Sibir in playoff desperation mode against Barys! Preview for February 12th

A suddenly red-hot Admiral doing all it can to avoid disqualification from the playoffs!

12:30 Admiral (19-32-5) vs. Avangard (36-17-5)

About the game

- Admiral is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.

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

- Admiral is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.

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

- Avangard has defeated Admiral on two occasions this season, 4-3 and 3-1. They nonetheless lost to Admiral in a third contest 4-1.

- V. Streltsov has points in 4 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

- Konnov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

- Bobkov has played 67:02 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

- Franson has points in 3 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

Injury list

- Avangard: Karri Ramo, Alexei Emelin (expected to be out until February 21st)

Milestone alert

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

12:30 Amur (15-32-9) vs. Salavat (30-19-9)

About the game

- Amur is coming into this contest having lost its last 2 games.

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

- Amur is playing the 1st of five straight home games.

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

- Salavat has defeated Amur twice thus far this season, 6-1 and 3-1, but lost a third meeting between the two teams, 3-0.

- Langhammer has played 133:21 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Vladislav Ushenin is looking to set a new KHL goal-scoring record for Amur. Both he and Jakub Petruzalek are tied at having scored 50 goals for Amur.

Injury list

- Amur: Kirill Rasskazov, Pavel Turbin, Alexander Gorshkov, Valentin Pyanov, Vitali Atyushov, Artyom Zhelezkov, Igor Rudenkov, Alexei Murygin (expected to be out until February 13th)

- Salavat: Pyotr Khokhryakov

Milestone alert

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

16:30 Barys (35-12-9) vs. Sibir (24-28-5)

About the game

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

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

- Barys is playing the 1st of three straight home games.

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

- Sibir defeated Barys once this season 2-1 in OT, but has lost to Barys twice 5-2 and 2-1 in OT.

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

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

- Cormier has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.

- Prince has points in 4 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

Injury list

- Barys: Curtis Valk, Dominik Hrachovina

- Sibir: Konstantin Alexeyev, Samvel Mnatsyan, Vladimir Pervushin

Milestone alert

- Defenseman Oleg Piganovich is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.