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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Washington Capitals have avoided long losing streaks the last 1 1/2 seasons, and did it again Saturday night.Marcus Johansson scored twice and the Capitals beat Vancouver 5-2 to avoid their first three-game skid since February 2015.Weve got good leadership, it shows all the time and I think they recognized what the message was and I thought we played really well, coach Barry Trotz said.T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson and Karl Alzner also scored for Washington, coming off consecutive losses to the New York Rangers and Edmonton. Philip Grubauer made 23 saves in his second start this season.We had to bounce back from the last couple of games and tonight we executed in all the areas of the game -- penalty kill, power play -- and it was nice to get the win, Grubauer said.Bo Horvat and Jannik Hansen scored for the Canucks, who lost their fifth straight (0-4-1) since opening the season with four wins. Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 shots in his fifth start of the season.Vancouver had been shutout in the previous two games, but Hansen scored with 6 seconds left in the first period for their first goal since the third period against Anaheim last Sunday.To get a couple of goals at least should give us a little bit of confidence, said Horvat, who scored his fourth of the season in the second period.The Canucks came out aggressive in the first period, but it was the Caps who opened scoring with two quick goals. After a failed Vancouver clearing attempt, Johansson tipped in Matt Niskanens shot from the point with two minutes left. Fifteen seconds later, Evgeny Kuznetsov sent a pass from behind Vancouvers net to Wilson, who scored on wrist shot.Hansen, who replaced Loui Eriksson on the line with Henrik and Daniel Sedin, scored with Grubauer way out of position in the closing seconds for the Canucks first opening-period goal at home this season.I thought the (top) line was better tonight, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. They had a little bit more jump. Thats a good step for us.However, the question still remains what to do with Eriksson. The Swedish winger was Vancouvers big offseason acquisition and hes yet to find the back of the net this season.I think (Loui) is feeling pressure to perform, Desjardins said. I think he feels responsible lots of night where hes not creating stuff. I havent seemed to find a good match for him yet on a line. He hasnt seemed to be real comfortable in a spot yet. Well keep working that.Washington appeared to have scored an ugly one early in the second, but Vancouver successfully challenged on goalie interference. The Caps got their goal at 8:58 while on the power play, as the rebound of a shot by Oshie went to Johansson for a tap-in to make it 3-1.Vancouver cut into the lead when Sven Baertschis shot hit the post and ricocheted to Horvat for the easy tap-in at the doorstep with 2:43 left in the second..With Lars Eller off for hooking, the Canucks pressed for the tying goal in the third, but Grubauer made an incredible save on Brandon Sutters point-blank shot from the slot.Oshie put the game out of reach with just over two minutes left. His sharp wrist shot beat Markstrom high on the glove side. Alzner added some insurance with an empty-netter.Game notesCapitals star Alex Ovechkin had a four-game goal-scoring streak snapped. ... 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The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in.PHILADELPHIA -- Jonathan Toews is practicing but the 28-year-old captain did not make the trip to Philadelphia and will miss his fifth straight game on Saturday when the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Flyers at 1 p.m.The Blackhawks placed Toews on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24, to make room for forward Trevor van Riemsdyk, the younger brother of former Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk. Trevor van Riemsdyk has missed all but two games this season with an upper-body injury.Toews can be taken off injured reserve any time and the Blackhawks (16-6-3) hope their captain will return during their four-game homestand, which begins Sunday against his native Winnipeg.Its never fun to miss any time, especially when the team is playing as many games as they are, Toews told CSNChicago on Friday. Its so nice to get back out there and move around and get going a little bit.Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said hes willing to give Toews all the time he needs.You gotta be fully recovered and we want to make sure guys are 100 percent before they can play, Quenneville said. Jonny plays at a certain pace and its all out, so lets make sure hes more than ready when hes coming back.The Blackhawks are 3-0-1 in their last four while the Flyers (12-10-3) have won three games in a row. Both teams are coming off overtime wins on Thursday night, the Blackhawks getting a game-winner from Marian Hossa against the New Jersey Devils, and the Flyers getting an overtime winner from Claude Giroux in a two-goal performance by Philadelphias 28-year-old captain.Exxcluding the 2010 playoffs, when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in Philadelphia in Game 6 on a phantom goal by Patrick Kane that slipped under Michael Leighton, the Flyers have lost at home just once to Chicago since the Wells Fargo Center opened in 1996.dddddddddddd The Flyers have won 12 straight regular-season games against the Blackhawks at home.Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford (12-6-2) is expected to make his 21st start of the season while Steve Mason (7-8-3) is expected to get his 17th start for Philadelphia.Mason has won back-to-back games for the first time since late last season, allowing two goals in each of those wins, and is above .500 for the first time this season.I think were still striving for consistency, Mason told Philly.com. The last home game (a 3-2 shootout win over Boston) wasnt a great home game. We found ourselves lucky to get the two points there. (Thursday) we came back with an effort that wins you hockey games.Blackhawks center Artem Anisimov returned to the lineup Thursday night after leaving Tuesdays game against the Florida Panthers with a heel injury, while Blackhawks forward Jordin Tootoo and defenseman Gustav Forsling were healthy scratches.The Flyers have cleared defenseman Brandon Manning, who missed the past two games with a concussion. Flyers center Scott Laughton has been scratched three games in a row, while defenseman Nick Schultz has been scratched 10 straight. ' ' '