The blast from the right circle beat a sprawling Jonathan Quick, who had matched Corey Crawford with one highlight-reel save after another throughout the overtimes, and sent the Blackhawks to their second Stanley Cup Final in three seasons with a 4-3 victory in front of 22,237 delirious fans.
As hats rained down from the stands following Kane's third score of the game, the winger slid across the ice on his knees and delivered perhaps his most iconic goal celebration - "The Heartbreaker" during which Kane drew a heart with his gloves and then punched through the middle of it - before being mobbed by teammates, led by Andrew Shaw.
"I did 'The Heartbreaker' and had 'Shawzie' on my back - I don't know how he got on the ice that fast," Kane said. "That's probably one of my favorite goals of my career, to be honest with you. Just the way it all broke down with the hat trick sending us to the Stanley Cup Final and just the whole celebration after too."