NBC Sports Washington announced on Friday its coverage of the Washington Capitals’ 2020-21 NHL season, highlighted by a 73-game schedule of live coverage, gameday programs; and extensive multiplatform content on NBCSportsWashington.com and the MyTeams app.
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ARLINGTON, Va. – NBC Sports Washington today announced its coverage of the Washington Capitals’ 2020-21 NHL season, highlighted by a 73-game schedule of live coverage, comprehensive gameday programs; and extensive multiplatform content on NBCSportsWashington.com and the MyTeams app.
NBC Sports Washington will present live coverage of 69 of the Capitals’ 82 regular-season games and a four-game schedule of preseason contests, which begin Sunday, Sept. 26, versus Boston at 5 p.m. NBC Sports Washington’s regular-season coverage will start with the Capitals’ second game, Saturday, Oct. 16, against Tampa Bay at 7 p.m.
Live-game coverage will again be led by Emmy Award-winning play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati and game analyst Craig Laughlin, who are entering their 25th consecutive season together in their respective roles.
NBC Sports Washington will again surround Capitals games with live gameday programs Capitals Pregame Live and Capitals Postgame Live. The shows will provide news, analysis and commentary for a half hour before and one hour after games. The shows will be hosted by Alexa Landestoy and feature analysis from Alan May, with Beninati and Laughlin contributing to coverage. Brent Johnson, Al Koken, Bruce Boudreau and Karl Alzner will make regular appearances on the pregame and postgame programs throughout the season.
NBC Sports Washington’s live Capitals coverage, including gameday shows, will continue to be available to authenticated subscribers to stream live on the MyTeams app and NBCSportsWashington.com.
Comprehensive multimedia content covering the Capitals will continue to be provided across NBC Sports Washington’s digital properties. Exclusive news, analysis, commentary and information will be available daily by Capitals reporter JJ Regan and a team of multiplatform content creators.
As previously announced, the Capitals will have 13 nationally televised games, including one game on ABC, three on ESPN, four on ESPN+/Hulu and five on TNT.
SCHEDULE
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)TV
Preseason
Sun.Sept. 26 Boston 5 p.m. NBCSW
Wed.Sept. 29 New Jersey 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat.Oct. 2 at Philadelphia 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri.Oct. 8 Philadelphia 7 p.m. NBCSW
Wed.Oct. 13 NY Rangers 7:30 p.m. TNT
Sat.Oct. 16Tampa Bay 7 p.m. NBCSW
Tue.Oct. 19 Colorado 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu
Thu.Oct. 21 at New Jersey 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat.Oct. 23 Calgary 1 p.m. NBCSW
Mon.Oct. 25 @ Ottawa 7 p.m. NBCSW+
Wed.Oct. 27 Detroit 7 p.m. NBCSW+
Fri.Oct. 29 Arizona 7 p.m. NBCSW
Mon.Nov. 1 at Tampa Bay 7 p.m. NBCSW
Thu.Nov. 4 at Florida 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat.Nov. 6 Philadelphia 7 p.m. NBCSW
Mon.Nov. 8 Buffalo 7 p.m. NBCSW
Thu.Nov. 11 at Detroit 7:30 p.m. NBCSW
Fri.Nov. 12 at Columbus 7:30 p.m. NBCSW
