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Found November 05, 2009 on Washington Times:
PLAYERS: Alexander Semin,  Nicklas Bergfors
TEAMS: Washington Capitals,  New Jersey Devils

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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 Semyon Varlamov lost a regular-season game in regulation for the first time as the Caps fell 3-2 in their first contest without the two-time MVP at Prudential Center on Wednesday night. Nineteen seconds after Alexander Semin was tagged with his second of three offensive-zone penalties on the evening, New Jersey's Nicklas Bergfors gave the Devils the ... Email </a
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