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The Capitals will walk a red carpet ahead of their banner-raising night

Your 2018 Stanley Cup Champions will be getting the red carpet treatment as they arrive at Capital One Arena for their banner-raising Opening Night game October 3rd.

For the fourth consecutive year, the team will be hosting a “Rock the Red Carpet” event prior to their season-opening game against the Boston Bruins. From 4-5:30. the entire 2018-19 team, escorted by pre-selected fans, will walk the red carpet to the arena, taking photos and signing autographs with fans.

You can see photos from last year’s event here.

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The Washington Capitals will host Rock the Red Carpet on F Street in front of Capital One Arena from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, prior to the Capitals Banner Raising Night presented by GEICO. The Capitals open the 2018-19 season presented by Capital One Bank by hosting the Boston Bruins at 7:30 p.m. that evening.

The Capitals 2018-19 team will begin arriving in cars provided by Lexus on F Street, between 6th and 7th street NW, at approximately 4 p.m. They will be introduced and escorted by preselected fans down the red carpet. Upon arrival players will greet fans and pose for pictures.

The event will be presented live on NBC Sports Washington (NBCSW) and NBCSportsWashington.com as part of the NBCSW’s full day of special opening-night coverage.

Headline Photo: Cara Bahniuk

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