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.
