Two games on dock, both with heavy playoff implications! Preview for Feb 3
Torpedo needs to keep racking up points while the window for playoff opportunity continues to close on Sochi and Neftekhimik!
17:00 Torpedo (24-22-9) vs. Neftekhimik (20-30-6)
About the game
- Torpedo is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Torpedo is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
- The two teams have faced each other three times this season. Neftekhimik won the first two games 4-3 in OT and 3-1, but lost the third contest 5-3.
- Torpedo features 13 players with 16 or more points. Calof and Parshin lead the way with 37 apiece.
- Neftekhimik sports six players with 20 or more points. Two more points from Padakin and that total will rise to seven.
Injury list
- Torpedo: Stanislav Galimov
Milestone alert
- Forward Ildar Shiksatdarov is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
17:00 Sochi (23-22-10) vs. Lokomotiv (37-15-4)
About the game
- Sochi is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Lokomotiv is also coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Sochi is on a 1-game homestand.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
- The two teams have faced each other three times this season. Sochi won the first two games 2-1 and 3-2 in OT while Lokomotiv took the third match 1-0.
- Averin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Injury list
- Sochi: Dmitri Lugin, Nikita Shchitov, Oleg Pogorishny, Stepan Starkov, Dmitry Arkhipov, Denis Mosalyov
- Lokomotiv: Petri Kontiola, Pavel Kraskovsky Suspensions
- Sochi: Damir Rakhimullin will sit out this game while serving the 1st of a three game suspension.
- Lokomotiv: Grigory Denisenko will sit out this game while serving the 1st of a two game suspension.
Milestone alert
- Defenseman Yuri Alexandrov is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- Forward Stepan Sannikov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.
