Blackhawks stage late rally to win Stanley Cup

The sold-out TD Garden had begun chanting ”We want the Cup!” after Milan Lucic’s goal put the Bruins up 2-1 with eight minutes left, but it fell silent after its team coughed up the lead. The team came out to salute its fans as they streamed out of the building for the last time, from the air conditioning into the summer air.

”Probably toughest for sure, when you know you’re a little bit over a minute left and you feel that you’ve got a chance to get to a Game 7,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. ”And then those two goals go in quickly.”

The arena was almost empty – except for a few hundred fans in red Blackhawks sweaters who filtered down to the front rows – when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman handed the 35-pound Cup to Toews, who left Game 5 with an undisclosed injury and wasn’t confirmed for the lineup until the morning skate.

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