Arena: Verizon Center
Time: 12 March, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Tampa Bay 3-6-1; Washington 6-1-3
The Capitals clinched the Southeast Division on Thursday without having to take the ice. They lead the Lightning and Thrashers by a whopping 33 points, with each of those teams having 16 games left in the regular season. Of course, Tampa’s focus all along has been simply on making the playoffs, and time is running short there as well, with a six-point deficit to make up on eighth-seeded Boston. Stamkos carries an 18-game points streak and a seven-game goal-scoring streak into Friday. He has 17 goals and 16 assists during the points streak. Steve Downie is enjoying a breakout season for Tampa, with six goals and 10 assists in his last 15 games. St. Louis has 11 goals and 15 assists in his last 15 games.

Ovechkin has two goals and two assists in Washington’s last two games, giving him a League-leading 94 points. Mike Green has five goals and 11 assists in the last 12 games, and leads all defensemen in goals (17), assists (49) and points (66).
Washington goalie Semyon Varlamov has won both of his starts against Tampa Bay this season, including a 3-0 shutout on Dec. 7 in which he stopped 26 shots. … Stamkos is just two goals behind Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh for the League lead.
Lightning forward Zenon Konopka is expected to miss about a week with back spasms, while defenseman David Hale is on injured reserve with a broken leg. … Capitals defenseman Milan Jurcina is expected to miss the rest of the regular season due to sports hernia surgery. We will post information about results of this match.. stay with us.