The National Hockey League today announced the 2018-19 regular-season schedule for its 31 member clubs. The Washington Capitals will open the season at home against the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena on Wednesday, Oct. 3, where the Capitals will also unveil their 2018 Stanley Cup Championship banner in a pregame ceremony.

Washington has five homestands of at least three games on the schedule, the longest being a six-game stretch at Capital One Arena from Feb. 1 to Feb. 11. The Capitals have eight stretches of at least three consecutive road games, including three four-game road trips and a six-game road trip. In addition, the Capitals will have 10 sets of back-to-back games.

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Over half of the Capitals' 41 home games at Capital One Arena fall on weekends, which includes nine games on Friday, six on Saturday and six on Sunday. The schedule features holiday home games on Veterans Day (Nov. 11 vs. Arizona), the day before Thanksgiving (Nov. 21 vs. Chicago) and Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 3 vs. Boston). This marks the 12th time in the last 13 seasons and the 11th consecutive season the Capitals will host a game on Super Bowl Sunday.

Television broadcast plans will be released at a later date. All Capitals games can be heard on the Caps Radio Network, Caps Radio 24/7, WashingtonCaps.com and on the Washington Caps mobile app.

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