PHILADELPHIA — For a moment, Patrick Kane was the only one who knew the Chicago Blackhawks had won the Stanley Cup.

As he skated to the other end of the ice, his teammates quickly joined in the celebration that ended 49 years of frustration for the Blackhawks.

Kane sneaked the puck past Michael Leighton 4:06 into overtime and stunned Philadelphia to lift Chicago to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 Wednesday night for their first championship since 1961.

No one but the Blackhawks appeared to realize what was going on for a few frozen moments. Kane and his linemates knew the puck had found the side of the net. The goal light never went on, but that didn't stop most of the Blackhawks from storming the ice and mobbing each other in celebration.

"I tried to sell the celebration a little bit," Kane said. "Everyone came down, and I think some of the guys were still kind of iffy to see if the puck was in the net."

Oh, it was in, a brief video replay confirmed — and the Blackhawks revival from the bottom of the NHL to the elite was complete.

"I believed in him," said captain Jonathan Toews, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP. "I don't think he would have thrown his gloves off like that if he wasn't 100 percent sure."

Kane will go down as scoring one of the biggest goals in team history.

He raised his arms right away and skated behind the net, knowing the goal was good. While the Flyers sat on the bench in stunned silence with confused looks, the Blackhawks began to celebrate in their own end around goaltender Antti Niemi.

"I was just hoping to God it was just an actual goal or we would be celebrating for nothing," Toews said.

Before reaching the group hug, Kane stooped to pick up some loose ice shavings — looking like a mischievous kid on Christmas ready to throw a snowball in the backyard.

"There's so many great things about winning a Stanley Cup. This is it," Toews said. "This is the best feeling you can ever get. I just can't believe it's happened."

Toews was first to touch the Cup, taking it from commissioner Gary Bettman and hoisting it above his head in triumph. Marian Hossa, whose last two attempts at a title were denied the last two years with Detroit and Pittsburgh, was next. He lifted it and bench-pressed the big trophy, snapping his head back in exhilaration.

"I put it on my shoulder. What a relief," Hossa said.

Chicago won its first Stanley Cup since Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita led the way 49 years ago.

It ends the longest active championship drought in the NHL. Kane is the first player to score the Stanley Cup clinching goal in overtime since Jason Arnott did it for New Jersey at Dallas in 2000.

"I heard the sound, it was a funny sound," coach Joel Quenneville said of the Cup-winner. "Nobody knew where the puck was. Kaner thought it was in."

Leighton stopped 37 shots — just not the last one.

"I went to the corner and saw a guy drive the net," he said. "I thought he was going to pass it but he threw it at my feet and it went underneath me."

The Phidelphia fans politely applauded when the game was over, but the few thousand who stuck around booed as the Blackhawks took their turns hoisting the silver trophy. A few hundred Blackhawks fans went wild as the team took a picture with the Cup.

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette never saw the winning goal.

"I saw one of their players skate across the ice like he had won something," he said. "I got a little pit in my stomach."