Elias Pettersson scored twice as the Vancouver Canucks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4–2 victory against the host Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon. Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller both had a goal and an assist and Quinn Hughes added two helpers for Vancouver, which improved to 9-3-1 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach early last month. Goaltender Thatcher Demko made 31 saves. Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson scored power-play goals for Washington, which has won just once in its past six games (1-3-2). Ilya Samsonov stopped 28 of 31 shots. Ovechkin gave the Capitals a 1–0 lead at 10:31 of the first period on a one-timer from the top of the left faceoff circle that snuck between Demko’s pads and trickled over the goal line. It was Ovechkin’s 26th goal of the season, tying him with Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for the league lead, and the 756th of …