Kane's hat trick puts Chicago in Cup Finals with 4-3 2OT win

Patrick Kane scored his third goal of the game 11:40 into the second overtime period aS the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings, 4-3, to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. Goaltender Corey Crawford made 33 saves and Duncan Keith scored in his return from a one-game suspension as the top-seeded Blackhawks eliminated the Kings in five games in the Western Conference Finals.

Chicago will host the Eastern champion Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the best-of-seven championship series this Wednesday night. Boston completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.

This is the first finals matchup of the NHL's Original Six franchises since 1979 and it will pit two of the last three champions against each other. Chicago won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and Boston captured the title the following year.