The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins have one of the National Hockey League's fiercest rivalries. But what happened Wednesday night at their game in D.C. made that enmity an afterthought.
It began with a gesture by the Capitals. The team announced that it was donating half of the 50/50 raffle at Capital One Arena, held during their 2-1 victory over the Penguins, to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. The funds would benefit victims and families of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, where a shooting on Oct. 27 left 11 people dead and six wounded.