The Rangers fell behind 2-0 in the series after a thrilling Game 2 in Los Angeles.
They needed two extra frames to finish the job, but Dustin Brown's goal in the second overtime gave the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the New York Rangers in an exciting Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead in the series, which will resume on Monday night in New York.
Game 2 began with a series of heavy hits that set the tone for the rest of the night. Both Jeff Carter and Dan Girardi had to leave the ice briefly after taking serious hits in the first ten minutes. The Rangers opened the scoring at 10:48 when defenseman Ryan McDonagh fired a wrist shot past Kings netminder Jonathan Quick. New York took their second 2-0 lead of the series when Mats Zuccarello scored with less than two minutes left in the first frame.
But the Kings rallied from that deficit in Game 1 and set out to repeat history in the second period. Los Angeles came out firing, and Jarret Stoll narrowed the Rangers' lead to 2-1 at 1:46.
New York sat on their lead in Game 1 and it cost them in the second period, but it appeared they learned from that mistake in Game 2. The Rangers continued attacking, and Martin St. Louis scored a power play goal to restore New York's two-goal advantage midway through the period.
Then a series of strange plays happened. Dan Girardi took a puck to the nuts minutes before Willie Mitchell made NHL history with the two quickest Stanley Cup Final goals in 67 years.
The first was a goal for the Kings to make it a one-goal game. The second was a gift to the Rangers after he turned over the puck behind his own net just seconds later.
Undeterred, Los Angeles kept the Rangers within arm's length when Dwight King scored at 1:58 of the third period. The Rangers were incensed, as it looked like Lundqvist was interfered with on the play.
The non-call eventually came back to haunt the Rangers, because the Kings tied the game at 4-4 a few minutes later thanks to a great effort by Marian Gaborik.
And so the Stanley Cup Final headed to overtime for the second time in as many games. The first overtime period was as exciting as any twenty minutes of the playoffs, with both teams trading chances at both ends. Chris Kreider had two breakaway chances denied, while Henrik Lundqvist stood tall at the other end for New York.
The two teams continued on past the four-hour mark, until Willie Mitchell's shot from the blueline midway through the second overtime was redirected into the net by Dustin Brown.
Brown's game-winner gave the Kings a 5-4 win and a 2-0 series lead.