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Game 1 of Round 1 featured 4 shutouts. An encore to follow? Preview Feb 28

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SKA upset by Spartak Moscow in Game 1 - how will they answer? Barys, Avtomobilist, and CSKA look to continue the dominance shown in Game 1!
16:30 Barys (2nd in the East) vs. Torpedo (7th in the East)
Series stand

1 – 0

Game 1: 4-1 victory for Barys

Injury list

Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Stanislav Galimov

About the game

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

17:00 Avtomobilist (1st in the East) vs. Traktor (8th in the East)
Series stand

1 – 0

Game 1: 3-0 victory for Avtomobilist

Injury list

- Avtomobilist: Andrei Makarov, Vitaly Popov, Kirill Koltsov, Francis Pare

- Traktor: Alexander Shinin, Paul Szczechura, Ryan Stoa

About the game

- Golyshev is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.

- Kovar has played 67:33 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

- Dawes has points in 3 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

- Sexton has points in 3 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.

19:30 CSKA (1st in the West) vs. Vityaz (8th in the West)
Series stand

1 – 0

Game 1: 4-0 victory for CSKA

About the game

- Sorokin has played 182:54 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

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

- Shvets-Rogovoy is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.

19:30 SKA (2nd in the West) vs. Spartak Moscow (7th in the East)
Series stand

0 – 1

Game 1: 2-0 victory for Spartak Moscow

Injury list

- SKA: Yevgeny Ketov, Artyom Zemchyonok

- Spartak: Kaspars Daugavins, Andrei Kuteikin, Alexei Grishin, Anatoly Nikontsev (expected to be out until March 11th)

About the game

- Hudacek is hoping to stand in goal for his 100th career KHL game.

- Hudacek has played 80:12 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

- Vishnevsky is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point.