Washington Capitals 2008-09 Schedule

The NHL has released the schedule for the 2008-09 season. For the third year in a row the Capitals will open on the road with a game in Atlanta on October 10th. The home opener is the next evening against Cristobal Huet and the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Caps will face each of their SE Division rivals 6 times and each of the other Eastern Conference teams 4 times. They will face each Western Conference team at least once with an additional game versus Columbus, LA, & Nashville to round out the schedule. This season's New Years game is with Tampa. They play 13 times on back-to-back nights and have 2 home-and-home series against New Jersey and Atlanta.

Here is the complete schedule:

• Game 1 - Oct. 10 away at Atlanta 7 pm
• Game 2 - Oct. 11 Home vs. Chicago 7 pm
• Game 3 - Oct. 13 Home vs. Vancouver 7 pm
  
• Game 4 - Oct. 16 away at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm
  
• Game 5 - Oct. 18 Home vs. New Jersey 7 pm
  
• Game 6 - Oct. 21 away at Calgary 9:30 pm
  
• Game 7 - Oct. 23 away at Phoenix 10 pm
  
• Game 8 - Oct. 25 away at Dallas 8 pm
  
• Game 9 - Oct. 28 Home vs. Nashville 7 pm
  
• Game 10 - Nov. 1 away at Buffalo 7 pm
  
• Game 11 - Nov. 4 away at Ottawa 7:30 pm
  
• Game 12 - Nov. 6 Home vs. Carolina 7 pm
  
• Game 13 - Nov. 8 Home vs. New York Rangers 7 pm
  
• Game 14 - Nov. 10 Home vs. Tampa 7 pm
  
• Game 15 - Nov. 12 away at Carolina 7 pm
  
• Game 16 - Nov. 14 Home vs. New Jersey 7 pm
  
• Game 17 - Nov. 15 away at New Jersey 7 pm
  
• Game 18 - Nov. 19 away at Anaheim 10 pm
  
• Game 19 - Nov. 20 away at Los Angeles 10:30 pm
  
• Game 20 - Nov. 22 away at San Jose 10:30 pm
  
• Game 21 - Nov. 24 away at Minnesota 8 pm
  
• Game 22 - Nov. 26 Home vs. Atlanta 7 pm
  
• Game 23 - Nov. 28 Home vs. Montreal 7 pm
  
• Game 24- Nov. 29 away at Columbus 7 pm
  
• Game 25 - Dec. 2 Home vs. Florida 7 pm
  
• Game 26 - Dec. 4 Home vs. New York Islanders 7 pm
  
• Game 27 - Dec. 6 away at Toronto 7 pm
  
• Game 28 - Dec. 7 away at Carolina 5 pm
  
• Game 29 - Dec. 10 Home vs. Boston 7 pm
  
• Game 30 - Dec. 12 Home vs. Ottawa 7 pm
  
• Game 31 - Dec. 13 away at Montreal 7 pm
  
• Game 32 - Dec. 16 away at New York Islanders 7 pm
  
• Game 33 - Dec. 18 Home vs. St. Louis 7 pm
  
• Game 34 - Dec. 20 away at Philadelphia 1 pm
  
• Game 35 - Dec. 23 away at New York Rangers 7 pm
  
• Game 36 - Dec. 26 Home vs. Buffalo 7 pm
  
• Game 37 - Dec. 28 Home vs. Toronto 7 pm
  
• Game 38 - Dec. 30 away at Buffalo 7 pm
  
• Game 39 - Jan. 1 Home vs. Tampa 7 pm
  
• Game 40 - Jan. 3 Home vs. New York Rangers 7 pm
  
• Game 41 - Jan. 6 Home vs. Philadelphia 7 pm
  
• Game 42 - Jan. 9 Home vs. Columbus 7 pm
  
• Game 43 - Jan. 10 away at Montreal 7 pm
  
• Game 44 - Jan. 13 Home vs. Edmonton 7 pm
  
• Game 45 - Jan. 14 away at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm
  
• Game 46 - Jan. 17 Home vs. Boston
  
• Game 47 - Jan. 19 away at New York Islanders 2 pm
  
• Game 48 - Jan. 20 away at Ottawa 7:30 pm
  
• Game 49 - Jan. 27 away at Boston 7 pm
  
• Game 50 - Jan. 31 Home vs. Detroit 12:30 pm
  
• Game 51 - Feb. 1 Home vs. Ottawa 12:30 pm
  
• Game 52 - Feb. 3 away at New Jersey 7 pm
  
• Game 53 - Feb. 5 Home vs. Los Angeles 7 pm
  
• Game 54 - Feb. 7 Home vs. Florida 7 pm
  
• Game 55 - Feb. 11 away at New York Rangers 7 pm
• Game 56 - Feb. 14 away at Tampa 7:30 pm
  
• Game 57 - Feb. 15 away at Florida 5 pm
  
• Game 58 - Feb. 18 Home vs. Montreal 7:30 pm
  
• Game 59 - Feb. 20 Home vs. Colorado 7 pm
  
• Game 60 - Feb. 22 Home vs. Pittsburgh 3 pm
  
• Game 61 - Feb. 24 Home vs. Philadelphia 7 pm
  
• Game 62 - Feb. 26 Home vs. Atlanta 7 pm
  
• Game 63 - Feb. 28 away at Boston 1 pm
  
• Game 64 - Mar. 1 Home vs. Florida 3 pm
  
• Game 65 - Mar. 3 Home vs. Carolina 7 pm
  
• Game 66 - Mar. 5 Home vs. Toronto 7 pm
  
• Game 67 Mar. 8 Home vs. Pittsburgh 3 pm
  
• Game 68 - Mar. 10 away at Nashville 8 pm
  
• Game 69 - Mar. 12 away at Philadelphia 7 pm
  
• Game 70 - Mar. 14 Home vs. Carolina 7 pm
  
• Game 71 - Mar. 16 away at Atlanta 7 pm
  
• Game 72- Mar. 17 away at Florida 7:30 pm
  
• Game 73 - Mar. 19 away at Tampa 7:30 pm
  
• Game 74 - Mar 21 away at Carolina 7 pm
  
• Game 75 - Mar. 24 away at Toronto 7 pm
  
• Game 76 - Mar. 27 Home vs. Tampa 7 pm
  
• Game 77 - Apr. 1 Home vs. New York Islanders 7 pm
  
• Game 78 - Apr. 3 Home vs. Buffalo 7 pm
  
• Game 79 - Apr. 5 Home vs. Atlanta 3 pm
  
• Game 80 - Apr. 7 away vs. Atlanta 7 pm
  
• Game 81 - Apr. 9 away vs. Tampa 7:30 pm
  
• Game 82 - Apr. 11 away at Florida 7:30 pm
  

The Caps also have 7 preseason games scheduled:

• Sept. 24 away at Carolina 7 pm
• Sept. 25 Home vs. Carolina 7 pm
• Sept. 27 away at Boston 4 pm
• Sept. 29 away at New Jersey 7 pm
• Oct. 1 away at Philadelphia 7 pm
• Oct. 3 Home vs. Philadelphia 7 pm
• Oct. 5 Home vs. Boston 5 pm