2024–25 Washington Capitals season

2024–25 Washington Capitals
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 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
Alternate captains	John Carlson Nicklas Backstrom T. J. Oshie Tom Wilson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

The 2024–25 Washington Capitals season will be the 51st season (50th 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 June 24, 2024.

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Location Attendance Record 1 September 22 Philadelphia Washington Capital One Arena 2 September 24 Washington Boston TD Garden 3 September 25 Washington New Jersey Prudential Center 4 September 27 Columbus Washington Capital One Arena 5 September 30 Washington Columbus Nationwide Arena 6 October 5 Boston Washington Capital One Arena

Legend   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss A

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 12 New Jersey – Washington Capital One Arena 2 October 15 Vegas – Washington Capital One Arena 3 October 17 Dallas – Washington Capital One Arena 4 October 19 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center 5 October 22 Washington – Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 6 October 23 Philadelphia – Washington Capital One Arena 7 October 26 Washington – Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 8 October 29 NY Rangers – Washington Capital One Arena 9 October 31 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 10 November 2 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena 11 November 3 Washington – Carolina PNC Arena 12 November 6 Nashville – Washington Capital One Arena 13 November 8 Pittsburgh – Washington Capital One Arena 14 November 9 Washington – St. Louis Enterprise Center 15 November 13 Toronto – Washington Capital One Arena 16 November 15 Washington – Colorado Ball Arena 17 November 17 Washington – Vegas T-Mobile Arena 18 November 18 Washington – Utah Delta Center 19 November 21 Colorado – Washington Capital One Arena 20 November 23 New Jersey – Washington Capital One Arena 21 November 25 Washington – Florida Amerant Bank Arena 22 November 27 Washington – Boston Amalie Arena 23 November 29 NY Islanders – Washington Capital One Arena 24 November 30 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 3 San Jose – Washington Capital One Arena 26 December 6 Washington – Toronto Scotiabank Arena 27 December 7 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre 28 December 12 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena 29 December 14 Buffalo – Washington Capital One Arena 30 December 16 Washington – Dallas American Airlines Center 31 December 17 Washington – Chicago United Center 32 December 20 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena 33 December 22 Los Angeles – Washington Capital One Arena 34 December 23 Washington – Boston TD Garden 35 December 28 Washington – Toronto Scotiabank Arena 36 December 29 Washington – Detroit Little Caesars Arena 37 December 31 Boston – Washington Capital One Arena
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 38 January 2 Minnesota – Washington Capital One Arena 39 January 4 NY Rangers – Washington Capital One Arena 40 January 6 Washington – Buffalo KeyBank Center 41 January 8 Vancouver – Washington Capital One Arena 42 January 10 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena 43 January 11 Washington – Nashville Bridgestone Arena 44 January 14 Anaheim – Washington Capital One Arena 45 January 16 Washington – Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 46 January 18 Pittsburgh – Washington Capital One Arena 47 January 21 Washington – Edmonton Rogers Place 48 January 23 Washington – Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 49 January 25 Washington – Vancouver Rogers Arena 50 January 28 Washington – Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 51 January 30 Washington – Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Winnipeg – Washington Capital One Arena 53 February 4 Florida – Washington Capital One Arena 54 February 6 Washington – Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 55 February 9 Utah – Washington Capital One Arena 56 February 22 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 57 February 23 Edmonton – Capital One Arena Capital One Arena 58 February 25 Calgary – Washington Capital One Arena 59 February 27 St. Louis – Washington Capital One Arena
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 60 March 1 Tampa Bay – Washington Capital One Arena 61 March 3 Ottawa – Washington Capital One Arena 62 March 5 Washington – NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 63 March 7 Detroit – Washington Capital One Arena 64 March 9 Seattle – Washington Capital One Arena 65 March 11 Washington – Anaheim Honda Center 66 March 13 Washington – Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 67 March 15 Washington – San Jose SAP Center 68 March 18 Detroit – Washington Capital One Arena 69 March 20 Philadelphia – Washington Capital One Arena 70 March 22 Florida – Washington Capital One Arena 71 March 25 Washington – Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 72 March 27 Washington – Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 73 March 30 Buffalo – Washington Capital One Arena
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Arena Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 74 April 1 Washington – Boston TD Garden 75 April 2 Washington – Carolina PNC Arena 76 April 4 Chicago – Washington Capital One Arena 77 April 6 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena 78 April 10 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena 79 April 12 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena 80 April 13 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena 81 April 15 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena 82 April 17 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated August 9, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27		Alexander Alexeyev	D	L	24	2018	St. Petersburg, Russia
19		Nicklas Backstrom (A)	C	L	36	2006	Gävle, Sweden
25		Ethan Bear	D	R	27	2023	Regina, Saskatchewan
74		John Carlson (A)	D	R	34	2008	Natick, Massachusetts
6		Jakob Chychrun	D	L	26	2024	Boca Raton, Florida
26		Nic Dowd	C	R	34	2018	Huntsville, Alabama
22		Brandon Duhaime	LW	L	27	2024	Coral Springs, Florida
80		Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	L	26	2024	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
42		Martin Fehervary	D	L	24	2018	Bratislava, Slovakia
79		Charlie Lindgren	G	R	30	2022	Lakeville, Minnesota
88		Andrew Mangiapane	LW	L	28	2024	Bolton, Ontario
24		Connor McMichael	C	L	23	2019	Scarborough, Ontario
15		Sonny Milano	LW	L	28	2022	Massapequa, New York
77		T. J. Oshie (A)	RW	R	37	2015	Mount Vernon, Washington
8		Alexander Ovechkin (C)	LW	R	38	2004	Moscow, Soviet Union
21		Aliaksei Protas	C	L	23	2019	Vitebsk, Belarus
16		Taylor Raddysh	RW	R	26	2024	Caledon, Ontario
3		Matt Roy	D	R	29	2024	Canton, Michigan
38		Rasmus Sandin	D	L	24	2023	Uppsala, Sweden
23		Michael Sgarbossa	C	L	32	2018	Campbellville, Ontario
17		Dylan Strome	C	L	27	2022	Mississauga, Ontario
48		Logan Thompson	G	R	27	2024	Calgary, Alberta
57		Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	R	33	2020	Middletown, New Jersey
43		Tom Wilson (A)	RW	R	30	2012	Toronto, Ontario

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)

Notes: