June 1: Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champions

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: June 1
1992:The Pittsburgh Penguins win their
second straight Stanley Cup championship
and complete a sweep of the Final by holding off the Chicago Blackhawks for
a 6-5 victory in Game 4
at Chicago Stadium. It's the 11th consecutive playoff win for the Penguins, tying the NHL postseason record.

Pittsburgh takes three one-goal leads in the first period, only to have the Blackhawks pull even each time on a goal by
Dirk Graham
.
Rick Tocchet
puts Pittsburgh ahead 4-3 early in the second period, but Chicago ties the game 4-4 on a goal by
Jeremy Roenick
.
A goal by
Larry Murphy
early in the third period puts Pittsburgh ahead 5-4, and this time the Penguins get the next goal.
Ron Francis
scores what proves to be the Cup-winner at 7:59, giving Pittsburgh a 6-4 lead. Roenick makes it 6-5 when he scores again midway through the period.
Mario Lemieux
, who has two assists in Game 4, is voted winner of the
Conn Smythe Trophy
as playoff MVP for the second straight year with 34 points in 15 games.
MORE MOMENTS
1993: The Los Angeles Kings win the first Cup Final game in their history by defeating the Montreal Canadiens
4-1 at the Forum
.
Wayne Gretzky
sets up the Kings' first three goals before hitting the empty net with 1:58 remaining.
Kelly Hrudey
makes 31 saves for the Kings, who are the last of the remaining 1967 expansion teams to reach the Final.
1995:The Detroit Red Wings win a playoff game in overtime at home for the first time since 1960 when defenseman
Nicklas Lidstrom
scores
1:01 into OT
for a 2-1 victory against the Blackhawks in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit's
Keith Primeau
ties the game 1-1 early in the second period after Chicago's
Joe Murphy
scores a power-play goal late in the first. It's Detroit's first home OT win in the playoffs since a 2-1 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 29, 1960, and ends a streak of 10 straight losses.
1996:The Florida Panthers reach the Cup Final in their third season by defeating the Penguins 3-1 in Pittsburgh in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final.
John Vanbiesbrouck
makes 39 saves
and forward
Tom Fitzgerald
puts Florida ahead to stay by beating
Tom Barrasso
6:18 into the third period for a 2-1 lead.
2011: Roberto Luongo becomes the sixth goalie to earn a shutout in his first appearance in the Final by
making 36 saves
in the Vancouver Canucks' 1-0 victory against the Boston Bruins in Game 1 at Rogers Arena.
Raffi Torres
wins the game when he beats Boston's
Tim Thomas
with 19 seconds remaining in the third period. It's the first time since 1927 that Game 1 of the Final remains scoreless for this long (59:41).
RELATED: Game 1 of 2011 Stanley Cup Final resonates years later
2014: Alec Martinez scores
5:47 into overtime
to give the Kings a 5-4 victory against the Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final at United Center. Los Angeles trails 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 before Marian Gaborik scores with 7:17 remaining in the third period to get the Kings even at 4-4. Martinez wins the game when his shot from the left point hits Chicago defenseman Nick Leddy and knuckles its way past goalie Corey Crawford. Kings forward Justin Williams scores the seventh Game 7 goal of his career, tying
Glenn Anderson
for the most in NHL history. His teams improve to 7-0 in Game 7.
2016:Conor Sheary's goal
2:35 into overtime
gives the Penguins a 2-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at Consol Energy Center. Sidney Crosby wins an offensive-zone faceoff and gets the puck to defenseman Kris Letang. He feeds Sheary just inside the left face-off circle for a shot that beats Sharks goalie Martin Jones. Sheary, an undrafted free agent, becomes the first rookie since
Brian Skrudland
of the Montreal Canadiens 30 years earlier to score an overtime goal in the Final.

2019: The Bruins score four power-play goals and
defeat the St. Louis Blues 7-2
at Enterprise Center in Game 3 of the Cup Final. Boston scores three goals in the first period and another 41 seconds into the second. The outburst spoils the first Cup Final home game for the Blues since they host
Game 2 against Boston in 1970
. Seven Bruins score goals; defenseman Torey Krug also has three assists. The victory puts Boston ahead 2-1 in the best-of-7 series.