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.