2025–26 Washington Capitals season

2025–26 Washington Capitals
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2025–26 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General manager	Chris Patrick
Coach	Spencer Carbery
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

The 2025–26 Washington Capitals season is the 52nd season (51st season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on July 3, 2025.

2025 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 21 Washington – Boston TD Garden 2A September 25 Philadelphia – Washington Giant Center 3 September 28 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center 4 September 30 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena 5 October 2 Boston – Washington Capital One Arena 6 October 4 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena

Legend   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss A – Game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 8 Boston – Washington Capital One Arena 2 October 11 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena 3 October 12 Washington – NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 4 October 14 Tampa Bay – Washington Capital One Arena 5 October 17 Minnesota – Washington Capital One Arena 6 October 19 Vancouver – Washington Capital One Arena 7 October 21 Seattle – Washington Capital One Arena 8 October 24 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena 9 October 25 Ottawa – Washington Capital One Arena 10 October 28 Washington – Dallas American Airlines Center 11 October 31 NY Islanders – Washington Capital One Arena
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 1 Washington – Buffalo KeyBank Center 13 November 5 St. Louis – Washington Capital One Arena 14 November 6 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 15 November 8 Washington – Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 16 November 11 Washington – Carolina Lenovo Center 17 November 13 Washington – Florida Amerant Bank Arena 18 November 15 New Jersey – Washington Capital One Arena 19 November 17 Los Angeles – Washington Capital One Arena 20 November 19 Edmonton – Washington Capital One Arena 21 November 20 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre 22 November 22 Tampa Bay – Washington Capital One Arena 23 November 24 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena 24 November 26 Winnipeg – Washington Capital One Arena 25 November 28 Toronto – Washington Capital One Arena 26 November 30 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 27 December 2 Washington – Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 28 December 3 Washington – San Jose SAP Center 29 December 5 Washington – Anaheim Honda Center 30 December 7 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena 31 December 11 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena 32 December 13 Washington – Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 33 December 16 Washington – Minnesota Grand Casino Arena 34 December 18 Toronto – Washington Capital One Arena 35 December 20 Detroit – Washington Capital One Arena 36 December 21 Washington – Detroit Little Caesars Arena 37 December 23 NY Rangers – Washington Capital One Arena 38 December 27 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center 39 December 29 Washington – Florida Amerant Bank Arena 40 December 31 NY Rangers – Washington Capital One Arena
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 1 Washington – Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 42 January 3 Chicago – Washington Capital One Arena 43 January 5 Anaheim – Washington Capital One Arena 44 January 7 Dallas – Washington Capital One Arena 45 January 9 Washington – Chicago United Center 46 January 11 Washington – Nashville Bridgestone Arena 47 January 13 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena 48 January 15 San Jose – Washington Capital One Arena 49 January 17 Florida – Washington Capital One Arena 50 January 19 Washington – Colorado Ball Arena 51 January 21 Washington – Vancouver Rogers Arena 52 January 23 Washington – Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 53 January 24 Washington – Edmonton Rogers Place 54 January 27 Washington – Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 55 January 29 Washington – Detroit Little Caesars Arena 56 January 31 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 57 February 2 NY Islanders – Washington Capital One Arena 58 February 3 Washington – Philadelphia Xfinity Mobile Arena 59 February 5 Nashville – Washington Capital One Arena 60 February 25 Philadelphia – Washington Capital One Arena 61 February 27 Vegas – Washington Capital One Arena 62 February 28 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 63 March 3 Utah – Washington Capital One Arena 64 March 7 Washington – Boston TD Garden 65 March 9 Calgary – Washington Capital One Arena 66 March 11 Washington – Philadelphia Xfinity Mobile Arena 67 March 12 Washington – Buffalo KeyBank Center 68 March 14 Boston – Washington Capital One Arena 69 March 18 Ottawa – Washington Capital One Arena 70 March 20 New Jersey – Washington Capital One Arena 71 March 22 Colorado – Washington Capital One Arena 72 March 24 Washington – St. Louis Enterprise Center 73 March 26 Washington – Utah Delta Center 74 March 28 Washington – Vegas T-Mobile Arena 75 March 31 Philadelphia – Washington Capital One Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 76 April 2 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center 77 April 4 Buffalo – Washington Capital One Arena 78 April 5 Washington – NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 79 April 8 Washington – Toronto Scotiabank Arena 80 April 11 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 81 April 12 Pittsburgh – Washington Capital One Arena 82 April 14 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena
Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
TBA

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	P	PIM
TBA

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡No longer with the Capitals.

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals's selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	27	Lynden Lakovic	RW	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	37	Milton Gastrin	C	Sweden	Modo Hockey (SHL)
3	96	Maxim Schafer	LW	Germany	Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
5	155	Jackson Crowder	C	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
6	180	Aron Dahlqvist	D	Sweden	Brynäs J20 (J20 Nationell)

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