Arena: United Center
Time: Sunday, 14 March, 2010 at 12:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Washington 5-2-3; Chicago 7-3-0
NBC’s Game of the Week is a possible look ahead to the Stanley Cup Final however, both teams have some questions in net that must be answered if they are to win their respective conferences in the playoffs. Namely, do you go with experience or youth? The Capitals must decide between Jose Theodore and Semyon Varlamov, while the Blackhawks have to pick from the tandem of Cristobal Huet and Antti Niemi. Washington defenseman Milan Jurcina, reacquired from Columbus at the trade deadline, is out indefinitely due to sports hernia surgery.
This is the only meeting of the 2009-10 regular season between these teams, who haven’t met since the opening weekend of the previous season. Alex Ovechkin scored a pair of goals and the Capitals doubled up the Blackhawks 4-2 in Washington on Oct. 11, 2008.
Tomas Fleischmann has goals in consecutive games for the Capitals and a career-high 20 for the season. Ovechkin has two goals and four assists in the last three games. Mike Green has two goals and two assists in the last three games.

Kris Versteeg has goals in consecutive games for the Blackhawks and three in his last four. We will post information about results of this match..