Hot Vityaz in Khabarovsk, SKA heads to China. Preview for December 25th

St. Petersburg heads all the way out to China for Christmas day tilt, where Kunlun hopes to beat SKA for the first time ever.

12:00 Amur (11-22-7) vs. Vityaz (20-18-3)

About the game

- Amur is coming into this contest having lost its last two games.

- Vityaz is coming into this contest on a 6-game winning streak.

- Amur is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.

- Vityaz is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.

- Amur has lost its last four home games to Vityaz.

- Vityaz beat Amur earlier this season by a score of 4-1.

- Mozik has points in 3 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

- Samonov has played 60:42 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

- Amur: Jan Kolar, Maxim Kondratyev, Pavel Turbin, Alexei Murygin, Anton Lazarev, Yegor Zhuravlyov

- Vityaz: Pavel Chernov

Milestone alert

- Forward Miro Aaltonen is hoping to suit up for his 100th career regular season KHL game.

- Forward Gennadi Stolyarov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

14:30 Kunlun (15-18-7) vs. SKA (29-6-4)

About the game

- Kunlun is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

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

- Kunlun is playing the 6th of six straight home games.

- SKA is playing the 1st of seven straight road games.

- Kunlun has never defeated SKA.

- SKA beat Kunlun earlier this season by a score of 5-1.

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

- Gusev has points in 3 straight games, also going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Blake Parlett, Marc-André Gragnani

- SKA: Vasili Tokranov

Suspensions

- SKA: Viktor Tikhonov will miss today’s game while serving a 1-game suspension.

Milestone alert

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

- Forward Nikita Gusev is looking to collect his 300th career regular season point in the KHL.