Kings defeat Coyotes, advance to Stanley Cup Final

The eighth seeded Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup Final. The Kings survived an intense game five. The Kings scored late in the first OT to knock out the first seeded Coyotes. The Kings got that goal from Dustin Penner. In OT a questoinable hit by Dustin Brown caused Phoenix captain Shane Doan to go ballistic at the ref. A few minutes earlier, LA defenseman Drew Doughty give his stick a hard time, smashing it everywhere in sight due to a penalty. The Kings will await the winner of the Rangers, Devils series. New Jersey currently leads 3-2. LA did not touch the Clarence Campbell Bowl. They did touch it last time they made a finals appearence. They lost to the Canadiens in five games. The Kings became the second eighth seeded team to beat the first, second, and third seeded teams, beating Vancouver, St Louis, and Phoenix. The first time this happened was the 2004 Calgary Flames. They lost to Tampa Bay in seven games.