Hot and heavy Traktor heads into Kazan. Preview for December 21st

Three games on dock today all featuring home teams that are looking to get back on track in the wins department.

19:00 Ak Bars (29-8-4) vs. Traktor (18-17-3)

About the game

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

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

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

- Traktor is playing the 6th of seven straight road games.

- Ak Bars defeated Traktor once this season by a score of 3-0.

- Traktor last won in Kazan on April 4th, 2013 by a score of 2-1. The last regular season victory in Kazan was actually on November 2nd, 2011 by a score of 3-2.

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

Injury list

- Ak Bars: Anton Lander, Fyodor Malykhin, Dmitry Yudin

- Traktor: Danil Gubarev, Anton Glinkin, Nikita Khlystov, Richard Gynge, Igor Polygalov

19:00 Neftekhimik (15-21-4) vs. Metallurg (27-13-2)

About the game

- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.

- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

- Neftekhimik is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.

- Metallurg is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.

- Metallurg defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by a score of 4-3 in OT.

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

- Rasmussen has points in 4 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

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

19:00 Torpedo (20-13-7) vs. Avtomobilist (32-7-1)

About the game

- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.

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

- Torpedo is playing the 5th of five straight home games.

- Avtomobilist is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.

- Torpedo defeated Avtomobilist earlier this season 3-1.

- Dawes has points in 6 straight games, going 6-5-11 over that span.

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

Injury list

- Torpedo: Pavel Makarenko, Kirill Urakov

- Avtomobilist: Georgi Belousov, Vitali Popov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko

Milestone alert

- Forward Damir Zhafyarov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.