2012 Stanley Cup - Devils Putting Best Spin on Kings" Lead Kings goalie Jonathan Quick checking the Devils" Zach Parise in the third period of Game 2. LOS ANGELES - The Devils arrived here Sunday, confronted by stark history. Their task: overcome a 2-0 deficit in the Stanley Cup finals against the Los Angeles Kings, a team that seems to have forgotten how to lose. The Kings, two wins from lifting the franchise's first Stanley Cup, are 14-2 this postseason. In the quarter century since the playoffs went to four best-of-seven rounds, only one team - the 1988 Edmonton Oilers - has been powerful enough to go 16-2 on its way to a championship. The Kings will look to become the second after taking the first two games of this series in overtimes, each by a 2-1 score. Game 3 is here Monday. The Kings appear unstoppable to outsiders at the moment, but Devils Coach Peter DeBoer sees things differently. "Who said we were dominated?" he said after the Devils practiced in suburban El Segundo, suggesting that the very idea seemed preposterous. What were they drinking? Must have been someone from here. DeBoer's answer says a lot about where the Devils are emotionally. It is, of course, not lost on them that with a couple of bounces the other way, the Devils would be the team leading the series by 2-0. "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. You have to give L.A. credit for finding a way to win those two games, but we know we can play with them and we feel we have another level to go to here. History, however, would appear to also be against the Devils. The Kings have won all 10 road games they played this spring, a playoff record. And of the 11 teams that lost the first two games of the Cup finals at home, 9 went on to lose the series. In the Devils" favor for the next two games, which are at the Staples Center, is that the Kings are a more mortal 4-2 at home. "When you get to these high-pressure games, there's a lot more distraction when you're the home team," said goalie Martin Brodeur, who has been in his share of such situations in his 20-year career. Families are around, and when you get closer to the goal that you want to achieve, it gets a little harder. We can jump on that and use it to our advantage. And there are those two teams that rallied to win the Stanley Cup after falling behind at home: the 1942 Maple Leafs and the 1966 Canadiens. And there is the Devils" own recent history. "We got down to Philly, lost the first game and rattled off four wins in a row," DeBoer said. Got down to the Rangers, 2-1, rattled off three in a row. We know we're capable of doing that. This isn't an easy task - they're a very good team. But we're a confident group. Ilya Kovalchuk, who hit the crossbar with seven seconds left in regulation with what could have been the winning shot in Game 2, blamed the loss on the Devils" power play. "We have to be simple," said Kovalchuk, who has no points and only three shots on goal in the series. This time of the year, the power play has to be one pass, shot, screen. Those kind of goals are going to go in. We try fancy stuff, it's not going to work.. DeBoer added: "I know you guys are going to spout out stats, that it's an impossible mountain to climb. We heard the same thing when we were down to Florida, 3-2, after Game 5. "But that stuff's irrelevant," he continued. We really believe we can win a game tomorrow night. If we do, we think it's a different series. Peter DeBoer, in his first year as the Devils" coach, said Sunday that he had been conferring with his predecessor, Jacques Lemaire, since training camp. "He's a great resource," said DeBoer, who added that he had a phone conversation with Lemaire last week. "He knows the personnel inside out, and he laid the foundation defensively for this team." ...Defenseman Henrik Tallinder made his first plane trip since being sidelined in January for a blood clot in his lower leg. He said he took low-dose aspirin and walked around the cabin frequently as a precaution. Cleared to play last week, Tallinder said he did not know if he would get the nod from DeBoer to suit up.