Capitals open franchise’s 50th season on Oct. 12 at Capital One Arena vs. the New Jersey Devils
The National Hockey League today announced the 2024-25 regular-season schedule for its 32 member clubs. The Washington Capitals will open their 50th season on Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. the New Jersey Devils at Capital One Arena at 7 p.m. Washington and New Jersey, who originally entered the NHL as the Kansas City Scouts, both began play in the 1974-75 season.
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The Capitals have five homestands of at least three games on the schedule, the longest being a five-game homestand at Capital One Arena from Feb. 23 to March 3. Washington also has five stretches of at least three consecutive road games, including a season-long five-game road trip from Jan. 21-30. In addition, the Capitals will have 13 sets of back-to-back games.
Twenty-one of the Capitals’ 41 home games at Capital One Arena fall on weekends, which includes six games on Friday, nine on Saturday and six on Sunday. The schedule features holiday home games on Halloween (Oct. 31 vs. Montreal), New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31 vs. Boston) and Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 9 vs. Utah). This marks the 18th time in the last 19 seasons and the 17th consecutive season the Capitals will host a game on Super Bowl Sunday.
The Capitals’ schedule will pause for a 12-day break from Feb. 10-21 for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, which will take place on Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston.
Television broadcast plans will be released at a later date. All Capitals games can be heard on the Caps Radio Network, 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7, WashingtonCaps.com and on the Washington Caps mobile app.
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Note: The complete Washington Capitals 2024-25 schedule can be found below.