Jokerit hosts troublesome Dynamo Moscow . Preview for December 26th

Big game day with contests in four countries.

17:00 Avtomobilist (34-7-1) vs. Avangard (28-12-3)

About the game

- Avtomobilist is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak

- Avangard already beat Avtomobilist this season by a score of 3-0

- Nigel Dawes has points in 8 straight games, going 7-6-13 over that span

Injury list

- Avtomobilist: Georgy Belousov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko

- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo

Milestone alert

- Goalie Jakub Kovar is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game

17:00 Salavat Yulaev (22-14-6) vs. Sibir (14-23-4)

About the game

- Teams exchange wins this year, Salavat won by a score of 3-1 and lost 0-1

- Salavat Yulaev won last five home games against Sibir

- Zakhar Arzamastsev has points in 3 straight game, going 4-1-5 over that span

Injury list

- Salavat: Anton Burdasov

- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich

Milestone alert

- Vladimir Tkachyov is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point

17:00 Traktor (18-19-3) vs. Dinamo Minsk (12-24-2)

About the game

- Dinamo is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak

- Dinamo already beat Traktor this year by a score of 3-1

- Evgeny Lisovets has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span

- Christian Thomas has points in 3 straight game, sing 3-2-5 over that span

- Alexander Sudnitsin has 73:21 minutes of shutout hockey

Injury list

- Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Daniil Gubarev, Richard Gynge, Nikita Nikitin, Igor Polygalov

18:00 Dinamo Riga (16-19-4) vs. Neftekhimik (15-22-5)

About the game

- Neftekhimik is coming into the contest on a 4-game losing streak

- Dinamo already beat Neftekhimik this season by a score of 4-3

- Last time Neftekhimik got a win in Riga was on 9 December 2011, when visitors won 5-2

Injury list

- Dinamo: Gunars Skvorcovs

Miletone alert

- Ilya Arkalov is hoping to suit up for his 200th KHL game

- Damir Sharipzyanov is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL game

19:00 Slovan (10-29-3) vs. Torpedo (20-15-7)

About the game

- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 13-game losing streak

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

- Torpedo already beat Slovan this year by a score of 4-1

Injury list

- Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov, Pavel Makarenko

Milestone alert

- Denis Barantsev is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game

- Dmitry Korobov is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL regular season game

19:30 Severstal (10-28-4) vs. Spartak (21-14-6)

About the game

- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak

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

- Spartak already beat Severstal this year by a score of 3-0

- Spartak forward Maxim Tsyplakov will sit out last game of his suspension

- Spartak has never managed to win in Cherepovets for five years, last win dated back to 22 September 2013 by a score of 4-3 in overtime

- Ilya Zubov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span

Injury list

- Severstal: Nikolay Kazakovtsev

- Spartak: Mikhail Grigoryev

19:30 HC Sochi (19-17-6) vs. Ak Bars (30-9-4)

About the game

- Sochi has never managed to win Ak Bars at home rink

- Ak Bars already beat Sochi this season by a score of 5-1

- Robert Rosen has points in 7 straight game, going 3-7-10 over that span

- Eric O’Dell has points in 4 straight game, going 4-3-7 over that span

- Jiri Sekac has points in 3 straight game, going 2-2-4 over that span

- Danis Zaripov has points in 5 straight game, going 2-5-7 over that span

Injury list

- Sochi: Konstantin Barulin, Dmitry Lugan, Yohann Auvitu, Oleg Pogorishny

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

19:30 Jokerit (26-9-5) vs. Dynamo Moscow (21-18-3)

About the game

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

- Jokerit lost 8 consecutive games to Dynamo in KHL

- Dynamo already beat Jokerit this season by a score of 4-0

- Ivan Bocharov has 110:13 minutes of shutout hockey

- Vadim Shipachyov has points in 4 straight game, going 2-3-5 over that span

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

- Daniil Tarasov has points in 4 straight game, going 3-1-4 over that span

Injury list

- Jokerit: Marko Anttila, Eemeli Rasanen

- Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov

Milestone alert

- Ryan Zapolski is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL regular season game

- Dmitry Kagarlitsky is hoping to suit up for his 400th KHL regular season game