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12:30 Admiral (11-28-5) vs. Amur (12-26-7)

About the game

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

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

- Admiral is playing the 1st of eight straight home games.

- Amur is playing the 4th of four straight road games.

- These teams have already met twice this season. Amur won the first game 3-1, Admiral the second 2-0.

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

Injury list

- Admiral: Timur Taratunin

- Amur: Jan Kolar, Pavel Turbin, Anton Lazarev, Yegor Zhuravlyov

Milestone alert

- Forward Vyacheslav Ushenin is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.

16:30 Barys (29-9-7) vs. Kunlun (17-22-7)

About the game

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

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

- Barys is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.

- Kunlun is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.

- Barys defeated Kunlun earlier this season by a score of 4-1.

- Kunlun has never won a game in Astana, which is located in Kazakhstan.

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

Injury list

- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Blake Parlett, Marc-André Gragnani, Veli-Matti Savinainen, Josh Nicholls, Oskars Bartulis

17:00 Salavat (23-16-6) vs. Dinamo Riga (12-24-7)

About the game

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

- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

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

- Dinamo is playing the 4th of four straight road games.

- Salavat defeated Dinamo earlier this season 4-2.

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

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

Milestone alert

- Forward Dmitry Kugryshev is hoping to score his 100th overall KHL goal.

19:00 Lokomotiv (30-14-3) vs. SKA (35-6-4)

About the game

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

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

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

- SKA is playing the 7th of seven straight road games.

- The two teams have met twice this year. Lokomotiv defeated SKA by a tight score of 1-0 in

- OT, but lost the second game to SKA 2-0.

- In fact, including playoffs, Lokomotiv has lost its last 10 home games played against SKA.

- Konovalov has played 134:41 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Shestyorkin has played 112:35 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

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

Injury list

- Lokomotiv: Petri Kontiola, Pavel Kraskovsky, Andrei Loktionov

- SKA: Vasili Tokranov, Patrik Hersley

Suspensions

- Lokomotiv: Artur Kayumov is serving the 11th of a 13-game suspension.

Milestone alert

- Forward Stepan Sannikov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

- Forward Daniil Apalkov is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.

- Forward Nikolai Prokhorkin is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal.

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

- Forward Viktor Tikhonov is looking to collect his 200th career KHL point.