Clash of titans as SKA hosts Ak Bars! Preview for December 6th

Ak Bars will seek for revenge against SKA, CSKA is hoping to extend winning streak.

16:30 Barys (20-7-6) vs. Traktor (15-16-3)

About the game

- Barys is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.

- Traktor is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.

- Barys is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.

- Traktor is playing the 2nd of seven straight road games.

- Mikhailis has points in 4 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

- Valk has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Injury list

- Barys: Brandon Bochenski, Roman Starchenko

- Traktor: Alexander Bergstrom, Richard Gynge, Nikita Khlystov

19:30 Vityaz (14-18-3) vs. Neftekhimik (14-17-4)

About the game

- Vityaz is coming into this contest having lost its last game.

- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest having won its last game.

- Vityaz is playing the 4th of a 5-game homestand.

- Neftekhimik is playing 2nd of four road games.

- Ruohomaa has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

19:30 SKA (26-5-3) vs. Ak Bars (26-7-3)

About the game

- SKA is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.

- Ak Bars is coming into this contest on an 8-game winning streak.

- SKA is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.

- Ak Bars is playing the 1st of three straight home games.

- SKA beat Ak Bars in the first game of the season by a score of 6-1.

- SKA has actually lost its last four home games against Ak Bars in regular season.

- Hellberg has played 81:53 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Gusev leads SKA in scoring with 41 points. His 33 assists are tops in the league.

- Barabanov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

- Datsyuk has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

- Tkachev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

- Potapov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

- Mikheyev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

- Svitov has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.

Injury list

- SKA: Alexander Dergachev, Artyom Zub

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

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Albert Yarullin is looking to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game.

- Defenseman Rafael Batyrshin is looking to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game.

19:30 CSKA (31-4-0) vs. Avangard (24-9-3)

About the game

- CSKA is coming into this contest on a 16-game winning streak.

- Avangard is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- CSKA is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

- Avangard is playing the 1st of three straight road games.

- Bobkov has played 68:05 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

- Avangard: Karri Ramo

Milestone alert

- Forward Alexander Popov is hoping to suit up for his 600th career KHL game.

- Forward Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.

- Forward Ansel Galimov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.

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

19:30 Dinamo Minsk (16-16-3) vs. Torpedo (17-12-6)

About the game

- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.

- Dinamo is playing the 2nd of six straight home games.

- Torpedo is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.

- Dinamo has won its last five home games against Torpedo.

Injury list

- Torpedo: Mikhail Varnakov, Kirill Urakov