Traktor & Vityaz face off, both in heavy need of as many points as they can get for their respective playoff races!
17:00 Traktor (25-25-3) vs. Vityaz (26-22-5)
About the game
- Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Vityaz is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Traktor is playing the 1st of five straight home games.
- Vityaz is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Traktor defeated Vityaz in a close game 4-3 earlier this season.
- Vityaz last won a game in Chelyabinsk on October 29th, 2012, by a score of 4-3 in OT.
Injury list
- Traktor: Nikita Nikitin, Alexander Shinin, Yevgeny Ryasensky (expected to be out until February 11th)
Milestone alert
- Defenseman Alexander Yevseyenkov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.
19:30 Severstal (19-31-4) vs. Lokomotiv (36-15-3)
About the game
- Severstal is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest on a smoking hot 6-game winning streak.
- Severstal is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
- Lokomotiv defeated Severstal earlier this season by the score of 4-1.
- Markovin has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
- Kozun has points in 5 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Konovalov has played 149:21 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
Injury list
- Severstal: Konstantin Korneyev
- Lokomotiv: Petri Kontiola, Pavel Kraskovsky
Milestone alert
- Defenseman Geoff Kinrade is looking to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.
- Forward Stepan Sannikov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.
