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Poor discipline - not Ovechkin's absence - is difference

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Nicklas Bergfors (left) tipped a shot past Caps goalie Semyon Varlamov to give the Devils a 3-1 lead in the third period.

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By Corey Masisak

NEWARK, N.J. | The Washington Capitals are going to struggle to win games without Alex Ovechkin if they continue to end up with more penalties in the offensive zone than goals.

New Jersey scored a pair of power-play goals in the final period, and the Devils benefited from another parade to the penalty box by the Caps in a 3-2 victory Wednesday night at Prudential Center.

"This has to be on the players," forward Mike Knuble said. "Veteran guys like myself the other day and Brendan [Morrison] tonight and Alex [Semin] - it is not young guys who are letting us down, that's for sure. It is the guys who are supposed to have experience. You have to take ownership of the dumb things you're doing, and you've got to stop it."

It was Washington's first game this season without two-time league MVP Ovechkin, who is week-to-week with an upper-body strain. The Caps are now 1-4 in the games Ovechkin has missed in his five-year career.

The offense struggled without Ovechkin, but his absence wasn't the biggest reason the Caps lost in regulation for the first time in 10 games. Taking four penalties in the final 20 minutes - including three while playing offense - spoiled what was looking like a great effort from Semyon Varlamov.

Given a chance to move out of Ovechkin's shadow, some of the other key offensive players did not take advantage.

"Not only did they not stand out, they cost us the game," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "That's a tough one to swallow. ... I still look at our lineup and our top two lines offensively on paper, and we're much better than their top two lines offensively on paper. We had the firepower - that's not the question in my mind.

"So what is it then? Guys didn't come to play. Whether they were feeling sorry for themselves because Alex wasn't in - I don't know."

Nineteen seconds after Semin was tagged with the second of his three offensive-zone penalties on the evening, New Jersey's Nicklas Bergfors gave the Devils the lead with a shot from the right faceoff circle at 11:20 of the third period.

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