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Avangard hosts Salavat Yulaev. Preview 3rd December

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Sergei Mozyakin could play his 700th KHL game, the third meeting between Avangard and Salavat Yulaev.
14:00 Barys (19-7-6) vs. Metallurg (24-11-1)
About the game

- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak

- Metallurg forward Iiro Pakarinen has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span

Injury list

- Barys: Brandon Bochenski, Jesse Blacker

Milestone alert

- Sergei Mozyakin is suit to play his 700th KHL game

- Andrei Chibisov is going to play his 200th KHL regular season game

15:30 Sibir (10-21-3) vs. Admiral (8-22-4)
About the game

- Sibir is playing 1st of six straight home games

- Admiral is playing 3rd of three straight road games

Injury list

- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich

- Admiral: Alexander Mereskin, Nikita Sirotkin, Timur Taratunin

Milestone alert

- Sergei Konkov is going to play his 600th game in KHL and he’s looking to score 100th goal in KHL regular season games

19:00 Ak Bars (25-7-3) vs. Severstal (9-22-4)
About the game

- Ak Bars is coming into this contest on 7-game winning streak

- Severstal’s last win in Kazan happened on January 28, 2012, by a score of 1:0

Injury list

- Ak Bars: Anton Lander, Fyodor Malykhin, Mikhail Sidorov, Alexander Sharychenkov, Dmitry Yudin 

- Severstal: Nikolai Kazakovtsev, Dmitry Kazionov, Alexander Makarov

Milestone alert

- Rafael Batyshin is suit to play his 400th KHL regular season game

19:00 Lokomotiv (21-10-3) vs. Kunlun Red Star (14-12-5)
About the game

- Kunlun Red Star never wins in Yaroslavl

- Kunlun forward Brandon Yip has points in 3 straight games, going 4-2-6 over that span

Injury list

- Lokomotiv: Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky, Rushan Rafikov

- Kunlun Red Star: Marc-Andre Gragnani, Krisjanis Redlihs

Milestone alert

- Brandon Kozun is looking to collect his 100th assist in KHL regular season game.

- Alexander Salak is hoping to win his 100th KHL regular season game

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (15-16-3) vs. Amur (9-18-5)
About the game

- Dynamo is coming into this contest on 4-game winning streak

- Amur is coming into this contest on 2-game losing streak

- Vadim Shipachyov has points in 4 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span

- Dmitry Kagarlitsky has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span

- Dynamo goalie Alexander Yeryomenko has played 119:57 minutes of shutout hockey

Injury list

- Dynamo: Maxim Afinogenov, Patrik Zackrisson, Miks Indrasis, Daniil Tarasov

- Amur: Jan Kolar, Maxim Kondratyev, Pavel Turbin

Milestone alert

- Vyacheslav Kulyomin is set to play his 400th KHL regular season game, he’s also looking to collect 100th KHL regular season point

- Vyacheslav Ushenin is hoping to earn 100th KHL point

19:30 Sochi (15-14-5) vs. CSKA (30-4-0)
About the game

- CSKA is coming into this contest on 15-game winning streak

- CSKA already beat Sochi this season by a score 2:1 SO, 2:1 SO, 2:0

- Mikhail Grigorenko has points in 5 straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span

Injury list

- Sochi: Dmitry Arkhipov, Sean Collins, Dmitry Lugin, Denis Mosalyov, Oleg Pogorishny, Vadim Khlopotov

Milestone alert

- Sergei Andronov is going to pick his 100th KHL regular season point

19:30 Avangard (23-9-2) vs. Salavat Yulaev (18-11-4)
About the game

- Salavat is coming into this contest on 3-game losing streak

- Teams has played twice in Ufa this season, 3:2 win for Salavat and 1:0 OT for Omsk

- Anton Burdasov is missing first of two games of his suspension

Injury list

- Avangard: Karri Ramo

- Salavat Yulaev: Nikita Li, Grigory Panin, Vyacheslav Solodukhin

Milestone alert

- Maxim Chudinov is going to play his 500th regular season game

- Yegor Martynov is looking to collect his 100th KHL point

20:00 Spartak (16-12-6) vs. Dinamo Riga (14-16-2)
About the game

- Dinamo is coming into this contest on 3-game losing streak

- Nikita Bespalov has played 183:08 minutes of shutout hockey

- Ilya Zubov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span

- This season Spartak beat Dinamo in Riga 3-1, Dinamo beat Spartak in Moscow 3-2

- For first time in three years KHL is coming to Mytishchi

Injury list

- Spartak: Maxim Goncharov

- Dinamo: Sergei Gimayev, Gunars Skvorcovs

Milestone alert

- Kaspars Daugavins is going to collect his 100th assist in KHL regular season games

- Andris Dzerins is set to play his 300th KHL game