As what most people say, regular season stats means absolutely nothing come playoff time. Well for the Kings it did not. Most people in the hockey world believed that LA would be eliminated early in the playoffs. Well most people including myself did not expect to see them be the first 8th seeded team to win hockey's holy grail. That happens to be the one and only Stanley Cup. Here is how it happened.
Their run to the cup was reminiscent of the Oiler years of the 80's. They went on an incredible 16-4 run beating teams like Vancouver, St-Louis, Phoenix and New Jersey. As well, they happened to only lose one game on the road. Pretty impressive if you tell me. They had also relied heavily on timely scoring led by Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar and on goaltending. Jonathan Quick had both a postseason to remember as he had a 1.41 Goals Against and a .946 save percentage. His performance made him the third US born player to win the Conn Smythe trophy.
So as we look on, the run that the Los Angeles Kings went on was truly one of the most remarkable that we have ever seen. Only time will tell if they can repeat or if any 8th seeded team can win it all.
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