Schedule and 2012-13 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 36-7-5=77pts, Los Angeles 27-16-5=59pts
Game 1 on Saturday, 01 June: Los Angeles loses at Chicago, 2-goals-1
Game 2 on Sunday, 02 June: Los Angeles loses at Chicago, 4-goals-2
Game 3 on Tuesday, 04 June: Chicago loses at Los Angeles, 3-goals-1
Game 4 on Thursday, 06 June: Chicago wins at Los Angeles, 3-goals-2
Game 5 on Saturday, 08 June: Los Angeles loses at Chicago, 4-goals-3 (2OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-goals-3 at 11:40 into the second overtime period to achieve a 4-games-1 win of MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201. With the series 1201 victory, the Chicago Blackhawks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 35-40 overall and 9-19 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1201 loss, the Los Angeles Kings see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 14-20 overall and 2-2 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Chicago Blackhawks in series 1201 was WWLWW: Series 1201 thus becomes the tenth NHL Semifinals series, the 42nd NHL series (all rounds), and the 108th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion (first followed to completion by the Chicago Cubs in series 4, in the 1908 MLB Finals). In NHL Semifinals in the last forty years, beginning with series 267 in the 1973 NHL Semifinals, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 16-2 game record in the four NHL Semifinals series which they have won.

After Game 4: The Chicago Blackhawks visited and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-goals-2 to take a 3-games-1 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have an 11-0 series record and a 7-4 Game 5 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Kings have a 1-10 series record (with an active five-series losing streak) and a 6-5 Game 5 record (with an active three-Game 5 winning streak). The sole best-of-7 NHL series victory by the Kings in the wake of a 3-games-1 deficit occurred in series 533, in which Los Angeles defeated the Edmonton Oilers in their 1989 NHL Preliminary-round series.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Kings hosted and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-goals-1 to reduce the Chicago lead to 2-games-1 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 14-7 series record (with an active four-series winning streak) and a 9-12 Game 4 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Kings have a 6-9 series record and a 6-9 Game 4 record. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series, teams such as the Chicago Blackhawks in series 1201 which win Game 1 by a goal, win Game 2 by two goals, and lose Game 3 by two goals have a 5-2 series record with an active four-series winning streak (with the last series loss sustained in series 238 in the 1971 NHL Finals . . . by the Chicago Blackhawks).

After Game 2: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-goals-2 to take a 2-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 14-2 series record (with an active twelve-series winning streak) and a 10-6 Game 3 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a 2-9 series record and a 4-7 Game 3 record (with an active three-Game 3 winning streak). In the history of best-of-7 NHL Semifinals series, only once before had a team won Game 1 by a 2-goals-1 score and Game 2 by a 4-goals-2 score: In series 1102, the Chicago Blackhawks did so in the 2010 NHL Semifinals (though on the road) en route to a four-game sweep of the San Jose Sharks and, ultimately, the 2010 NHL championship.

After Game 1: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-goals-1 to take a 1-game-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 20-8 series record (with an active five-series winning streak) and a 16-12 Game 2 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a 6-14 series record and a 9-11 Game 2 record. In the history of best-of-7 NHL Semifinals series, teams winning Game 1 by a 2-goals-1 score have an 8-9 series record overall and a 4-5 series record when Game 1 is at home.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2012-13 NHL regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks finished 18 points ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. From 1939 through the 2013 NHL Quarterfinals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18 regular-season points, they have posted an 11-6 (.647) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1201 is the 34th best-of-7 playoff series for Los Angeles, and the 75th for Chicago. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, Los Angeles has a 14-19 series record (with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending champion), a 2-1 Semifinals-round series record, and a 13-20 Game 1 record, while Chicago has a 34-40 series record, an 8-19 Semifinals-round series record, and a 28-46 Game 1 record. Series 1201 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between Los Angeles and Chicago: Chicago won series 280 against Los Angeles in the 1974 NHL Quarterfinals.