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Seventeen of the Capitals’ 41 home games at Capital One Arena fall on weekends, which includes six games on Friday, seven on Saturday and four on Sunday. This marks the 13th time in the last 14 seasons and the 12th consecutive season the Capitals will host a game on Super Bowl Sunday. Additionally, all four games against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins will be played in the afternoon. Seventeen of the Capitals' 41 home games at Capital One Arena fall on weekends, which includes six games on Friday, seven on Saturday and four on Sunday.
Washington has five homestands of at least three games on the schedule, the longest being a four-game stretch at Capital One Arena from Feb. 2 to Feb. 10. The Capitals have five stretches of at least three consecutive road games, including a season-long five-game road trip from Oct. 20 to Oct. 29. In addition, the Capitals will have 12 sets of back-to-back games. The Capitals have five homesteads of at least three games, with the longest notching in at four games in early February. Their season-long five-game road trip will be from October 20th to the 29th.
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The Capitals may have own the Stanley Cup two seasons ago, but the St. Louis Blues are the current titleholders. The NHL’s two most recent champions will cross paths at Capital One Arena on March 24. For some, it might be just another Tuesday night, but for hockey fans, especially fans of the Blues and Capitals, it’s one of the biggest games on the schedule this season. With the way things are going, that game could be a potential preview of the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals. The Capitals have the unique honor this season of hosting games both the night before Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving. On Wednesday night, the Capitals play host to the Florida Panthers.
The Caps’ home opener will be Saturday 10/5 against the Hurricanes, the second half of a back-to-back that starts with the Islanders’ season opener Friday night at Nassau Coliseum. The preseason schedule was published on June 17, 2019. No games are scheduled for the dates you selected. There are many new faces and expectations are HIGH coming off last season’s incredible playoff run. The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
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Not only is it the last home game of the regular season, but it’s also Team Poster Giveaway Night at Capital One Arena, so it’s a game that no Capitals fan will want to miss. Fans who live on the West Coast shouldn’t feel left out during the Capitals season schedule. In early December, the Capitals take a road trip out west, starting with a game in Detroit against the Red Wings on November 30, two days after Thanksgiving.
That’s followed by three straight games in California against the Sharks, Kings, and Ducks. As previously announced, the Capitals will open their season on the road against the St. Louis Blues during the team’s banner-raising night on October 2. The Capitals’ second game of the regular season will be against Barry Trotz and the New York Islanders on October 4, the Islanders home opener. The very next night, the Capitals will host their home opener against the Carolina Hurricanes in the second game of their first back-to-back of the season. Seventeen of the Capitals’ 41 home games fall on weekends, which includes six games on Friday, seven on Saturday, and four on Sunday.
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The Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders in the first round in five games. Hockey-Reference utilizes Official NHL data for current NHL seasons.
Washington’s bye-week appears to come at the end of January, running from the 19th to the 26th, with the first game back in action away in Montreal. The Capitals’ first game of the season against the Pittsburgh Penguins comes February 2 on Super Bowl Sunday. The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Capitals advanced to the playoffs, but were eliminated by the New York Islanders in the first round in five games.
It gets even better on Friday when the Capitals face the Tampa Bay Lightning. Those two teams seem to have a budding rivalry after meeting in a fierce 7-game series in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2018. For the players, playing the day before and after Thanksgiving must be a relief because it means not having to travel during the holidays. Of course, the deal is even better for the fans, as they have a chance to take advantage of the long holiday weekend and enjoy two great home games in the span of three days. If the Capitals continue to play the way they have to this point in the season, fans of the team should have ample opportunity to see playoff games at Capital One Arena. However, the team’s final game of the regular season falls on April 2 against the Minnesota Wild.
The Capitals will have 12 sets of back-to-back games. When January rolls around, Capitals fans will get their first chance to see Jack Hughes, the top overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft, in person. Hughes and the New Jersey Devils will visit Capital One Arena twice in the span of a week on both January 11 and January 16. Subban gives Capitals fans another reason to come out and see the team play when the Devils visit the Caps twice in less than a week.
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