The Washington Capitals will wear the Screaming Eagle logo again this season, but in patriotic colors.
After rocking the Screagle in black and bronze for its 50th anniversary season, the Capitals will wear the logo in red, white, and blue as its third jersey for the 2025-26 campaign, refreshing its original Reverse Retro design from the 2020-21 season.
📸: Washington Capitals press release
📸: Washington Capitals press release
The Capitals will wear the jersey 15 different times during 2025-26, all at home. The first game will be October 17 against the Minnesota Wild.
Capitals’ Third Jersey schedule
Oct. 17 vs. Minnesota Wild
Oct. 25 vs. Ottawa Senators
Nov. 15 vs. New Jersey Devils
Nov. 28 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Dec. 7 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Dec. 20 vs. Detroit Red Wings
Dec. 31 vs. New York Rangers
Jan. 3 vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Jan. 7 vs. Dallas Stars
Jan. 13 vs. Montreal Canadiens
Jan. 31 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Feb. 25 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
March 3 vs. Utah Mammoth
March 22 vs. Colorado Avalanche
April 4 vs. Buffalo Sabres
Features of the new jersey include a white rounded shoulder yoke with Capitol Dome patches; horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue on the arms and waist; the DC flag as a loop label on the back hem; and a newly-designed CAPS wordmark printed in the inner back neck.
The jerseys will be available for purchase online, beginning on October 17. RMNB will provide links to purchase when they are made available. Additional merchandise will released that day and throughout the season.
The Capitals teased the drop in a video posted to social media early Monday morning. A Screaming Eagle logo made out of tube lights flickers on in front of a glowing red background. The date, 9/15/25, concluded the clip.
Hours later, the team released a full promotional video showing off the sweaters with a narrator that sounded a lot like David Attenborough.
The Capitals first introduced the Screaming Eagle in 1995, putting the logo in its regular rotation of home and away jerseys in white and powder blue until the team went away from the design in 2007 and rebranded to red, white, and blue colors with the current Capitals wordmark.
The Capitals won’t be the only team in the organization wearing a jersey featuring an intensely screeching, one-armed animal this season. The Hershey Bears, in tribute to its 20th year being affiliates with the Caps, created a “Screaming Bear” alternate jersey inspired by the NHL team’s design. The Bears will wear the sweater four times during the AHL season.
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📸: Washington Capitals press release
📸: Washington Capitals press release
📸: Washington Capitals press release
📸: Washington Capitals press release
📸: Washington Capitals press release
Here’s the Capitals’ press release with more information:
Capitals Unveil Screaming Eagle Third Jersey
New Uniform Honors Multiple Eras of Capitals History, Debuts at Capital One Arena Oct. 17 vs. MIN
Fans Encouraged to Visit Ice SCREAMMMM Truck Around D.C. On Sept. 15 In Celebration of the Jersey Launch
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals unveiled today a red third jersey featuring the team’s iconic screaming eagle for the 2025-26 NHL season. The Capitals will wear the jersey for 15 home games during the 2025-26 campaign. The design will serve as the Capitals third jersey for the next three seasons.
Jersey Design:
Designed in partnership with Fanatics, this new uniform honors multiple eras of Capitals history. The primary red base celebrates the team’s signature color and fan passion, while nodding to the 1970s and 80s with the iconic white rounded shoulder yoke and classic hem striping. A lace-up neckline and the reintroduced 1990s Capitol Dome shoulder patch add distinctive character and heritage detail.
The Screaming Eagle logo features a powerful eagle diving downward, symbolizing speed, strength, and dominance—qualities associated with both the sport of hockey and the eagle itself, the national bird of the United States. The eagle’s dynamic pose evokes energy and motion, capturing the intensity of the game. Complementing the primary logo, the shoulder patch incorporates the U.S. Capitol building positioned in front of two crossed hockey sticks, with a hockey puck nestled between the blades. Two stars in the background add a final touch, reinforcing the team’s strong connection to DC
Symbolic details run throughout the uniform: three stars on the pants and three sleeve stripes in red, white, and blue represent the loyal DC, Maryland, and Virginia fan base. Finishing touches include a District of Columbia flag loop label at the back hem, creating a hidden discovery element while honoring the team’s home, and the Caps wordmark at the inner back neck as a final nod to team pride.
