Lucky? Maybe.

Destiny? Probably.

Any way you look at it, Dustin Penner’s goal through traffic in overtime against the Phoenix Coyotes last night made official what we already knew from the beginning. The Los Angeles Kings are going to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second time in franchise history, and the first time since Wayne Gretzky was in uniform.

“I got a lucky bounce,” Penner told the Associated Press. “I just waited for it to settle down, and I got a chance to get it in the net.” Continue reading →