The Caps continue to make sure Pittsburgh Penguins fans don't show up for games at the Verizon Center. After banning playoff ticket sales to people with Pittsburgh area codes, the Caps might have found their best weapon yet -- Super Bowl Sunday.
The 2009-10 regular season schedule was released Wednesday, and the Pens will play in D.C. Feb. 7, 2010. So if the Steelers make a return trip to the NFL championship game, many Pens fans will stay home.
That's good news for Caps fans, who won't have to be bothered with a flood of Terrible Towels waved by yinzers, but what if the Redskins make it? Oh, let's just worry about that at a later date. Like Feb. 6.
The Caps also host the Pens on March 24, so D.C.-based Pittsburgh fans will have another chance to see the team that beat the Caps in the 2009 postseason.
Check out the hastily pasted full schedule below, and remember that this is an Olympic season, so there will be a two-week break from Feb. 14-March 2.
2009-10 Washington Capitals Schedule
Sports
October
Thurs., Oct. 1 at Boston 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 3 Toronto 7 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 6 at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8 N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 10 at Detroit 7 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 12 New Jersey 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 15 San Jose 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 17 Nashville 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 22 at Atlanta 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 24 at N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 27 Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 29 at Atlanta 7 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30 N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.
November
Sun., Nov. 1 Columbus 5 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 4 at New Jersey 7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6 at Florida 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7 Florida 7 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 11 N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 13 Minnesota 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 14 at New Jersey 7 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 17 at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 20 Montreal 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 21 at Toronto 7 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 23 at Ottawa 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 25 Buffalo 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 28 at Montreal 7 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 30 at Carolina 7 p.m.
December
Thurs., Dec. 3 Florida 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5 at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 7 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 9 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 11 Carolina 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 12 at Toronto 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 15 at Colorado 9:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 18 at Vancouver 10 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 19 at Edmonton 10 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 23 Buffalo 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 26 New Jersey 7 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 28 Carolina 7 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 30 at San Jose 10:30 p.m.
January
Sat., Jan. 2 at Los Angeles 4 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 5 Montreal 7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 7 Ottawa 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 9 at Atlanta 7 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 12 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 13 at Florida 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 15 Toronto 7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 17 Philadelphia 3 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 19 Detroit 7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 21 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 23 Phoenix 7 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 26 at N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 27 Anaheim 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 29 Florida 7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 31 Tampa Bay 3 p.m.
February
Tues., Feb. 2 at Boston 7 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 4 at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 5 Atlanta 7 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 7 Pittsburgh 12:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 10 at Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 11 at Ottawa 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 13 at St. Louis 8 p.m.
Olympic Break
March
Wed., March 3 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Thurs., March 4 Tampa Bay 7 p.m.
Sat., March 6 N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.
Mon., March 8 Dallas 7 p.m.
Wed., March 10 Carolina 7 p.m.
Fri., March 12 Tampa Bay 7 p.m.
Sun., March 14 at Chicago 7 p.m.
Tues., March 16 at Florida 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 18 at Carolina 7 p.m.
Sat., March 20 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 24 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Thurs., March 25 at Carolina 7 p.m.
Sun., March 28 Calgary 3 p.m.
Tues., March 30 Ottawa 7 p.m.
April
Thurs., April 1 Atlanta 7 p.m.
Sat., April 3 at Columbus 7 p.m.
Mon., April 5 Boston 7 p.m.
Tues., April 6 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.
Fri., April 9 Atlanta 7 p.m.
Sun., April 11 Boston 3 p.m.
All Times Eastern
