2009-10 Washington Capitals Schedule Announced
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals’ 82-game regular-season schedule for 2009-10 begins on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Boston Bruins, a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference from last season. The Capitals will make their Verizon Center debut on Saturday, Oct. 3, when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second game of the season. The 2009-10 NHL schedule format, similar to last season’s, has the Capitals facing the other teams in the Southeast Division six times each and the remaining Eastern Conference opponents four times each. Washington plays each team in the Western Conference at least once, with two games each against Columbus, Detroit and San Jose. Nine Western Conference teams will visit Verizon Center.
- via Capitals website (click through for full schedule)
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I’m already tired of the regular season. Is that bad?
by CVDTerp on Jul 15, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Odd that all 4 Pens games come 1/21/10 or later in the season.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Jul 15, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3 of the 4 came late in the season in 2008-2009.
Odd that Boston doesn’t come to town until APRIL. jeeeeeeeez.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
right, but I am surprised there isn’t 1 earlier in the season considering it would be a good marquee matchup for VS to jump on in October
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Jul 15, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
given how much apparent pull NBC has with the schedule, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out they wanted all 4 games late in the season.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some sked notes from Corey:
Actually, Pittsburgh comes to DC on Feb. 7 (Super Bowl Sunday) and March 24 — Jan. 21 and April 6 are at Mellon Arena. My bad.
Yes, the Caps are scheduled to be in Montreal on Nov. 28.
Flyers are at the Phone Booth on Oct, 27 and Jan. 17.
John Tavares comes to Washington for the first time on Oct. 30; Penguins are at Verizon on Jan. 21, March 24.
Mike Knuble returns to Philadelphia in Game No. 3, Donald Brashear returns to Washington in Game No. 4.
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by J.P. on Jul 15, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll repost these Fast facts:
I count 12 back to back games.
longest road game is 4. And we have 2 of them
Worst stretch is the month of Dec. 7 of 9 games on the road. 1@ home. 3 on the road, then back home for 1, and on the road for 4.
No Jan. 1st game in DC.
7 of 9 games in February are on the road. All are before the 13 of Feb.
7 of last 10 at home.
by vt caps fan on Jul 15, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
per Tarik, no one is playing on Jan 1 except the Winter Classic game. sucks.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sucks but semi smart move by the NHL.
Smart because it showcases the classic
Not so smart because everyone has the day off and its a good day to go a hockey game for some families.
by vt caps fan on Jul 15, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Winter Classic will be over by 4 pm. No reason other teams can’t play at night, as they have the past two years. Eh, doesn’t really concern me all that much. I’ll find something else to do New Year’s Day rather than watch hockey.
by gfcaps fan on Jul 15, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless they really are doing a doubleheader with BC/BU and want to showcase it more prominently.
by brs03 on Jul 15, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
New Years evening on the East Coast is traditionally the Rose Bowl broadcast. they may be trying to avoid competing with that.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and takes, like, 8 hours to complete! I think it ended a little before the Caps game this past year, and the Caps game had that long stoppage because Heward was knocked out.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m actually really excited about the Caps game in San Jose on December 30. Any other Bay Area denizens about?
by Gould Old Days on Jul 15, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Western Conference teams the Caps play twice: Detroit (YAY!), Columbus (what, so Steve Mason can get two more shut-outs?), and San Jose (ehhhhhhh)
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That game in San Jose might be the only one I get to see all year.
by Gould Old Days on Jul 15, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then I retract my “ehhhh” and insert a “huzzah!”
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do they come up with these:
The last four home games are Atlanta, Boston, Atlanta, Boston….
That’s just weird.
It is nice that 7 of the last 10 games are at home this year after last year’s quirk due to the Frozen Four….
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jul 15, 2009 3:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree, but god, Frozen Four was so much fun!
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/obama-outshines-all-stars/article1219201/), via CI:
" Usual Suspects has learned the NHL has shelved plans for a special re-launch of its 2009-10 season in the first week of March, following the Vancouver Olympics.
The centrepiece was to be a game featuring Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins and Alex Ovechkin’s Capitals in Washington. The concept was to capitalize on the profile hockey will gain in the United States from the Vancouver Games by featuring Crosby and Ovechkin, the NHL’s top two TV attractions, in a special venue in the U.S. capital – possibly the National Mall.
According to sources with knowledge of the plans, details were discussed during meetings at the NHL draft last month, but there was not enough time to pull all the elements together. In particular, NBC was reluctant to commit to the time after putting its main schedule on hiatus for the 16-day Olympic break. Instead, when it announces the 2009- 10 schedule Wednesday, the NHL will concentrate on its now-traditional New Year’s Day Winter Classic set for Fenway Park in Boston and the Montreal Canadiens/Capitals spectacular at Olympic Stadium in Montreal on Nov. 28. "
Ovechkin vs. Crosby cagematch on the mall, anyone?
And this is making it sound like Montreal vs. Washington in Olympic Stadium is a done deal.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What a shame. Pens-Caps on the Mall would have been a spectacle to behold.
On a different note, does anyone know when tickets for non-season ticket holders go on sale?
by jakeshapiro on Jul 15, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know. I can walk to the Mall. I would have killed to see anything hockey related out there.
by RedBirdie on Jul 15, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah Pens/Caps on the mall would have been awesome.
