Slovan & Avangard each looking to end 2-game skid. Preview 25th November
The long game day in KHL starting in Shanghai and ending in Bratislava.
10:00 Kunlun Red Star (12-12-4) vs. Sochi (14-12-5)
About the game
- Kunlun is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Sochi is also coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Kunlun is playing the 3rd of five straight home games.
- Sochi is playing the 3rd of five straight road games.
- Although he’s missed seven games this year, Sochi’s Damir Rakhimullin leads the team in penalty minutes with 73. No-one else on the team has more than 24.
- Not one player on Kunlun’s roster has hit the 20-point mark yet this season.
Injury list
Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Veli-Matti Savinainen, Marc-André Gragnani
Sochi: Kirill Kapustin, Sean Collins, Dmitri Lugin, Denis Mosalyov, Vadim Khlopotov, Oleg Pogorishny
Milestone alert
- Forward Alexander Akmaldinov is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
- Defenseman Zach Yuen is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
14:30 Salavat Yulaev (17-9-3) vs. Dinamo Minsk (8-19-4)
About the game
- Salavat is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Salavat is playing the 1st of four straight home games.
- Dinamo is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
- Salavat beat Minsk once already this season by a score of 3-1.
- Dinamo is one of the most penalized teams in the entire KHL and features 10 players with 20 or more penalty minutes thus far.
Injury list
Salavat: Nikita Li, Vyacheslav Solodukhin, Grigori Panin
Dinamo: Alexander Kitarov
Milestone alert
- Forward Sergei Kostitsyn is looking to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Anton Burdasov is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal.
17:00 Lokomotiv (19-9-3) vs. Barys (18-5-6)
About the game
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Barys is also coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- Barys is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Konovalov has played 72:38 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
- Loktionov has points in 3 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
Injury list
Lokomotiv: Yegor Korshkov
Barys: Jesse Blacker, Brandon Bochenski
Milestone alert
- Goalie Henrik Karlsson is looking to play in his 200th career KHL game.
- Goaltender Alexander Salak can win his 100th regular season KHL game.
- Defenseman Maxim Osipov is looking to suit up in his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Brandon Kozun is looking to collect his 100th career in regular season assist in the KHL.
19:30 Slovan (10-20-2) vs. Avangard (21-8-2)
About the game
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Avangard is also coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Slovan is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- Avangard is playing the 4th of three straight road games.
- The last time Slovan defeated Avangard at home was by a score of 3-1 on November 19th, 2013.
- However, Slovan has beaten Avangard once this season on the road by a score of 3-2 in OT.
- In Medvedev, Chudinov, Franson, Pokka, Emelin, and Martynov, Avangard features six defensemen with eight or more points thus far this season.
Injury list
Avangard: Karri Ramo
Milestone alert
- Defenseman Yegor Martynov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.
