The Stanley Cup Final is a series of draws in the National Hockey League season, after which the winner of the coveted trophy is determined. Two champion teams fought against each other: the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings.
In the first game of the Stanley Cup playoffs in Newark, the Los Angeles Kings beat their rivals 1–2. At the very beginning of the meeting, in the first period, Colin Fraser aptly sent the puck into the gates of the New Jersey team. In the second period, Anton Volchenkov equalized the score. The third period passed unchanged, but in overtime, Los Angeles took the lead.
The second game also ended in favor of the Los Angeles Kings. With the same score 1: 2, the New Jersey players surrendered their goal. The first puck went into the Devils goal from the opposing defender Drew Doughty. At the beginning of the third period, New Jersey bounced back. The final score was set in overtime in favor of Los Angeles by Jeff Carter.
The third game of the Stanley Cup Final was held in Los Angeles. The team of the same name defeated their rivals with a score of 4: 0, thereby increasing their lead on points in the series: 3: 0 in favor of the Los Angeles Kings.
Only in the fourth match did New Jersey manage to start recouping. On June 6, the team snatched one point in the series through a 1: 3 win over Los Angeles. Interestingly, all goals were scored in the third period. Patrick Eliash, Ilya Kovalchuk and Henrik distinguished themselves. Drew Doughty tried to equalize the score, hitting the opponent's goal with the only puck.
The next game, "New Jersey" confirmed their intention to fight for the Stanley Cup. Los Angeles were defeated again, this time 2-1. The game was played in Newark and was the Los Angeles Kings' first away defeat.
The decisive, final game in the Stanley Cup playoff series took place on June 11, 2012 in Los Angeles. Angered by previous defeats, the Los Angeles Kings faced two goals from Jeff Carter and two from Trevor Lewis. Adam Henrik of the New Jersey Devils was not going to give up and marked the goal with a goal. But this only further infuriated Los Angeles: Dustin Brown and Mathieu Green set the final score 6: 1. The Stanley Cup final ended with Los Angeles winning a 4-2 series.
