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LOS ANGELES (AP) Anze Kopitar skated down Dustin Brown and just plain tackled him, dropping the Los Angeles Kings captain to the ice as a sellout crowd expelled 19 years of frustration.

Brown's goal into the empty St. Louis net had just secured a spot in the Western Conference finals for the Kings, who steamrolled their first two playoff opponents the same way Kopitar flattened his longtime teammate.

Eternal also-rans since joining the NHL nearly 45 years ago, the Kings are going deep in this postseason - and the best of the West hasn't slowed them down yet.

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