Kings Is Back to the Game

New Islanders Jersey, The series-winning goal came on the Kings\' 51st shot at Smith. Jonathan Quick made 38 saves as the Kings won for the 12th time in 14 postseason games this spring. They also set a playoff record by winning their 10th consecutive road game in the postseason, and another by going 8-0 on the road so far this spring.

Los Angeles became only the second team to knock off the top three seeds in the conference since the League switched to this playoff format. The other was Calgary in 2004. Kings coach Darryl Sutter was behind the bench for that Flames team as well.

\"I\'m proud of the players. That\'s the biggest thing for me,\" Sutter said. \"Hell of an accomplishment for the players. That\'s what it\'s about. They\'re the guys that sweat and bleed. That\'s what it\'s about. I know from being a player. I\'m proud of them guys.\"

The Kings are back in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1993, when Wayne Gretzky was their captain and Barry Melrose was their coach. Los Angeles lost that Final in five games to Patrick Roy and the Montreal Canadiens. The Kings won Game 1, but lost the next three in overtime before Montreal closed out the series.

Now the Kings will try again to capture the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. They will begin the Final in either New Islanders Jersey New York or Newark, N.J., and Game 1 is set for May 30. The Rangers and Devils play Game 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday in New York.

\"Things have come together at the right time for us,\" Brown said. \"It is one of those things where we are getting contributions from everyone. We\'ve had different heroes on different nights, and that goes a long way. It has a snowball effect, and you don\'t have to rely on the same guys each and every night.\"

Phoenix reached the conference finals for the first time in franchise history in a season when few expected the Coyotes to return to the postseason after two straight first-round exits and the loss of free-agent goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. The Coyotes not only returned to the playoffs but captured a division title for the first time in franchise history.

The Coyotes had two great chances to win this contest -- a 5-on-3 in the third period and a power play in overtime -- but the Kings\' penalty-killers were up to the task. Seconds before Penner\'s goal, Brown nailed Michal Rozsival with an open-ice hit near the Los Angeles blue line an instant after an offside call; the hit knocked the veteran Phoenix defenseman from the game and incensed the Coyotes players when no penalty was called.

\"I haven\'t seen really seen a highlight of it,\" Brown said. \"Rozsival is cutting to the middle, and I cut across and made contact. Obviously they thought it was kneeing. It happened at high [speed], but I thought I got him with my shoulder, or my whole left side made contact with his right side from toe to shoulder.\"

There hadn\'t been a period with more than two goals during the first 13 of this series, but there was an outbreak of offense in middle period Tuesday. Los Angeles controlled the play for long stretches and attempted a whopping 36 shots in the period, putting 20 on net. But Phoenix was opportunistic, and both teams ended up with a pair of goals.

Marc-Antoine Pouliot scored his first career playoff goal at 6:23 of the second to put Phoenix ahead 2-1. Pouliot didn\'t score in 13 regular-season contests for the Coyotes this season, and hadn\'t scored an NHL goal since New Islanders Jersey April 2, 2010, when he played for Edmonton.

Doughty tied it at 11:06. He received a pass from Colin Fraser at the right point and drifted towards the top of the offensive zone before firing a wrist shot through traffic that found the back of the net. New Islanders Jersey It was his second goal of the postseason, and his 10 points are one shy of New York\'s Dan Girardi for the League lead among defensemen.

Just when it appeared the Kings might take complete control, the Coyotes struck again to knot the score at three. Defenseman Keith Yandle scored his first goal of the postseason at 16:23 by skating to the right post and redirecting a centering feed from Taylor Pyatt along the left wall with his shin.

The Coyotes dominated the opening 10 minutes of the game and grabbed a 1-0 lead that could have been more. Martin Hanzal one-timed a feed from the slot with Taylor Pyatt in front providing a screen. Hanzal\'s power-play shot went off Pyatt and past Quick at 4:20 for his fourth goal of the postseason.

The Coyotes had seven of the first eight shots, and had another power play when the Kings were pinched for too many men at 10:28. But instead of maintaining the momentum, Phoenix gave up a shorthanded goal.