The Capitals’ five-game winning streak was snapped with a 3-1 loss to the Penguins on Wednesday at Verizon Center, but the night was a memorable one for 12-year-old Caps fan Sam Becker.
Becker met Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic last season while the Brookeville, Md. native was battling Ewing’s sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Becker, whose cancer is now in remission, participated in a ceremonial puck drop with Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby before Wednesday’s game on Hockey Fights Cancer Night.
Capitals players wore lavender jerseys during warmups.