cup overhead after beating the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Los Angeles Monday night (Getty image)
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The City of Angels has a new star in town.
Thanks to a goal and two assists from Dustin Brown, two goals each from Trevor
Lewis and Jeff Carter and 17 saves from Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick,
the Los Angeles Kings took a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 6
on Monday to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history.
The Kings had held a 3-0 lead in this series after a pair of wins in New
Jersey then one at home, but the Devils had won Games 4 and 5 to force a Game
6. It was the first time since 1945 in which a team that was down 3-0 in the
finals made it to a sixth game.
There would be no seventh game, though, as eighth-seeded Los Angeles scored
three times in the first period thanks to a major penalty from New Jersey to
take command of the game and Quick took it from there.
The Kings are the first eighth-seeded team in NHL history to hoist the Cup.
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