The Kings stay the Kings.
The Los Angeles Kings reigned supreme in Anaheim with a 6-2 rout over the Ducks in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Final.
Los Angeles is headed to its third-straight Conference Final, which is the first time that's happened in franchise history, per ESPN Stats and Info:
Before the game, Kings head coach Darryl Sutter stated that he felt playing at home in a Game 7 proved largely meaningless in terms of gaining any sort of advantage on the other team, per Jon Rosen of L.A. Kings Insider:
And, even more so, this series has shown home ice has not had a dramatic effect on the home team at all in terms of we think we played just as well in Anaheim as we have in L.A. You just don’t get the results you always want. I’ve said this a lot in the last few years with all the new buildings, because there’s not a big change in glass or boards or ice like in the old days when there were different sized surfaces, different type of boards, all those things—spare benches. Now it’s so generic that other than the crowds, it pretty much doesn’t ...
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