| Pre-Season | |||
| 9/27 | Philadelphia | FU Center | W 8-2 |
| 9/17 | Philadelphia | MCI Center | W 3-2 |
| 9/18 | Nashville | Mississippi | W 2-1 |
| 9/22 | Carolina | North Carolina | L 4-1 |
| 9-24 | Buffalo | Marine Midland | W 2-1 (OT) |
| 9/25 | Chicago | Ohio | W 3-1 |
| 9/28 | Carolina | Norfolk | L 3-1 | October |
| Sat. 2 | @ Florida | HTS | L 4-3 |
| Fri. 8 | @ Buffalo | HTS | W 3-2 |
| Sat. 9 | Los Angeles | HTS | T 2-2 |
| Tue. 12 | Philadelphia | ESPN2/HTS | W 5-4 |
| Sat. 16 | San Jose | HTS | L 4-3 |
| Tue. 19 | Anaheim | HTS | L 5-2 |
| Sat. 23 | @ Phoenix* | HTS | T 2-2 |
| Tue. 26 | @ Los Angeles* | HTS | L 5-2 |
| Fri. 29 | @ Anaheim* | WB50 | L 5-2 |
| Sun. 31 | @ San Jose* | WB50 | L 2-1 |
| November | |||
| Wed. 3 | Ottawa | W 3-1 | |
| Fri. 5 | Toronto | HTS | W 5-3 |
| Sun. 7 | @ Carolina | L 3-2 | |
| Tue. 9 | Tampa Bay | HTS | W 2-1 |
| Thu. 11 | N.Y.Rangers | HTS | L 5-4 (OT) |
| Sat. 13 | New Jersey* | HTS | W 4-2 |
| Wed. 17 | Dallas | ESPN2/HTS | T 2-2 |
| Fri. 19 | Carolina | HTS | T 2-2 |
| Sat. 20 | at Boston | W 3-0 | |
| Wed. 24 | Buffalo | L 5-2 | |
| Fri. 26 | Nashville | W 1-0 | |
| Sat. 27 | @ N.Y. Islanders* | HTS | W 4-3 |
| Mon. 29 | @ Toronto* | L 3-1 | |
| December | |||
| Tue. 2 | Boston | HTS | T 2-2 |
| Sat. 4 | @ Florida | L 2-1 | |
| Tue. 7 | N.Y.Islanders* | HTS | W 4-2 |
| Thu. 9 | @ Pittsburgh | L 3-0 | |
| Mon. 13 | Montreal | HTS | L 1-0 |
| Wed. 15 | @ Atlanta | W 4-0 | |
| Fri. 17 | @ N.Y.Rangers | HTS | W 3-2 (OT) |
| Sat. 18 | @ New Jersey | HTS | L 5-4 |
| Tue. 21 | @ Edmonton* | L 6-2 | |
| Wed. 22 | @ Vancouver* | WB50 | L 6-3 |
| Mon. 27 | Chicago | T 2-2 | |
| Wed. 29 | Pittsburgh* | W 3-2 (OT) | |
| January | |||
| Sat. 1 | St. Louis | T 1-1 | |
| Tue. 4 | Montreal | W 6-1 | |
| Thu. 6 | @ Atlanta | HTS | L 3-1 |
| Sat. 8 | Atlanta | HTS | W 3-0 |
| Wed. 12 | @ Atlanta* | W 5-2 | |
| Fri. 14 | @ New Jersey* | W 3-2(OT) | |
| Sun. 16 | Ottawa | HTS | W 2-1 |
| Mon. 17 | @ Tampa Bay | WB50 | W 6-3 |
| Wed. 19 | @ Florida | W 6-3 | |
| Sat. 22 | @ Toronto | CBC/HTS | T 5-5 |
| Mon. 24 | Tampa Bay* | W 8-2 | |
| Wed. 26 | Calgary | W 2-1 | |
| Fri. 28 | Phoenix | HTS | W 3-2 (OT) |
| Sun. 30 | Philadelphia* | WB50 | W 2-0 |
| February | |||
| Tue. 1 | @ Pittsburgh | L 3-2 | |
| Thu. 3 | Carolina | HTS | W 2-1 |
| Tue. 8 | @ Boston* | T 2-2 | |
| Thu. 10 | @ Montreal* | HTS | W 1-0 |
| Sat. 12 | @ Nashville* | HTS | W 4-2 |
| Sun. 13 | @ Dallas* | HTS | L 2-1 |
| Tue. 15 | Colorado | HTS | W 2-1 |
| Fri. 18 | @ Chicago | HTS | W 5-4 |
| Sat. 19 | @ Philadelphia | HTS | L 4-2 |
| Mon. 21 | @ Carolina | HTS | T 1-1 |
| Wed. 23 | Florida | HTS | W 3-2 (OT) |
| Fri. 25 | Boston | HTS | L 3-0 |
| Sat. 26 | @ Montreal | W 3-0 | |
| Mon. 28 | @ N.Y.Islanders | HTS | W 3-2 |
| March | |||
| Wed. 1 | @ Tampa Bay* | W 4-2 | |
| Fri. 3 | Detroit | HTS/ESPN | T 2-2 |
| Sun. 5 | Buffalo | WB50 | W 2-1 |
| Tue. 7 | Florida* | W 4-2 | |
| Thu. 9 | @ Philadelphia* | HTS | L 3-1 |
| Sat. 11 | New Jersey | WB50 | W 4-2 |
| Wed. 15 | N.Y.Islanders | HTS | W 4-3 |
| Fri. 17 | Carolina* | HTS | W 4-2 |
| Sun. 19 | Tampa Bay | WB50 | W 5-2 |
| Mon. 20 | @ St.Louis | HTS | W 2-1 |
| Thu. 23 | @ N.Y.Rangers | W 4-1 | |
| Sat. 25 | @ Ottawa | W 4-3 | |
| Tue. 28 | Atlanta | HTS | W 5-2 |
| Thu. 30 | Pittsburgh* | HTS | L 4-3 (OT) |
| April | |||
| Sat. 1 | Toronto | CBC/WB50 | L 4-3 |
| Mon. 3 | N.Y.Rangers* | ESPN2/HTS | W 4-1 |
| Tue. 4 | @ Ottawa | L 4-0 | |
| Fri. 7 | @ Detroit | HTS | W 4-2 |
| Sun. 9 | Buffalo* | T 2-2 | |
* Denotes games when the Capitals will be wearing their black third jerseys.