Sochi & Torpedo on the road and desperate for PO points! Preview for Jan 27

Goalies on shutout streaks face off in clash of titans between Metallurg and Avtomobilist.

15:00 Metallurg (35-15-2) vs. Avtomobilist (41-11-1)

About the game

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

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

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

- Avtomobilist is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.

- These two teams have met twice already this season. Avtomobilist has won both of these games against Metallurg, namely 4-1 and 5-3.

- Zagidulin has played 122:57 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Kovar has played 87:34 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

Injury list

- Avtomobilist: Vitali Popov, Yevgeni Chesalin, Stanislav Yegorshev, Alexander Kucheryavenko

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Yakov Rylov is looking to suit up for his 500th career regular season KHL game.

17:30 Lokomotiv (35-15-3) vs. Sochi (22-21-9)

About the game

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

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

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

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

- Sochi has defeated Lokomotiv twice this season already, by close scores of 2-1 and 3-2 in OT.

- Konovalov has played 90:21 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

Injury list

- Lokomotiv: Petri Kontiola, Pavel Kraskovsky

- Sochi: Dmitri Lugin, Nikita Shchitov, Oleg Pogorishny, Stepan Starkov, Nikita Tochitsky

Milestone alert

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

- Defenseman Yuri Alexandrov is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.

17:30 Neftekhimik (19-29-6) vs. Torpedo (23-21-9)

About the game

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

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

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

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

- The two teams have split the season series to date. Neftekhimik won the first game 4-3 in OT while Torpedo took the second game 5-3.

- 6 Torpedo forwards have between 11-19 goals. Galuzin follows that group up with 9.

Injury list

- Torpedo: Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Nikolai Timashov is looking to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.

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