Duncan Keith scored in the second period and directed a dominant defense that shut down Tampa Bay's attack, and the Blackhawks beat the Lightning 2-0 in Game 6 on Monday night for their third title in the past six seasons.

Kane had a goal and an assist, helping the Blackhawks clinch the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since 1938. Corey Crawford had 25 saves in his fifth career playoff shutout.

The Manchester Monarchs won their first Calder Cup championship when they beat Utica Comets 2-1 in Game 5 of the best-of-seven AHL series Saturday night.

Adrian Kempe and Vincent LoVerde scored in the first period for Manchester, the top affiliate of the NHL's Kings. 

Antoine Vermette scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Blackhawks moved to the brink of their third NHL championship in six years with a 2-1 victory over the Lightning in Game 5 on Saturday night, according to an ESPN.com report.

Brandon Saad scored the tie-breaking goal with 13:38 to play, Jonahan Toews scored in the second period and the Blackhawks beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 4 on Wednesday night, to even the Stanley Cup finals at two games apiece.

Corey Crawford made 24 saves and survived a frantic final minute for the Blackhawks, who rebounded from consecutive defeats in a very defense-dominated game.

Victor Hedman had two assists while hounding Chicago's elite group of forwards, and the Lightning beat the Blackhawks 3-2 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

"To be able to contribute and see how much this means to Tampa is my No. 1 priority," Hedman said.

Jason Garrison scored the tie-breaking power-play goal with 11:11 to play, Andrei Vasilevskiy made five saves in a strange 9:13 of relief work, and the Lightning beat the Blackhawks 4-3 in Game 2 on Saturday night to even the series, according to an ESPN.com report.

Teuvo Teravainen and Antoine Vermette scored 1:58 apart late in the third period, and the Blackhawks rallied to stun the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, according to an ESPN.com report.