Moscow derby Spartak – CSKA. Episode II. Preview 1st December
Evgeny Biryukov could achieve a big milestone, Spartak would try to stop their long losing streak against the main rival.
14:00 Barys (19-6-6) vs. Avtomobilist (27-6-1)
About the game
- This season Barys beat Avtomobilist on the road by a score of 2-1
Injury list
Barys: Jesse Blacker, Brandon Bochenski
Avtomobilist: Georgy Belousov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vitaly Popov, Nikita Tryamkin
Milestone alert
- Roman Starchenko is set to play his 500th KHL regular season game
- Artyom Gareyev is looking to collect his 100th KHL regular season point
14:30 Salavat Yulaev (18-11-3) vs. Admiral (7-22-4)
About the game
- Salavat is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak
- Salavat already beat Admiral this season by a score of 3-1
- Konstantin Glazachev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2—3 over that span
- Vojtech Polak has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1—3 over that span
- Roman Tatalin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3—3 over that span
Injury list
Salavat: Nikita Li, Vyacheslav Solodukhin, Grigory Panin
Admiral: Alexander Mereskin, Nikita Sirotkin, Timur Taratunin
Milestone alert
- Sergei Konkov is looking to score his 100th KHL regular season goal
15:00 Traktor (13-6-13) vs. Dinamo Riga (14-15-2)
About the game
- Dinamo is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak
- Traktor won last eight straight games against Dinamo. Last Latvian side success happened on 9 January, 2014 by a score of 5-2
- Dinamo’s best scorer Linus Videll is ready to return in this contest
Injury list
Traktor: Alexander Bergstrom, Richard Gynge, Artyom Penkovsky, Nikita Khlystov
Dinamo Riga: Gunars Skvorcovs
Milestone alert
- Grigory Zheldakov is set to play his 300th KHL regular season game
16:30 Torpedo (17-10-6) vs. Dynamo Moscow (14-16-3)
About the game
- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak
- Dynamo is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Dynamo beat Torpedo this season by a score of 4-3 SO
- Dmitry Kagarlitsky has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3—4 over that span
- Vadim Shipachyov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2—4 over that span
Injury list
Torpedo: Kirill Urakov
Dynamo: Maxim Afinogenov, Patrik Zackrisson, Miks Indrasis, Daniil Tarasov
Milestone alert
- Daniil Veryaev and Anton Volchenkov are looking to play their 100th KHL regular season game
- Juuso Hietanen is set to play his 400th KHL regular season game
- Vyacheslav Kulyomin is looking to collect his 100th regular season KHL point
17:00 Avangard (23-8-2) vs. Metallurg (23-11-1)
About the game
- Avangard is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak
- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Avangard lost seven straight home games against Metallurg
- Avangard goalie Igor Bobkov has played 85:01 straight minutes of shutout hockey
- Metallurg goalie Artyom Zagidulin has played 74:41 straight minutes of shutout hockey
Injury list
Avangard: Karri Ramo
Milestone alert
- Yegor Martynov is looking to collect his 100th KHL point
- Evgeny Biryukov is looking to play his 700th KHL game. He would be the first player to achieve that milestone
- Viktor Antipin is looking to play his 300th KHL regular season game
17:00 Neftekhimik (13-16-4) vs. Severstal (8-22-4)
About the game
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak
- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 7-game losing streak
Injury list
Severstal: Nikolai Kazakovtsev, Dmitry Kazionov, Alexander Makarov
Milestone alert
- Maxim Rybin is looking to collect his 200th KHL point
17:00 Spartak (16-11-6) vs. CSKA (29-4-0)
About the game
- Spartak is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak
- CSKA is coming into this contest on a 14-game winning streak
- CSKA already beat Spartak this season 2-1
- Spartak last beat CSKA on September 12th, 2013, by a score of 3-2.
- Mikhail Grigorenko has points in 4 straight games, going 1-6—7 over that span
- Spartak goalie Nikita Bespalov has played 183:08 straight minutes of shutout hockey
- CSKA goalie Lars Johansson has played 178:06 straight minutes of shutout hockey
Injury list
Spartak: Maxim Goncharov, Enver Lisin
Milestone alert
- CSKA captain Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point
