Kings blank Devils 4-0, move one win away from Stanley Cup
Posted June 4, 2012 10:46 pm.
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The Los Angeles Kings are on the verge of greatness. It’s only going to take one more win for them to be crowned Stanley Cup champions for the first time.
On a night when Wayne Gretzky dropped the puck on a ceremonial faceoff, the Kings moved one step closer to joining The Great One’s 1988 Edmonton Oilers as the most dominant NHL champions in history.
Jonathan Quick continued his otherworldly play Monday by stopping all 22 shots he faced as Los Angeles drove a dagger through the hearts of the New Jersey Devils with a 4-0 victory. The Kings hold a 3-0 series lead for a fourth time this post-season.
It appears as though the Devils share something in common with each of the Kings previous three opponents — they have no answer for Quick, who looks like a slam dunk selection to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
The goaltender was particularly sharp in the first period, when the score was still 0-0 and the Devils enjoyed a 5-on-3 advantage for 59 seconds. He got his pad on a dangerous chance from Ilya Kovalchuk to keep New Jersey from getting its first real burst of momentum in the series.
