Martin Brodeur stopped 31-of-33 shots in defeat for New Jersey

Martin Brodeur stopped 31-of-33 shots in defeat for New Jersey "I think we played a good game, we just can't score goals right now," Kovalchuk said after potting his third goal of the season. "We need to be a little more simple and get more traffic in front. It seems like all the goalies play their best games against us. We need to get through that together."

Martin Brodeur stopped 31-of-33 shots in defeat for New Jersey, which dropped the opener of its six-game swing and will visit San Jose, Anaheim, Los Angeles and Vancouver before capping the swing in Chicago on Nov. 3.

The Sharks, who are winless in two games at HP Pavilion this year, caught a little canadiens of what has been ailing the Devils as they had scored 10 goals over a two-game winning streak before getting shut out by Calgary, 4-0, on Sunday.