The Washington Capitals fell 5-1 with Jakub Vrana scoring the lone goal on Saturday night at Capital One Arena against the underachieving New Jersey Devils.
It was the Devils first win in four games and their victory was highlighted by a two-goal performance from Nico Hischier.
The Devils got on the board at 5:27 with a goal from Hischier driving to the net and outmuscling Richard Panik before firing in the goal. 1-0 was the score after one with the Caps leading in shots 12-8.
At 3:28 in the second the Devils doubled their lead with a rebound goal from Nikita Gusev.