Los Angeles, CA

Dustin Penner scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the next round with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series at Staples Center.

Down 0-2 in the series, the defending champion Kings swept the next four games and recorded their 10th win in a row at home to advance against the winner of the Anaheim Ducks-San Jose Sharks series.

"It's kind of like a sweep, I guess," Penner said. "It's definitely a relief. They played a great series. They got unlucky a few times and I think we got lucky. It was a great series."

Drew Doughty delivered the other goal while Jonathan Quick tallied 21 saves for the Kings, who eliminated the Blues for the second straight year.

Chris Porter scored while Brian Elliott stopped 14 shots for the Blues, who lost a Stanley Cup Playoff series for the first time in 11 tries after taking a 2-0 lead. St. Louis fell to 0-8 in its past eight elimination games, dating to April 23, 2000.

"It's getting to be a broken record, but we still didn't get the job done," St. Louis captain David Backes said. "It's about winning four games to win a series. Up 2-0 and to lose four straight is pretty sour right now."

The Kings took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Doughty beat Elliott to the short side at 12:37 for his first postseason goal since Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final last June.

Porter then made it 1-1 with his first career playoff goal, although he never got his stick on the puck.

David Backes got the puck out from his feet and passed it to Polak, who ripped a shot that bounced off Porter's side and into the goal at 4:39 of the second period to tie the game at 1-1.

Then, Penner scored on a 60-foot slap shot with 0.2 seconds remaining in the second period for the go-ahead goal that turned out to be the game-winning tally for the Kings.

"Either way it's going to be a great series," said Quick when asked who they want to face in the conference semifinal.

Quick was outstanding in the series, stopping 167 of 177 shots for a .944 save percentage. He now has 24 postseason wins, two shy of the club record held by Kelly Hrudey.

 

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Dustin Penner Delivers Game-winner as Kings Oust Blues