LOS ANGELES — Dustin Brown scored two goals, Jonathan Quick made 23 saves, and the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings finished an improbable four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 3-1 victory Sunday, advancing to the conference finals for the second time in club history.

Rookie Jordan Nolan scored an early goal for the Kings, the first No. 8 seed in NHL history to eliminate their conference’s top two seeds in the same postseason.

Devils 4, Flyers 2

NEWARK, N.J. — Dainius Zubrus scored two goals and New Jersey rallied from an early two-goal deficit and pushed Philadelphia to the brink of elimination in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal.

Zubrus put New Jersey ahead 3-2 late in the second period and iced the game with an empty-net goal in the final minute. The Devils lead the series 3-1.

Petr Sykora and Marek Zidlicky also scored for the Devils, who can advance to their first conference final since 2003 with a win in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Capitals 3, Rangers 2

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Rangers captain Ryan Callahan made it clear that the Washington Capitals and their team full of shot-blockers aren’t in the heads of the top-seeded club in the Eastern Conference.

Midway through the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is no time to get frustrated.

Washington gutted out a 3-2 win Saturday to tie the best-of-seven series with New York, and they did it in Rangers fashion — blocking 26 shots and allowing only 20 to get through to young goalie Braden Holtby.