After last night's marathon Game 5, are the Los Angeles Kings going to have anything left for their Stanley Cup celebration on Monday? Of course they are.
This is becoming a regular occurrence for the franchise, having secured its second Stanley Cup Final victory in three years.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted out his happiness at the Stanley Cup's return to the city:
He also released a statement ahead of the event, per BuzzFeed's Hunter Schwarz:
Alec Martinez will be the man of the hour.
The 26-year-old defenseman scored the game-winner in the 3-2 double-overtime victory over the New York Rangers. He pounced on a rebound from Tyler Toffoli's shot, beating the Rangers to the puck and firing into a largely open goal.
After the game, Martinez sounded nothing like somebody who just won his team the Stanley Cup.
"Fortunately, the rebound came to me and I was able to put it in," he said, per The Associated Press, via ESPN.com. "The New York Rangers are a hell of a hockey team. We knew it was going to be a tough seri ...
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