Here's the impressive double-overtime goal that won the Kings the Stanley Cup
Typical Los Angeles Kings.
God forbid they vanquish their opponent in regulation or — the horror! — control the lead. Instead, after L.A.'s Justin Williams put his team up 1-0 six minutes into Friday night's Game 5, the New York Rangers scored the next two goals. Lucky for the Kings, Marian Gaborik (a former Ranger) took advantage of a power play and got his team to the first overtime. That one ended still tied at 2-2, but Alec Martinez finally found a crack in Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist's impressive defense (48 saves) at 14:43 in double OT, giving the Kings their second Cup in three seasons.
Watch the play below (the action lasts through the first 26 seconds, but the celebrations — not to mention shots of some pretty dejected Rangers — lasts another two minutes).
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