Kings vs. Devils: Game 5 live coverage from New Jersey

THIRD PERIOD

The New Jersey Devils win the final faceoff and kill the last 8.8 seconds of the game for a 2-1 victory. Game 6 will be on Monday night at Staples Center.

The Kings lead the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series, three games to two.

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The Devils weather the extra skater and there will be a faceoff with 8.8 seconds left.

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Goaltender Jonathan Quick leaves the net with 1:07 left and the Kings trailing, 2-1.

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The Kings killed the Dustin Brown penalty, though it required a slick glove save by goaltender Jonathan Quick on a wrist shot by Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk.

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Kings captain Dustin Brown was sent off for holding 5:51 into the third period.

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The Devils kill the Bryce Salvador penalty to start the third period.

SECOND PERIOD

The New Jersey Devils are 20 minutes away from sending the Stanley Cup Final back to Los Angeles. New Jersey leads the Kings, 2-1, after two periods.

Goaltender Martin Brodeur was nearly unbeatable and Bryce Salvador broke a 1-1 tie midway through the period.

Salvador flung a shot from the blue line that went off the shoulder of Kings defenseman Slava Voynov and past goaltender Jonathan Quick for a 2-1 lead nine minutes into the second period.

It was the second time in the series that a puck has gone off Voynov and into the Kings’ net.

The Kings have been denied time and again by Brodeur, the Devils’ 40-year-old goalie.

Justin Williams, who hit the post in the first period with a shot, finally got one past the future Hall of Famer.

Williams skated freely into the Devils’ zone and threaded a shot through traffic that beat Brodeur stick side to tie the score, 1-1, 3 minutes 26 seconds into the second period.

Brodeur hardly seemed rattled by the goal. Moments later, the Kings’ Jarret Stoll picked up a turnover and went in alone on a breakaway. But Brodeur sprawled to the ice and smothered the shot.

Quick also seemed to recover from his first-period gaffe that led to a goal by Devils center Zach Parise.

Devils center Travis Zajac burst toward the net and took a pass at the crease. But Quick got his right leg on the backhanded shot to keep the score tied, 1-1. Quick later made a save with his face on a bang-bang shot by New Jersey center Ryan Carter.

Brodeur was brilliant on the Kings’ lone power play later in the period. Williams took a centering pass at the crease, but Brodeur got his paddle on the ice to make the stop.

Moments later, Kings center Jarret Stoll batted the puck into the net, but the goal was waved off because his stick made contact with the puck at shoulder height, which is illegal.

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Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador is sent off for high sticking 18:38 into the second period.

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The Devils killed a penalty, but it required a brilliant save by goaltender Martin Brodeur.

Kings winger Justin Williams took a centering pass at the crease, but Brodeur got his paddle on the ice to make the stop.

Moments later, Kings center Jarret Stoll batted the puck into the net, but the goal was waved off because his stick made contact with the puck at shoulder height.

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New Jersey defenseman Mark Fayne was sent off the ice for delay of game 11:27 into the period after his clearing attempt went into the crowd.

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Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador flung a shot from the blue line that went off the shoulder of Kings defenseman Slava Voynov and past goaltender Jonathan Quick for a 2-1 lead nine minutes into the second period.

The Kings again had trouble clearing the puck, leading to Salvador collecting it and firing a shot when Quick was screened by Devils winger David Clarkson and Voynov.

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Kings winger Justin Williams skated freely into the Devils’ zone and threaded a shot through traffic that beat goaltender Martin Broduer stick side to tie the score, 1-1, three minutes into the second period.

Moments later the Kings were back on the attack, getting two more quality shots that Brodeur turned away.

Brodeur then stopped Jarret Stoll on a breakaway from point-blank range.

FIRST PERIOD

A wild first period ended with the New Jersey Devils leading the Kings, 1-0.

The lone goal in what was the most entertaining period in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series came off a mistake by goaltender Jonathan Quick. With the Devils on a power play, Quick tried to sweep the puck behind the net. His weak attempt was taken by the Devils’ Zach Parise, who jammed the puck into the net before Quick could recover 12 minutes 45 seconds into the game.

The game started the at a frantic pace, with the Kings having two quality opportunities early.

In the opening seconds, Dustin Brown curled in front of the net, only to have goaltender Martin Brodeur poke-check the puck off his stick. Moments later, Justin Williams picked up a turnover at center ice and let loose a shot just inside the blue line that hit the left post.

Later in the period, Jeff Carter came from the net, but his wrap-around try was blunted by Brodeur.

Brodeur continued that quality of play throughout the period. He stopped a shot from Jarret Stoll, then recovered to stoned Trevor Lewis on a rebound try.

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A mistake by goaltender Jonathan Quick put the Kings in a hole.

With the Devils on a power play, Quick tried to sweep the puck behind the net. His weak attempt was taken by the Devils’ Zach Parise, who jammed the puck into the net before Quick could recover for the first score 13 minutes into the game.

The team that scores first has won every game in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series, which the Kings lead, 3-1.

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The Kings’ Willie Mitchell was sent off for interference 11 minutes into the first period.

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The game, the fifth in the Stanley Cup Final, started at a frantic pace, with the Kings having two quality opportunities early against the New Jersey Devils.

In the opeining seconds, Dustin Brown curled in front of the net, only to have goaltender Martin Brodeur poke-check the puck off his stick. Moments later, Justin Williams picked up a turnover at center ice and let loose a shot just inside the blue line that hit the left post.

Pregame

The Kings and the Stanley Cup winged their way east Thursday, taking separate flights.

The Kings hope to take the bauble back as carry-on luggage Sunday. All that stands in their way are the New Jersey Devils in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final this evening at the Prudential Center.

While the Kings missed their chance to celebrate on home ice, the moment will be no less sweet if they wrap things up near the swamps of Jersey.

It would be the Kings’ first title since they entered the NHL as an expansion team before the 1967-68 season. They were close once, in 1993, but why delve into the sad, and almost-comical, Marty McSorley affair?

So a 3-1 series lead has the Kings “sitting pretty good right now,” forward Anze Kopitar said.

But, he added, “We know what the expectations are.”

The Kings have not lost on the road during the playoffs, winning an NHL-record 10 consecutive games. That included a pair of 2-1 overtime victories against the Devils in New Jersey to open the series.