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Washington Capitals announce 2022 preseason schedule

Capitals announce 2022 preseason schedule originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington

After bowing out of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Florida Panthers, the Washington Capitals are set to embark on their next campaign. 

The Capitals announced their 2022-23 preseason schedule Friday. The slate begins with a home matchup against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday, Sept. 25 at Capital One Arena. Washington then heads off for three straight road games, with the preseason eventually culminating with a final home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, Oct. 8.

Here’s the Caps’ full preseason schedule:

Date Time Opponent Location
Sun., Sept. 25 2 p.m. vs. Buffalo Capital One Arena
Wed., Sept. 28 7 p.m. at Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
Fri. Sept. 30 7:30 p.m. at Detroit Little Caesars Arena
Sat., Oct. 1 7 p.m. at Columbus Nationwide Arena
Wed., Oct. 5 7 p.m. vs. Detroit Capital One Arena
Sat., Oct. 8 7 p.m. vs. Columbus Capital One Arena

Washington’s regular season schedule as well as the broadcast schedule for the preseason will be announced at a later date.

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

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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