For a team that hadn't trailed in a game since last month, the Los Angeles Kings were awfully good at playing from behind. For a club that barely made the playoffs this spring, the Kings are on a near-unprecedented rampage through the Western Conference's top seeds. And for a franchise that has never raised the Stanley Cup, these Kings appear quite ready to play for that singular privilege. Anze Kopitar scored the tying breakaway goal, Dwight King added the winner early in the third period, and the Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 3 of the conference finals on Thursday night. Los Angeles is up 3-0 in the series and could wrap up the franchise's second trip to the Cup final in Game 4 on Sunday. "The biggest thing is we believed in the locker room that we can do it," said Kopitar, the third-leading scorer in the NHL postseason. Not a lot of guys outside the locker room gave us the chance, I guess, especially (after) barely squeaking in the playoffs. Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the eighth-seeded Kings improved to 11-1 in an undeniably charmed run through the NHL postseason by a franchise with 44 seasons of frustrating, Cup-free history. Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty (8) celebrates with teammates center Trevor Lewis (22), center Jarret Stoll (28) and defenseman Rob Scuderi after they won Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference finals, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 2-1. When Daymond Langkow beat Quick on a breakaway and celebrated Phoenix's first lead of the series, captain Dustin Brown was curious how his Kings would respond to the first serious adversity they've faced in weeks. Their answer - a quick equalizer, followed by a fiery discussion in the locker room between periods - told Brown exactly what he expected. Although the Kings trailed for the first time in roughly 18 periods since April 28, they bounced back swiftly before largely controlling the third period.