Devils Beat Kings - Stanley Cup Finals Will Return to Newark - NYTimes.com Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press Patrik Elias scored the Devils' first goal in the third period against the Kings. LOS ANGELES - Zach Parise, the Devils" captain, found a glimmer of hope in his father. "He said it can happen," Parise said. He said things like this can happen. It did happen Wednesday night. The Devils, on the brink of losing the Stanley Cup finals, got a tie-breaking goal from Adam Henrique with 4 minutes 29 seconds left and went on to beat the Los Angeles Kings, 3-1. For the rookie Henrique, it was the third time he saved the Devils" season. He scored in Game 7 overtime to win the opening round against Florida, and he scored an overtime goal in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to beat the Rangers. The series returns to Newark for Game 5 Saturday night, with the Devils trailing by 3-1 but still breathing. Parise's father, J. P. Parise, was on the 1975 Islanders team that rallied from a 3-0 series deficit to beat Pittsburgh in 1975, and he was also on Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series when it rallied to win three of four games in Moscow and claim a narrow victory over the Soviet Union. "He said him and Chico are living proof that it can happen," Parise said, referring to Chico Resch, the Islanders" goalie in "75 and a Devils television analyst since 1996. "He just said, "You've got to start with the one tonight and then see what happens." " The Devils avoided being swept for the first time in their three decades in New Jersey; they have gone 43 series without suffering that ignominy. The game was scoreless going into the third period. But at 7:56 the Devils took their first lead of the series, when the line of Patrik Elias, Dainius Zubrus and Petr Sykora kept the puck deep in the Kings" end. Bryce Salvador shot from the blue line, and Kings goalie Jonathan Quick allowed a rebound that Elias swept home to make the score 1-0. Only 56 seconds later David Clarkson was sent off on a borderline boarding call after he sideswiped Dustin Brown. Six seconds afterward the Kings scored the equalizer on Drew Doughty's slap shot from the point. Clarkson atoned by setting up Henrique for the winning goal with a beautiful cross-ice pass. Henrique's shot beat Quick - until this game practically infallible in the Cup finals - to the top corner, near side, over the stick hand. Ilya Kovalchuk added an empty-net goal at 19:40, always a specially charged moment of the game for Devils fans. Martin Brodeur was excellent in the nets for the Devils, stopping 21 shots, including at least three breakaways and several odd-man rushes. The victory extends the 20-year career of the 40-year-old Brodeur by at least one more game. During the off-season he will decide whether to retire. The first period ended 0-0, and featured more of the series-long power-play frustration for the Devils, as the Kings killed off two more manpower advantages. That stretched the Devils" streak of futility to all 14 of their power plays in the series - 15 by the end of the game. But the Devils were hardly unique in being stifled by the Kings" penalty killers this spring. The Kings have allowed only 5 goals in 72 disadvantages, but had also scored five short-handed goals. Coach Peter DeBoer inserted Sykora, who had played in five previous Cup finals but was taken out of the lineup during the Rangers series, to jolt the Devils" attack to life. Sykora, who replaced Jacob Josefson, helped create the Devils" first goal. The Kings had a good chance with just over three minutes left in the period. Slava Voynov's shot was tipped by Justin Williams, and the puck clanged off the puck behind Brodeur, sliding across the face of goal before skittering away. In the second period the Kings had the better of the play, outshooting New Jersey by 7-3. They benefited from Quick's superb saves, one of which he did the splits to block Kovalchuk in the crease after a shot by Andy Greene fell dangerously in front. Kovalchuk has been laboring with a bad back for much of the series, but he played a full 20:28. Brodeur also made a fine stop in the second period, denying Simon Gagne on a breakaway in the 15th minute with an old-fashioned kick save using his left pad. Peter DeBoer also inserted defenseman Henrik Tallinder into the lineup in place of Peter Harrold. Tallinder had been sidelined by a blood clot in his leg since Jan. 19, missing 55 regular-season and playoff games.