Top 3 most important games of the 2024-25 Capitals schedule
Lets dissect the upcoming schedule a little bit more
#2 Dec. 31 vs. Bruins
By the time New Years rolls around the Caps will have endured a rough stretch in November. By then we could know what this Caps team is and what direction they could be going in. Plus you always want to end topsy turvy years with fireworks and there will be plenty on the ice even though the game is at 3 p.m.
It was last season against the Bruins that the Caps would win two out of three games and both wins just being complete shutouts. One of those happened on a Saturday afternoon in Boston. That game saw T.J. Oshie score on the power play in the second then Dylan Strome and Alex Ovechkin added goals with Ovi's being an empty netter. Charlie Lindgren earned the shutout stopping 18 shots.
The rematch on March 30 at Capital One Arena had all the makings of a good game. The Caps would fall short in the shootout but get the point to keep their playoff hopes alive. Then two weeks later was a rematch in the same barn with the playoffs on the line and we all know what happeend from there.
The Caps would win 2-0 with Lindgren getting another shutout as the Caps defense and Lindgren held the Bruins to just 16 shots on the night. The Caps would get a goal from John Carlson while Nic Dowd sealed it with an empty netter.
#1 April 17 at Penguins
This will be an epic way to close out the regular season especially if both teams are in the thick of things for the playoff race kind of like how the season ended. We know what happened last season. The Caps got hot and the Penguins flamed out. It can happen again. We shall see.
That game will cap off a four game stretch where the Caps have a back to back affair in Columbus on Saturday April 12 and Sunday the 13th back in the District. Then it's off to New York against the Islanders two days later.
Will the playoffs be on the line or will this be a battle of the retirement homes. A little bit of both is the way too early prediction. What's really funny about last season's series is that the road team won each game so the Caps were able to split the four game set.
That included two big wins. One on Jan. 3 to ring in the New Year and then again on trade deadline eve of March 7. And yes, Tom Wilson was an impact player both games. So was Alex Ovechkin. And in the March 7 game, Ivan Miroshnichenko scored his first career NHL goal and Hendrix Lapierre continued to show why he deserves a spot on the Capitals this opening night. It was a touchdown 6-0 win over the Pens.
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