Coupang Patch
The jersey also features the Coupang jersey patch. Coupang will have its logo featuring its wordmark and a rocket worn on the upper right chest area of the Capitals home and third jerseys. The logo is symbolic of Coupang’s services that offer international customers a selection of millions of items sold by U.S. companies including fresh groceries, consumer electronics, and home goods—99% of which are delivered within a day. Customers in some overseas markets can also order goods by midnight and have it delivered early the next morning. All of this is made possible by Coupang’s investments in advanced fulfillment and logistics technologies and services. The partnership highlights Coupang as an American company that exports and builds economic bridges for U.S. businesses—small, medium, large, and agricultural—to sell their products abroad. Coupang serves millions of customers across more than 190 countries and territories. Learn more at aboutcoupang.com.
Brand Creative
The screaming eagle brand creative is a fresh take on a classic Capitals logo. The textures and background patterns draw inspiration from the puck in the Capitals primary logo and are used to create dimension and framing. The “eagle scratch” texture is inspired by the classic and uniquely rendered “screaming eagle” and exemplifies the angles and ferocity of an eagle scratch. The new ALL CAPS font is taken from the neckline of the jersey and provides a unique font for headlines. The rest of the font styles provide a bold and clean look with various weights. Finally, the color palette uses the primary red and blue as the core colors with gold as an accent color.
City Engagement
Smithsonian’s National Zoo
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating bald eagle pride and rallying behind the Caps with a bold new look: the Zoo’s historic bald eagle statue outside the Bird House now sports the iconic screaming eagle jersey. Once perched atop New York’s Penn Station before its 1963 demolition, the eagle statue now offers fans and visitors an unforgettable photo opportunity.
Ice SCREAMMMM Truck
On Monday, Sept. 15 in conjunction with the jersey unveil, a wrapped Ice SCREAMMMM truck will fly around town in the afternoon to signature spots around Washington, D.C. Stops include the National Mall, Capital One Arena (approximately 2:30-3:30 p.m.) and Nationals Park (approximately 5-7 p.m.). The truck will serve Caps-themed ice cream so fans can enjoy the “coolest drop in town.”
Capitals player Dylan Strome will help serve ice cream from the Ice SCREAMMMM Truck from approximately 5:30-5:45 p.m. at the Nationals Park stop.
Washington Nationals x Screaming Eagle
Washington Nationals players will wear Screaming Eagle T-shirts on Sept. 15 during pregame in conjunction with the Capitals Third Jersey launch.
In addition, donning the Capitals and Nationals specialty jersey announced on Sept. 10, Capitals forward Dylan Strome will throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park on Sept. 15, when the Nationals host the Atlanta Braves.
Strome will help serve ice cream from the Ice SCREAMMMM Truck from approximately 5:30-5:45 p.m. at the Nationals Park stop.
Oct. 17 Season Debut
The jersey will debut this season on Oct. 17 vs. the Minnesota Wild.
Promotional Items
Several promotional items feature the screaming eagle in celebration of the jersey, including the following all fan giveaways and gift with purchases:
All Fan Giveaways
Oct. 17 vs. MIN – Jersey Rally Towel
Nov. 24 vs. CBJ –Travel Bag courtesy of Paze and Capital One
Jan. 13 vs. MTL – Dylan Strome Bobblehead
Gifts with Purchase:
Oct. 25 vs. OTT – Capitals Oktoberfest Beer Stein
Jan. 7 vs. DAL – Capitals Cowboy Hat
Retail
Starting Oct. 17, the jerseys and additional apparel will be available online at shop.monumentalsportsnetwork.com, NHLShop.com, NHLShop.ca and at the MedStar Capitals Iceplex store, the Capital One Arena Team Store and NHL Shop at NYC in Manhattan, N.Y. The jerseys and apparel will be exclusively sold at Capital One Arena, the Medstar Capitals Iceplex Team Store, and online at shop.nhl.com and shopmonumentalsports.com from Friday, Oct. 17 through Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Additional product inspired by the jersey will also be available throughout the season.
Sign up for more information on retail at WashCaps.com/ScreamingEagle.