Rivalry night in Magnitogorsk. Preview 22nd November

Avtomobilist will try to recover from big loss against Neftekhimik, SKA could extend winning streak against Severstal to 22.

17:00 Avtomobilist (26-3-1) vs. Torpedo (15-8-6)

About the game

- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Torpedo is also coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Avtomobilist is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.

- Torpedo is playing the 1st of four straight road games.

- Parshin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.

- Ilyin has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Georgi Belousov (expected out until December 28th, 2018), Jakub Kovar, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Vitali Popov

Torpedo: Anton Shenfeld

Milestone alert

- Forward Artyom Gareyev is looking to score his 100th career regular season point in the KHL.

17:00 Metallurg (20-10-1) vs. Ak Bars (20-7-3)

About the game

- Metallurg is coming into this contest having lost its last game.

- Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

- Metallurg is playing the 1st of three straight home games.

- Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.

- Podyapolsky has a shutout streak spanning 77:08 minutes.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Fyodor Malykhin, Mikhail Sidorov, Alexander Sharychenkov, Dmitri Yudin

17:00 Traktor (11-15-3) vs. Neftekhimik (13-14-2)

About the game

- Traktor is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.

- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

- Traktor is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.

- Neftekhimik is playing the 3rd of five straight road games.

- Neftekhimik beat Traktor earlier this season at home by a score of 4-1.

- Ruohomaa has points in 7 straight games, going 3-8-11 over that span.

- Polasek has points in 4 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Injury list

Traktor: Richard Gynge, Artyom Penkovsky, Evgeny Ryasensky, Paul Szczechura

Neftekhimik: Andrei Sergeyev

19:30 Lokomotiv (18-9-3) vs. Dynamo Moscow (11-15-3)

About the game

- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Dynamo Moscow is also coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

- Dynamo is playing the 4th of five straight road games.

- Indrasis has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

- Shipachyov has points in 5 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

- Kagarlitsky has points in 6 straight game, going 5-2-7 over that span.

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky

Dynamo Moscow: Maxim Afinogenov, Patrik Zackrisson, Daniil Tarasov

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Ilya Nikulin (Dynamo’s captain) is looking to collect his 300th career regular season KHL point.

- Goaltender Alexander Salak can win his 100th regular season KHL game.

19:30 Severstal (8-18-4) vs. SKA (22-4-3)

About the game

- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

- SKA is coming into this contest having won 4 in a row.

- Severstal is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.

- SKA is playing the 1st of four straight road games.

- Severstal has not beaten SKA in 21 games, including playoffs. Their last victory over SKA was on November 18th, 2012, by a score of 4-3 in OT.

- SKA has already beaten Severstal twice this season, both victories coming on shutouts (5-0 and 2-0).

Injury list

Severstal: Valery Vasilyev, Nikolai Kazakovtsev, Matej Stransky, Carter Ashton

SKA: Alexander Dergachev

Milestone alert

- Forward Pavel Datsyuk is looking to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

- Forward Maxim Karpov is looking to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game.