2012 Stanley Cup Finals

The **2012 Stanley Cup Finals** was the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) .

The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Kings defeated the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils four games to two.

## Rosters

Years in **boldface** under the "Finals appearance" column mean that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

### Los Angeles Kings

|style="width:3em"|#|style="width:3em"|Nat|style="width:11em; text-align:left"|Player|style="width:5em"|Position|style="width:5em"|Hand|style="width:6em"|Acquired|style="width:17em"|Place of birth|style="width:15em"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**45**||align="left"|Jonathan Bernier|G|L|2006|align="left"|Laval, Quebec|first|||||||
|**23**||align="left"|Dustin Brown – **C**|RW|R|2003|align="left"|Ithaca, New York|first|||||||
|**77**||align="left"|Jeff Carter|C/RW|R|2012|align="left"|London, Ontario|second|||||||
|**13**||align="left"|Kyle Clifford|LW|R|2009|align="left"|Ayr, Ontario|first|||||||
|**8**||align="left"|Drew Doughty|D|R|2008|align="left"|London, Ontario|first|||||||
|**44**||align="left"|Davis Drewiske|D|L|2008|align="left"|Hudson, Wisconsin|—|||||||
|**24**||align="left"|Colin Fraser|C|L|2011|align="left"|Sicamous, British Columbia|second|||||||
|**12**||align="left"|Simon Gagne|LW|L|2011|align="left"|Sainte-Foy, Quebec|second|||||||
|**2**||align="left"|Matt Greene(A)|D|R|2008|align="left"|Grand Ledge, Michigan|second|||||||
|**74**||align="left"|Dwight King|LW|L|2007|align="left"|Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|first|||||||
|**11**||align="left"|Anze Kopitar(A)|C|L|2005|align="left"|Jesenice, Yugoslavia|first|||||||
|**22**||align="left"|Trevor Lewis|RW/C|R|2006|align="left"|Salt Lake City, Utah|first|||||||
|**27**||align="left"|Alec Martinez|D|L|2007|align="left"|Rochester Hills, Michigan|first|||||||
|**33**||align="left"|Willie Mitchell|D|L|2010|align="left"|Port McNeill, British Columbia|first|||||||
|**71**||align="left"|Jordan Nolan|RW/C|L|2009|align="left"|St. Catharines, Ontario|first|||||||
|**25**||align="left"|Dustin Penner|LW|L|2011|align="left"|Winkler, Manitoba|second|||||||
|**32**||align="left"|Jonathan Quick|G|L|2005|align="left"|Milford, Connecticut|first|||||||
|**10**||align="left"|Mike Richards|C|L|2011|align="left"|Kenora, Ontario|second|||||||
|**15**||align="left"|Brad Richardson|C/LW|L|2008|align="left"|Belleville, Ontario|first|||||||
|**7**||align="left"|Rob Scuderi|D|L|2009|align="left"|Syosset, New York|third|||||||
|**28**||align="left"|Jarret Stoll|C|R|2008|align="left"|Melville, Saskatchewan|second|||||||
|**26**||align="left"|Slava Voynov|D|R|2008|align="left"|Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union|first|||||||
|**19**||align="left"|Kevin Westgarth|RW|R|2007|align="left"|Amherstburg, Ontario|—|||||||
|**14**||align="left"|Justin Williams|RW|R|2009|align="left"|Cobourg, Ontario|second|||||||

