

The Washington Capitals will host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday afternoon and it’s going to be more than your typical regular season game.

Saturday’s tilt between the Capitals and the Canucks will be Washington’s Hockey Fights Cancer game, so they’re going to have some very important fans in attendance for the matinee.

On Friday, Caps head coach Todd Reirden announced he’ll have six new starters in his lineup for puck drop as the players will be joined on the ice for the pre-game by six Make-A-Wish recipients, and it wasn’t your typical lineup announcement.



What an amazing job by #Caps coach Todd Reirden in announcing 6 new starters. Thanks to @WishMidAtlantic for everything they do. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/tuvxkta59Q — Rob Carlin (@RobCarlinNBCS) November 22, 2019

Coach Reirden met with the six Make-A-Wish recipients on Friday to let them know that he needs their help on Saturday and that they’ll be in the Capitals’ lineup.



Coach Reirden surprised six @WishMidAtlantic kids with the news that they would be a part of the starting lineup announcements at tomorrow's #CapsFightCancer game! #ALLCAPS https://t.co/EmaqiDPak5 — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 22, 2019

On top of getting the awesome news from the coach, they also got to spend time on the ice with the players.



We truly do appreciate and admire all the players and teams who do everything they can to bring joy to others.

(H/T Twitter/RobCarlinNBCS)