Vityaz & Dynamo Moscow in vital need of victories! Preview for January 25th

Torpedo desperately looking to gain points in a town the team has never won in!

19:00 Neftekhimik (19-28-6) vs. Avtomobilist (40-11-1)

About the game

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

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

- Neftekhimik is playing the 1st of three straight home games.

- Avtomobilist is playing the 1st of three straight road games.

- The two teams have split the season series to date. Avtomobilist won the first game 4-2 while Neftekhimik won the second game 3-2.

- Kovar has played 63:01 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Yezhov has played 74:56 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Avtomobilist features five players with 30 or more points, each of which has scored at least 15 goals this season.

Injury list

- Automobilist: Vitali Popov, Yevgeni Chesalin, Stanislav Yegorshev, Alexander Kucheryavenko (expected to be out until February 22nd)

19:30 Vityaz (25-22-4) vs. Severstal (18-30-4)

About the game

- Vityaz is coming into this contest having lost its last game.

- Severstal is also coming into this contest having lost its last game.

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

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

- The teams have played twice this season, with Vityaz winning the first contest 4-1 and Severstal taking the second one 2-1.

- Aaltonen and Semin are tied for the Vityaz team lead in scoring with 18 goals apiece.

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

- 35(!) different players have scored at least one goal for Severstal this season, yet none has more than the 9 goals scored by Trubachyov.

Injury list

- Vityaz: Igor Saprykin

- Severstal: Konstantin Korneyev

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (27-20-5) vs. Spartak (27-19-7)

About the game

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

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

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

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

- Spartak has defeated Dynamo twice this season by scores of 4-2 and 2-1. Overall, they’ve defeated Dynamo in each of the teams’ last six meetings.

- In Nikulin, Koivisto, and Hietanen, 3 of Dynamo’s top 6 scorers are defensemen.

- Spartak’s roster features 8 players with 20 or more points.

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

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

Injury list

- Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov, Miika Koivisto, Ivan Muranov, Daniil Tarasov, Vyacheslav Kulemin

- Spartak: Andrei Kuteikin (expected to be out until February 1st)

Milestone alert

- Forward Dmitry Kagarlitsky is hoping to collect his 300th career regular season KHL point.

- Forward Enver Lisin is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.

19:30 Jokerit (31-14-6) vs. Torpedo (23-20-9)

About the game

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

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

- Jokerit is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.

- Torpedo is playing the 4th of 5 straight road games.

- Jokerit defeated Torpedo earlier this season by a tight score of 5-4 in OT.

- Torpedo has never won a regular season KHL game in Helsinki.

- Brust has played 76:59 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

- N. Jensen has points in 10 straight games, going 8-3-11 over that span.

Injury list

- Jokerit: Max Warn

- Torpedo: Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov (expected to be out until February 4th)

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Sami Lepisto is looking to collect his 200th career KHL point.

- Forward Anton Shenfeld is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.