More awesome would be the crowd atmosphere. Part II to this debacle?
Pensburgh.com -- it's like the Max Talbot of blogs*
*not just because we only work for 12 minutes a night
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 15, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what? I’m going to break etiquette here. I’m tired of you entering EVERY FRIGGIN’ DISCUSSION to boast about something about the Penguins. Take it to your own board.
by gfcaps fan on Jul 15, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easy, there. Don’t make me defend Hooks again. It’s taken weeks to get over the last time.
by Scott in Shaw on Jul 15, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sorry, but I really am tired of him. What happened to all that good hockey discussion he used to bring here? If I want my team/city/fanbase to be dissed, I’ll go hang out at Pensburgh.
by gfcaps fan on Jul 15, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on now. Hooks is not some random Pittsburgh fan. I’m sure you’ve read his stuff over at Pensburgh. He is contributor to SBN blog content, and a damn fine one, just like JP, DMG David M. Getz, and Pepper. I think he even lives in the D.C. area, and has proven he knows a lot about the Caps.
I personally enjoy seeing the moderators of other SBN hockey blogs show up on our discussions and chime in.
by Cluster on Jul 15, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m with GFC: screw Hooks, and before someone comes running to the rescue, I don’t give a damn about his “contributions to the board.”
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jul 15, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well let’s be real. If Pitt was SUUUUUUUUUUCH an awesome place…well, they wouldn’t have fans in EVERY other city would they?
by wittcap79 on Jul 15, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m with GFC: screw Hooks, and before someone comes running to the rescue, I don’t give a damn about his "contributions to the board."
from the house that Red Jesus built
Ironically, such the nickname in your signature that a certain someone coined*.
(*Obviously a play off of the Adrian Peterson Purple Jesus nickname but hey)
Pensburgh.com -- it's like the Max Talbot of blogs*
*not just because we only work for 12 minutes a night
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 15, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you saying you coined this term? you’re a bit overburdened with asterixes
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jul 16, 2009 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
some of us like to debate. if hooks isn’t debating, he’s using only good-natured barbs (he has something of an advantage living in arlington, i’ll admit). let’s not shout down commenters from other teams, please.
by Natty Bumppo on Jul 15, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
moreover, you have two pretty fair options:
1) send a good-natured barb right back at him. there are plenty of good ones hanging around the internet.
or
2) ignore his posts. yet another advantage of the avatars up and down the right side of the page.
by Natty Bumppo on Jul 15, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take it to your own board.
to amuse the 6 Pens fans that read it?
Russian Machine Never Breaks
by macvechkin on Jul 15, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
now that’s what i’m talking about!
by Natty Bumppo on Jul 15, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEYOOO!
Pensburgh.com -- it's like the Max Talbot of blogs*
*not just because we only work for 12 minutes a night
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 15, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
don’t do that, it’s too soon
"You will remember the night you were struck by the sight of [18] thousand fists in the air" -Disturbed
by snowburnt on Jul 15, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why, just because he’s a fan of a different team? What is this, third grade?
Besides, he’s right. There were a ton of Steelers fans at that Redskins games. (So what?)
by TylerG on Jul 15, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apologies
I just posted a FanShot about this before I saw your comment in this thread.
by Scott in Shaw on Jul 15, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The centrepiece was to be a game featuring Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins and Alex Ovechkin’s Capitals in Washington.
Would have been a bit of an anticlimax after the Sweden-USA final…
by Gould Old Days on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It would be Russia vs Canada the rematch, right? With Malkin and Gonchar and Green and others as traitors.
by red army line on Jul 16, 2009 5:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In your dreams (unfortunately). Would be really, really funny if it happens, though.
by gfcaps fan on Jul 16, 2009 6:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
- Twelve back-to-back games (same as last year) and two of those are back-to-back road games. The remaining ten are evenly split between road-home and home-road back to backs.
- The team travels out West twice, once for a three-game trip in mid-December (COL/VAN/EDM) and once for a two-gamer to close out the calendar year and begin a new one (SJ/LA). Otherwise, the furthest west they will travel is St. Louis (Feb. 13) and Chicago (Mar. 14).
- The team has a stretch of 8 games in 15 days from Nov. 6th through the 21st (four home and four away).
- The Caps play 20 games post-Olympic break (12 home and 8 away). In the middle of that part of the slate, between Mar. 4th and Mar. 20th, they literally play every other night (five consecutive home games, followed by four consecutive road games).
- For fans, we’ve got 20 weekend home games (Fri-Sun) on the schedule
by Stephen Pepper on Jul 15, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hot damn, LA new years here I come!
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jul 15, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How do they choose which Western teams we play twice against?
This year, it’s the top two teams in the conference, plus a team we played twice last year. I don’t get it.
by katzistan on Jul 16, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much just whatever fits best with the schedule and allows the Canadian teams to play each other twice (I think). No logic to it at all.
by brs03 on Jul 16, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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Washington
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59 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 88 |
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Tampa Bay
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57 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 61 |
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Atlanta
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57 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 58 |
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Florida
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58 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 57 |
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Carolina
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