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.
