Capitals to face Hurricanes at Carter-Finlay Stadium in 2023

By Ben Raby
March 3, 2022 | 6:20 PM

The Washington Capitals are heading back outdoors.

The NHL announced Thursday that the Capitals will visit the Carolina Hurricanes as part of the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The league announced in early February that the Hurricanes would host their first outdoor game at NC State’s Carter-Finlay Stadium. The game will take place in February 2023.

While the Hurricanes will be playing outdoors for the first time, the Capitals will be taking part in their fourth outdoor game.

The Capitals are undefeated in their previous outdoor games.

Washington defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 at Heinz Field in 2011. In 2015, the Capitals hosted the Chicago Blackhawks at Nationals Park and secured a 3-2 victory over their visitors.

And in 2018, the Caps secured a convincing 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs when they were the home team at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

Now with Caps, Tuch recalls Holtby’s save on him in 2018 Final: ‘If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em’

By The Associated Press
June 26, 2026 | 5:15 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Tuch joins the Washington Capitals having already been part of a big moment in their history. It was Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in 2018. Tuch, then a member of the Vegas Golden Knights, swept the puck toward an open net — only for Capitals goalie Braden Holtby to make a stupendous save with a desperate reach of his stick and blocker. Washington held on to win 3-2, knotting the series on the way to a five-game triumph. “I talked to Holtby in the line afterward and he said it was the luckiest save of his life,” Tuch said Friday. “So that made me feel a little bit better — but not really at the same time, because he was shaking my hand after winning the Cup.” Tuch was in his first full season that year. Now he's a three-time 30-goal scorer the Capitals acquired in a trade this week with Buffalo. He spent four seasons with Vegas and then five with the Sabres.

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