Sun.Nov. 14 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. NBCSW
Tue.Nov. 16 at Anaheim 10 p.m. NBCSW
WedNov. 17 at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. NBCSW
Sat.Nov. 20 at San Jose 10:30 p.m. NBCSW
Sun.Nov. 21 at Seattle 9 p.m. NBCSW
Wed.Nov. 24 Montreal 7 p.m. NBCSW+
Fri.Nov. 26 Florida 5 p.m. NBCSW
Sun.Nov. 28 at Carolina 1 p.m. NBCSW
Tue.Nov. 30 at Florida 7 p.m. NBCSW
Thu.Dec. 2 Chicago 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat.Dec. 4 Columbus 7 p.m. NBCSW
Mon.Dec. 6 Anaheim 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri.Dec. 10 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu
Sat.Dec. 11 at Buffalo 7 p.m. NBCSW+
Wed.Dec. 15 at Chicago 8 p.m. NBCSW
Fri.Dec. 17 at Winnipeg 8 p.m. NBCSW
Sun.Dec. 19 Los Angeles7 p.m.NBCSW
Tue.Dec. 21 at Philadelphia 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu
Thu.Dec. 23 at NY Islanders 7:30 p.m. NBCSW
Mon.Dec. 27 Ottawa 7 p.m. NBCSW
Wed.Dec. 29 Nashville 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri.Dec. 31 at Detroit 7:30 p.m. NBCSW
Sun. Jan. 2 New Jersey3 p.m. NBCSW
Tue. Jan. 4 at Montreal 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri. Jan. 7 at St. Louis 8 p.m. NBCSW
Sat. Jan. 8 at Minnesota 8 p.m. NBCSW
Mon. Jan. 10 Boston 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat. Jan. 15 at NY Islanders 2 p.m. NBCSW
Sun. Jan. 16 Vancouver 2 p.m. NBCSW
Tue. Jan. 18 Winnipeg 7 p.m. NBCSW
Thu. Jan. 20 at Boston 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu
Sat. Jan. 22 Ottawa 7 p.m. NBCSW
Mon. Jan. 24 Vegas 7 p.m. NBCSW
Wed. Jan. 26 San Jose 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri. Jan. 28 at Dallas9 p.m. NBCSW
Tue. Feb. 1 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. NBCSW
Wed. Feb. 2 Edmonton 7 p.m. TNT
Thu. Feb. 24 at NY Rangers 7 p.m. ESPN
Sat. Feb. 26 at Philadelphia 12:30 p.m. NBCSW
Mon. Feb. 28 Toronto 7:30 p.m. NBCSW
Thu. Mar. 3 Carolina 7 p.m. NBCSW
Sat. Mar. 5 Seattle 7 p.m.cNBCSW
Tue Mar. 8 at Calgary 9 p.m. NBCSW
Wed. Mar. 9 at Edmonton 8 p.m. TNT
Fri. Mar. 11 at Vancouver 10 p.m. NBCSW+
Tue. Mar. 15 NY Islanders 7 p.m. NBCSW
Thu. Mar. 17 at Columbus 7 p.m. NBCSW
Fri. Mar. 18 at Carolina 7 p.m. NBCSW+
Sun. Mar. 20 Dallas 5 p.m. NBCSW
Tue.Mar. 22 St. Louis7 p.m.NBCSW
Fri.Mar. 25 at Buffalo7 p.m.NBCSW
Sat.Mar. 26New Jersey7 p.m.NBCSW
Mon.Mar. 28 Carolina7 p.m.NBCSW
Sat.Apr. 2 at Nashville8 p.m.NBCSW
Sun.Apr. 3 Minnesota7 p.m.NBCSW
Wed.Apr. 6 Tampa Bay7:30 p.m.TNT
Sat.Apr. 9 at Pittsburgh3 p.m.ABC/ESPN+
Sun.Apr. 10 Boston1:30 p.m.TNT
Tue.Apr. 12 Philadelphia7 p.m.ESPN
Thu.Apr. 14 at Toronto7 p.m.NBCSW
Sat.Apr. 16 at Montreal7 p.m.NBCSW
Mon.Apr. 18 at Colorado9 p.m.NBCSW
Wed.Apr. 20 at Vegas10 p.m.NBCSW
Fri.Apr. 22 at Arizona10:30 p.m.NBCSW
Sun.Apr. 24 Toronto7 p.m.NBCSW
Tue.Apr. 26 NY Islanders7 p.m.ESPN
Thu.Apr. 28Columbus7 p.m.NBCSW
Fri.Apr. 29 at NY Rangers7 p.m.NBCSW
Understand the back-to-backs in an Olympic year but isnt it time to cut those out for player safety? Also not a fan of the one game homestand or one game roadtrip.
Agree, it’s very inefficient, waste of money, etc. I can only assume that arenas aren’t open due to conflicts with basketball games or other events. A move to baseball-like schedules would be nice.