Here are three things you need to know about Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final between the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center on Monday. The Kings won their ninth and 10 in a row on the road with back-to-back 2-1 wins in overtime in New Jersey last week to snatch a 2-0 series lead.
The past six weeks have gone extremely well for Dustin Penner and the Los Angeles Kings in their unexpected run to the Stanley Cup final and the 29-year-old from Winkler, Man., who scored his team's series-clinching overtime winner in the Western Conference final, sure needed an upturn in his life.
Long before Jay Beagle emerged as an important component in the Washington Capitals unexpected, but impressive postseason run, he already had carved out a reputation as someone who played his best when the games matter the most, in the playoffs.
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Teddy Purcell, along with Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks, are the only undrafted NHL players with Canada and the only two who will pull on a Canadian sweater at any level for the first time in their careers at the 2012 world hockey championship in Helsinki this week.
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