{"id":767480,"date":"2026-07-17T02:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/767480\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:53:13","slug":"capitals-announce-2026-27-regular-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/767480\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals Announce 2026-27 Regular-Season Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Va. \u2013\u00a0The National Hockey League today announced the 2026-27 regular-season schedule for the Washington Capitals,\u00a0presented\u00a0by Ticketmaster.\u00a0The\u00a0Capitals will open\u00a0the season\u00a0on Friday, Oct. 2,\u00a0at 7 p.m.\u00a0against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center\u00a0before heading to Tampa\u00a0to face the Lightning\u00a0on Oct. 3 at\u00a0Benchmark International Arena.\u00a0Washington will return to Capital One Arena\u00a0on Wednesday, Oct. 7,\u00a0to host\u00a0the\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0in the\u00a0home opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Capitals have\u00a0five\u00a0homestands of at least\u00a0three\u00a0games on the schedule,\u00a0the longest being\u00a0two\u00a0five-game homestands at Capital One Arena from Oct.\u00a014-28 and Feb. 14-23.\u00a0Washington\u00a0also\u00a0has\u00a0five\u00a0stretches of at least\u00a0three\u00a0consecutive road games, including\u00a0a\u00a0season-long\u00a0six-game road trip from\u00a0Dec.\u00a03-15.\u00a0In addition, the Capitals will have\u00a014\u00a0sets of back-to-back games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nineteen\u00a0of the Capitals\u2019 42\u00a0home games at Capital One Arena fall on weekends, which\u00a0include\u00a0five\u00a0games on Friday,\u00a0nine\u00a0on Saturday and\u00a0five\u00a0on Sunday.\u00a0Washington will once again have home games on the day before (Nov. 25\u00a0vs.\u00a0Philadelphia) and the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 27\u00a0vs.\u00a0Florida), as well as\u00a0the day after Christmas (Dec. 26 vs. Columbus).\u00a0In addition, the Capitals will\u00a0take on\u00a0the Utah Mammoth on Super Bowl Sunday\u00a0(Feb. 14)\u00a0at 1 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Capitals\u2019\u00a0schedule will pause for a\u00a0nine-day break from\u00a0Feb.\u00a04-12, which\u00a0overlaps\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a02027\u00a0NHL All-Star\u00a0Weekend,\u00a0set to take place\u00a0Feb. 5-6 at UBS Arena on Long Island, New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season, the Capitals posted the\u00a0sixth-best\u00a0home record\u00a0(25-11-5)\u00a0in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Television broadcast plans will be released\u00a0at a later date.\u00a0All Capitals games can be heard on the\u00a0Capitals Radio Network, 106.7 The Fan, WashingtonCaps.com and on the Washington Caps mobile app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Capitals fans can download the schedule or sync it to their devices by visiting https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/capitals\/fans\/schedule-downloads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington Capitals\u00a0full season ticket memberships\u00a0and\u00a0partial plans\u00a0for the 2026-27 season are currently available for purchase. Capitals fans are encouraged to make their ticket purchases directly from the team by calling 202-266-CAPS or emailing\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.\u00a0Information on single-game tickets will be announced\u00a0at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Home dates to remember:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oct.\u00a07\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Home opener at Capital One Arena vs.\u00a0Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oct.\u00a09\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The New York Rangers make their\u00a0first of two visits to Capital One Arena for a\u00a0Friday\u00a0night showdown\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oct.\u00a017\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Capitals\u00a0face\u00a0Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils\u00a0for a Saturday afternoon divisional\u00a0contest\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oct. 24\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Capitals host the Buffalo\u00a0Sabres\u00a0on Saturday night\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nov. 1\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington\u00a0hosts\u00a0the\u00a0Minnesota Wild\u00a0at 3:30 p.m.\u00a0the day after Halloween\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nov. 25 \u2013\u00a0The Capitals\u00a0face off\u00a0with division\u00a0rival\u00a0Philadelphia the night before Thanksgiving\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nov.\u00a027\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Florida Panthers\u00a0visit Capital One Arena\u00a0the\u00a0day\u00a0after Thanksgiving\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dec.\u00a026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Capitals face\u00a0the Columbus Blue Jackets the day after Christmas\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dec. 28\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers\u00a0make their lone visit to Capital One Arena\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan. 14\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Capitals face the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan.\u00a016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington takes on\u00a0Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche\u00a0on Saturday night\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan.\u00a022\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Capitals host\u00a0the New York Islanders\u00a0on Friday night\u00a0<\/p>\n

Feb. 14\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington hosts the Utah Mammoth\u00a0on Super Bowl Sunday\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Feb. 19\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Macklin\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0and the San Jose Sharks\u00a0make their lone visit to Capital One Arena\u00a0for a Friday night showdown\u00a0<\/p>\n

March 3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Carolina Hurricanes return for their second trip\u00a0to D.C.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

March\u00a015\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Capitals\u00a0take on the Tampa Bay Lightning\u00a0in a Monday afternoon matinee\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

March 30\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Capitals face\u00a0Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks\u00a0<\/p>\n

April 3 \u2013\u00a0The Capitals host division rival Columbus\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0in the penultimate home game of the\u00a02026-27 regular season\u00a0<\/p>\n

April\u00a04\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington completes its 2026-27\u00a0home\u00a0regular-season schedule against\u00a0the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

Note: The complete Washington Capitals 2026-27\u00a0schedule can be found\u00a0below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Va. \u2013\u00a0The National Hockey League today announced the 2026-27 regular-season schedule for the Washington Capitals,\u00a0presented\u00a0by Ticketmaster.\u00a0The\u00a0Capitals will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-767480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}