EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Store . -- Ilya Kovalchuk waited a decade for his first taste of NHL playoff success, and hes not giving up his Stanley Cup dreams just because the Los Angeles Kings are making life tough for him. The Russian superstar has no points and three shots in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals. Not coincidentally, the New Jersey Devils are in an 0-2 hole with no offensive contributions from the NHLs leading scorer this post-season. Kovalchuk made multiple turnovers and passed up a few shot opportunities in Game 2, yet most everybody agreed the $100 million forward was better than he was in the opener. He shared the blame for New Jerseys two straight one-goal performances when the Devils arrived on the West Coast on Sunday determined to turn around their slumbering offence in Game 3 on Monday night. "Last game I played a little better, but I dont think any of us can say we played a good game, and personally I feel the same way," Kovalchuk said. "We all can be better, and we will be. I really believe so. We really care about each other, and thats whats going to make us better -- the team. Not one guy, not two guys, all of us have to stick together and grow as a team." Kovalchuk still could have won Game 2 if his point-blank shot hadnt hit Jonathan Quicks crossbar in the waning seconds after a turnover by Kings captain Dustin Brown left him alone with the puck in the slot. Kovalchuk was a bit rushed, and he barely missed a shot he has made countless times while scoring 758 points in his 10-season NHL career with Atlanta and New Jersey. If Kovalchuk was ruminating on that near-miss, he sure didnt let it slip. "Sometimes it takes just a little bounce their way," he said. "We got some really good chances in overtime, and I got a really good chance right before the third period ends." Kovalchuk had never been past the first round of the post-season before, but hes quite familiar with defences focusing their attention on him. Thats been the case ever since he joined the Thrashers as the top overall pick in 2001. Drew Doughty and defensive partner Rob Scuderi have drawn much of the responsibility to shut down Kovalchuk, but Los Angeles entire defence has done a solid job. The Kings penalty-killing has been impeccable throughout the post-season, and Kovalchuk is particularly frustrated to see his Devils struggles on the power play. "I think 5-on-5 and short-handed, we played really well, (but) the power play has got to be better," Kovalchuk said. "Weve got to be simple. We tried to do too much. We try to make the pass to five guys, four guys. Its not going to happen." Kovalchuk thinks New Jersey must raise every aspect of its game if the Devils are to keep up. Hell also need help from fellow scoreless stars Zach Parise and Travis Zajac. Parise rejected the notion he shares a particular responsibility with Kovalchuk to shoulder the Devils scoring load. "Weve gotten here as a committee," said Parise, who has 14 post-season points after scoring 69 in the regular season. "Hasnt been with one or two guys that have carried us through. Weve done this with four lines. I think everyone feels it upon themselves. We need to be better to generate some more offence." New Jersey has been Los Angeles toughest opponent in the post-season so far, with superb forechecking that has prevented the Kings from playing the same smooth puck-possession game theyve demonstrated for nearly two months. But with almost no goals to show for it, the Devils cant be satisfied. The Devils offensive frustration is a familiar feeling, and thats why theyre confident they can get rid of it. Unlike the Kings, who have steamrolled every opponent so far in their 14-2 playoff run, New Jersey lost two of the first three games in both its first-round series with Florida and the Eastern Conference finals against the Rangers. New York even shut out the Devils in the first and third games of the series, raising another round of worries about New Jerseys scoring. The Devils ricocheted back with 12 goals in the final three games to close out the series. "Same thing happened in the Rangers series," Zajac said. "We just stuck with it. We believed in ourselves, found a way to get it done. Eventually that series tilted in our favour. If we can do the same thing tomorrow night, worry about tomorrow nights game, get a win tomorrow, I think that would definitely help us." Yet the Devils are at least a bit concerned. Coach Peter DeBoer took a risk and shuffled his lines for the third period of Game 2 in an effort to generate more scoring chances, but DeBoer realizes how easily New Jersey could be in control of this series with just a couple of goals. "You have two 2-1 overtime games," DeBoer said. "Shots are relatively even. Scoring chances are relatively even through two games. I mean, we could be in a different situation. Were not. You have to give L.A. credit for finding a way to win those two games. We know we can play with them, and we feel we have another level to go to here." Kovalchuk has been around long enough to know what he needs to do to escape a scoring slump. He had already watched tape of his first two performances against the Kings, observing moments of indecision and overthinking on the biggest stage of his career outside the Olympics. "Yeah, (there were a) couple (of times) maybe I should have shot that I passed the puck," Kovalchuk said. "But we created some chances. 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