### New Jersey Devils

|style="width:3em"|#|style="width:3em"|Nat|style="width:11em; text-align:left"|Player|style="width:5em"|Position|style="width:5em"|Hand|style="width:6em"|Acquired|style="width:17em"|Place of birth|style="width:15em"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**18**||align="left"|Steve Bernier|RW|R|2012|align="left"|Quebec City, Quebec|first|||||||
|**22**||align="left"|Eric Boulton|LW|L|2011|align="left"|Halifax, Nova Scotia|first <small>(did not play)</small>|||||||
|**30**||align="left"|Martin Brodeur|G|L|1990|align="left"|Montreal, Quebec|fifth|||||||
|**20**||align="left"|Ryan Carter|C|L|2011|align="left"|White Bear Lake, Minnesota|second|||||||
|**23**||align="left"|David Clarkson|RW|R|2005|align="left"|Toronto, Ontario|first|||||||
|**26**||align="left"|Patrik Elias(A)|LW|L|1994|align="left"|Třebíč, Czechoslovakia|fourth|||||||
|**29**||align="left"|Mark Fayne|D|R|2005|align="left"|Nashua, New Hampshire|first|||||||
|**11**||align="left"|Stephen Gionta|C|R|2010|align="left"|Rochester, New York|first|||||||
|**6**||align="left"|Andy Greene|D|L|2006|align="left"|Trenton, Michigan|first|||||||
|**10**||align="left"|Peter Harrold|D|R|2011|align="left"|Kirtland Hills, Ohio|first|||||||
|**1**||align="left"|Johan Hedberg|G|L|2010|align="left"|Leksand, Sweden|first|||||||
|**14**||align="left"|Adam Henrique|C|L|2008|align="left"|Brantford, Ontario|first|||||||
|**25**||align="left"|Cam Janssen|RW|R|2011|align="left"|St. Louis, Missouri|first <small>(did not play)</small>|||||||
|**16**||align="left"|Jacob Josefson|C|L|2009|align="left"|Stockholm, Sweden|first|||||||
|**17**||align="left"|Ilya Kovalchuk(A)|LW|R|2010|align="left"|Kalinin, Soviet Union|first|||||||
|**5**||align="left"|Adam Larsson|D|R|2011|align="left"|Skelleftea, Sweden|first|||||||
|**9**||align="left"|Zach Parise – **C**|LW|L|2003|align="left"|Minneapolis, Minnesota|first|||||||
|**12**||align="left"|Alexei Ponikarovsky|LW|L|2012|align="left"|Kiev, Soviet Union|first|||||||
|**24**||align="left"|Bryce Salvador|D|L|2008|align="left"|Brandon, Manitoba|first|||||||
|**15**||align="left"|Petr Sykora|RW|L|2011|align="left"|Plzeň, Czechoslovakia|sixth|||||||
|**7**||align="left"|Henrik Tallinder|D|L|2010|align="left"|Stockholm, Sweden|first|||||||
|**28**||align="left"|Anton Volchenkov|D|L|2010|align="left"|Moscow, Soviet Union|second|||||||
|**19**||align="left"|Travis Zajac|C|R|2004|align="left"|Winnipeg, Manitoba|first|||||||
|**2**||align="left"|Marek Zidlicky|D|R|2012|align="left"|Most, Czechoslovakia|first|||||||
|**8**||align="left"|Dainius Zubrus|C/RW|L|2007|align="left"|Elektrėnai, Soviet Union|second|||||||

## Infobox (stanley cup final)

- **year**: 2012
- **team1**: **Los Angeles Kings**
- **team1 1**: **2**
- **team1 2**: **2**
- **team1 3**: **4**
- **team1 4**: 1
- **team1 5**: 1
- **team1 6**: **6**
- **team1 tot**: **4**
- **team1 short**: Los Angeles
- **team1 coach**: Darryl Sutter
- **team1 captain**: Dustin Brown (ice hockey), Dustin Brown
- **team1 national anthem**: Pia Toscano
- **team2**: New Jersey Devils
- **team2 1**: 1
- **team2 2**: 1
- **team2 3**: 0
- **team2 4**: **3**
- **team2 5**: **2**
- **team2 6**: 1
- **team2 tot**: 2
- **team2 short**: New Jersey
- **team2 coach**: Peter DeBoer
- **team2 captain**: Zach Parise
- **team2 national anthem**: Arlette
- **table-note**: <small>* – Denotes overtime period(s)</small>
- **referees**: Dan O'Halloran <small>(1,3,5)</small>
 Dan O'Rourke (ice hockey), Dan O'Rourke <small>(2,4,6)</small>
 Chris Rooney <small>(2,4,6)</small>
 Brad Watson (ice hockey), Brad Watson <small>(1,3,5)</small>
- **dates**: May 30 – June 11
- **mvp**: Jonathan Quick
- **networks**: Television in Canada, Canada (Canadian English, English): Hockey Night in Canada, CBC
Canada (Canadian French, French): LNH à RDS, RDS
Television in the United States, United States: NHL on NBC, NBC, NBC Sports Network
- **net announcers**: (CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healy
(RDS) Pierre Houde, Marc Denis
(NBC/NBC Sports) Mike Emrick, Ed Olczyk, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire
(NHL International) Dave Strader, Joe Micheletti