It took two overtimes, but it was well worth the wait. The Los Angeles Kings won their second Stanley Cup in three years with a 3-2 double-overtime win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final Friday night at the Staples Center.
Alec Martinez, who scored the winner in the Western Conference Final, was in the right place at the right time to fire home the rebound off Tyler Toffoli's missed shot.
The Kings posted an Instagram video of the celebrations immediately following Martinez's goal.
Justin Williams, who scored a goal Friday and had seven points in the series, was named the Conn Smythe winner.
This was the kind of game you never wanted to end.
The overtime periods exemplified everything that is great about playoff hockey. The action was end to end, featuring breathless saves, shots off the post and frenetic calls from NBC's Doc Emrick.
If anything, Emrick was arguably the biggest star of the game. Bleacher Report's Will Carroll wondered if he would even be able to finish the game if the overtimes went on any longer:
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