Summary Crawford made a couple of big saves in the first overtime.
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks advanced to the Stanley Cup finals with a stunning double-overtime 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, with Patrick Kane scoring the winner to complete a hat trick.
The Blackhawks won the Western Conference Finals series 4-1, setting up a Stanley Cup showdown against the Boston Bruins in what will be the first clash of two Original Six teams in the NHL title decider since 1979.
Chicago will host the Bruins in Game 1 on Wednesday. Boston completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
Chicago won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and Boston the following year.
"It's a special couple places. The tradition of the Bruins and the Hawks is special," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "The rivalry could return instantly come Game 1. It's good for the league. It's good for hockey. Two great hockey markets. We're very excited to be a part of it."
Corey Crawford made 33 saves and Duncan Keith scored in his return from a suspension for the top-seeded Blackhawks, but it was Kane who stood out in what he nominated as a career-best performance.
"It's almost like I'm in a different zone, like in the Twilight Zone or something," Kane said. "I'm kind of out of it. It's definitely a good feeling, though."
Chicago led 2-0 after the first period after goals to Keith and Kane but the defending champion Kings fought their way back and were level early in the third after Dwight King and Anze Kopitar found the net.
The Blackhawks went back ahead when Kane scored his second with less than four minutes to play and the game looked over until Kopitar came up with a dramatic tying goal with 9.4 seconds left on the clock.
"So emotional," Kane said of the lost lead. "You start thinking about it when it goes to seconds away from going to the final. It stuck with us for the first overtime. It was nice to close it out for sure."
Crawford made a couple of big saves in the first overtime, and then Jonathan Toews carried the puck up the left side during a 2-on-1 rush in the second extra session. He then made a cross-ice pass to Kane, who one-timed a shot past King goalie Jonathon Quick and into the right side.
"The shift before, actually Jonny had the same play, and the puck fumbled on him," Kane said. "I knew he was coming back to me. Just tried to wait for the defenseman to go by me. Tried to get it off as quick as I could in the net."
The rollicking sellout crowd of 22,237 erupted in joy as Kane skated back toward the middle of the ice and slid on his knees as hats rained down. A distraught Quick slumped to the ice.
"We got beat in the conference finals by the best team in the conference," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Once you set the bar up there, then that's your bar. So we're disappointed to lose to Chicago, but we're certainly not disappointed in how we played."
