Metallurg to continue winning streak at home versus Admiral? Preview Jan 7

Neftekhimik primed to have tough time ending 8-game losing streak!

15:00 Metallurg (30-13-2) vs. Admiral (11-27-5)

About the game

- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 5-game winning streak.

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

- Metallurg is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.

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

- Metallurg defeated Admiral earlier this season by a score of 4-3.

- Kulemin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

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

Injury list

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

Milestone alert

- Forward Vojtech Polak is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.

17:00 Neftekhimik (15-26-5) vs. Torpedo (21-17-8)

About the game

- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 8-game losing streak.

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

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

- Torpedo is playing the 6th of six straight road games.

- Torpedo defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by a score of 5-3.

Injury list

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

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Danir Sharipzyanov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career regular season KHL game.

- Forward Damir Zhafyarov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game.

17:00 Sochi (20-19-7) vs. Sibir (16-24-4)

About the game

- Sochi is coming into this contest having lost three in a row.

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

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

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

Injury list

- Sochi: Dmitri Lugin, Damir Rakhimullin, Oleg Pogorishny, Yohann Auvitu

- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich, Gleb Zyryanov

Milestone alert

- Goaltender Dmitry Shikin is looking to stand in goal for his 100th career KHL game.

17:30 Vityaz (20-20-4) vs. Ak Bars (33-11-4)

About the game

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

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

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

- Ak Bars is playing the 1st of two straight road games.

- Vityaz defeated Ak Bars earlier this season by a score of 5-3.

- Ak Bars currently features nine players with 10 or more assists, two of which have 20 assists.

Injury list

- Vityaz: Pavel Chernov

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

Milestone alert

- Forward Alexander Yevseyenkov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.

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

17:30 Spartak Moscow (23-17-6) vs. Avangard (30-14-4)

About the game

- Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest having won its last game. Overall, the team has been exchanging wins with losses at an almost day-for-day rate over the past few weeks.

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

- Spartak is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.

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

- Bespalov has played 60 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

Injury list

- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Yevgeny Medvedev will be suiting up for his 600th career KHL game. The offensive defenseman has been like a fine wine, getting even better with age. He currently has 22 points and a +13 rating in 48 games.

- Goaltender Nikita Bespalov is shooting for his 50th career victory in the KHL.

- Forward Alexander Khokhlachev is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.