Huge PO points on the line for Dinamo Riga & Vityaz! Preview for Jan 28

In desperate need of a home win, Kunlun’s playoff hopes will be all but gone should they suffer a loss to Avangard, who they’ve never beat!

12:00 Admiral (15-31-5) vs. Amur (13-30-9)

About the game

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

- Amur is also coming into this contest fresh off a victory.

- Admiral is playing the 8th of eight straight home games.

- Amur is on a 1-game road trip.

- Admiral has defeated Amur twice this season, 2-0 and 3-1, but Admiral has also lost to last place Amur, 3-1.

- Butuzov has points in 3 straight games, going 5-1-6 over that span.

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

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

- Langhammer has played 73:21 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Despite its rather low spot in the standings, Admiral does feature 6 forwards with 20 or more points.

Injury list

- Amur: Kirill Rasskazov, Pavel Turbin, Daniil Faizullin, Vladislav Ushenin

Milestone alert

- Forward Alexander Gorshkov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.

14:30 Kunlun (18-27-8) vs. Avangard (35-16-5)

About the game

- Kunlun is coming into this contest trying to end a 6-game losing streak.

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

- Kunlun is playing the 7th of seven straight home games.

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

- Avangard has defeated Kunlun three times this season, 4-2, 5-1, and most recently 6-3. Safe to say that this is about the worst opponent Kunlun could face in such a situation of desperation.

- Kunlun still has never defeated Avangard in a KHL game.

- Mikheyev now leads Avangard in scoring with 22 goals and 41 points.

Injury list

- Kunlun: Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Marc-André Gragnani, Josh Nicholls, Oskars Bartulis, Ville Lajunen

- Avangard: Karri Ramo, Alexei Emelin

Milestone alert

- Forward Krisjanis Redlihs is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

19:00 Severstal (18-31-4) vs. Vityaz (26-22-4)

About the game

- Severstal is coming into this contest having lost two in a row.

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

- Severstal is playing the 1st of four straight home games.

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

- The teams have played three times this season, with Vityaz winning twice, the first 4-1 and 5-3 while Severstal took the other 2-1.

Injury list

- Severstal: Konstantin Korneyev

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (28-20-5) vs. Dinamo Riga (21-22-10)

About the game

- Dynamo Moscow is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

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

- Dynamo is playing the 3rd of five straight home games.

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

- Moscow appears to be Riga’s favorite opponent. Dinamo has won all three games between these teams this season, 4-2, 5-4, and 2-1 in OT.

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

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

Injury list

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

- Riga: Gunars Skvorcovs

Milestone alert

- Forward Miks Indrasis is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal.

19:30 CSKA (44-9) vs. Dinamo Minsk (15-31-6)

About the game

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

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

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

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

- CSKA has defeated Dinamo twice this season, 2-1 and 3-0.

- CSKA can, with a shutout victory, set the new record for the number of games “played to nil” by one team in a season. The current record is 17 from the 2015/2016 KHL season.

Injury list

- Minsk: Dmitry Buinitsky, Alexander Pavlovich, Denis Osipov, Kirill Gotovets, Andrei Kostitsyn, Artur Gavrus

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Mat Robinson is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

- Forward Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.