🏒On June 11, 2012 the Los Angeles Kings defeat New Jersey Devils, 6-1 for 4-2 Stanley Cup Finals series win, capturing the first Stanley Cup championship in the team's 45-year history and dealing the Devils just their second Stanley Cup Finals defeat in five tries and first since 2001. Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. The Kings became the first, as well as the last eighth-seeded team to win the Stanley Cup since the