STANLEY CUP FINALS Mighty Ducks must become offensive

New Jersey had too much offense and defense for the Mighty Ducks in Game 1.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks know they have to stick to their game plan to beat the New Jersey Devils.
"The first thing you've got to do is everyone has to play together," coach Mike Babcock said Wednesday. "The second thing is you've got to get timely goals."
Anaheim's dump-and-chase style was mostly ineffective in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, with the defensive-minded Devils preventing the Mighty Ducks from controlling the puck in the offensive zone en route to a 3-0 victory.
Only 16 shots got through to New Jersey's Martin Brodeur, and the Ducks generated even fewer scoring chances.
"We just didn't execute, that's the biggest thing. We knew what we had to do. We didn't do it," captain Paul Kariya said.
Going other way
The chances that did occur were going the other way against Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who made 27 saves. He withstood the pressure for a while, but eventually showed some cracks.
The first period was scoreless, but Jeff Friesen scored the first goal in the middle frame. Grant Marshall then finished off a perfect pass from Patrik Elias, and Friesen added an empty-net goal in the third.
It was quite a different story from the first three rounds for the Mighty Ducks, who grabbed 2-0 series leads on the road in each. Giguere was excellent then, playing behind a stingy defense that was on its game.
"We have to be ready to play from the start. We weren't ready to play," Anaheim forward Petr Sykora said. "They had a lot more scoring chances, a lot more shots. We gave a couple of breakaways which we never did in the playoffs."
Facing a deficit
What they also never did in this postseason was face a deficit. That is something else that'll be different in Game 2.
"It's going to stretch us," Babcock said. "We're going to find a way to react positively and get better."
The Devils are ready for whatever the Ducks have.
"I expect a totally different Anaheim hockey club from start to finish," Devils forward John Madden said. "I expect them to create more scoring opportunities, I expect them to compete more, I expect them to hit more, I expect them to dump and chase more, I expect them to just do exactly what I saw them do in the first three series."
Plan is simple
Anaheim's plan is simple when the Mighty Ducks stick to it. It's not flashy or terribly exciting -- it's just "greasy."
They insist that whatever caused them to stray from the program will be gone in time for Game 2 tonight. The time for jitters and talk of rust from a 10-day layoff is over.
"Obviously, many of the guys were nervous, which is very understandable," Giguere said. "Now we know what it's like. We know it's the same game. If we want to be successful, we've just got to play our game."