Dietz and Cormier look to extend scoring streaks! Preview for January 5th
Lots of scoring streaks on the line as Barys concludes 4-game road trip!
10:00 Kunlun (16-21-7) vs. Admiral (11-26-5)
About the game
- Kunlun is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Admiral is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Kunlun is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- Admiral is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Kunlun has lost its last four home games against Admiral.
- The teams have met twice already this season, each having one on the road by a score of 3-2.
Injury list
- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Blake Parlett, Marc-André Gragnani, Veli-Matti Savinainen (expected to be out until January 22nd)
- Admiral: Nikita Sirotkin, Timur Taratunin
Milestone alert
- Forward Vojtech Polak is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
15:00 Metallurg (29-13-2) vs. Torpedo (21-16-8)
About the game
- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.
- Metallurg lost to Torpedo once this season 3-2, but has also beaten Torpedo twice by the scores of 5-4 and 3-2 in OT. As such, each of the games have been very close.
- Chibisov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Injury list
- Torpedo: Pavel Makarenko, Mathew Bodie, Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov
17:00 Sochi (20-18-7) vs. Barys (27-9-7)
About the game
- Sochi is coming into this contest having lost two in a row.
- Barys is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Sochi is playing the 5th of six straight home games.
- Barys is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
- Shevchenko has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
- Akolzin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
- Cormier has points in 4 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
- Dietz has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Injury list
- Sochi: Konstantin Barulin, Dmitri Lugin, Damir Rakhimullin, Oleg Pogorishny, Yohann Auvitu
17:30 Neftekhimik (15-25-5) vs. Avangard (29-14-4)
About the game
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 7-game losing streak.
- Avangard is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
- Avangard is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
- Avangard defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by a score of 4-2.
Injury list
- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo
Milestone alert
- Defenseman Andrei Sergeyev is hoping to suit up for his 400th career KHL game.
- Forward Pavel Kulikov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.
- Forward Ilya Arkalov is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.
17:30 Spartak Moscow (22-17-6) vs. Sibir (16-24-4)
About the game
- Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Sibir is also coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Spartak is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Sibir is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Although he only has 5 points for Spartak this season, Kulik leads the team with a +12 rating.
- With 18 points, Kuteikin is the only defenseman on Spartak who is in the team’s top 10 in scoring.
Injury list
- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich, Gleb Zyryanov
