Tight series between even Salavat & Metallurg continues! Preview Mar 1

2-0 series leads in the other three KHL playoff matches today, with Dynamo Moscow having now won 13 straight games over Jokerit! Can Avangard put up 6 goals once again?

17:00 Metallurg (3rd in the East) vs. Salavat (6th in the East)

Series stand

1 – 1

Game 1: 2-1 OT win for Metallurg

Game 2: 4-1 win for Salavat

About the game

- Antipin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.

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

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

- Kemppainen has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

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

- Hartikainen can tie the club record for KHL matches at 380. That record is currently held by Kirill Koltsov.

19:00 Ak Bars (5th in the East) vs. Avangard (4th in the East)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Avangard

Game 1: 6-0 for Avangard

Game 2: 6-3 for Avangard

Injury list

Avangard: Karri Ramo

Ak Bars: Emil Garipov, Fyodor Malykhin

About the game

- Beck is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.

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

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

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

- Sharychenkov is hoping to gain his 50th career victory in the KHL.

19:30 Sochi (6th in the West) vs. Lokomotiv (3rd in the West)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Lokomotiv

Game 1: 4-3 OT win for Lokomotiv

Game 2: 3-0 win for Lokomotiv

Injury list

Sochi: Nikita Shchitov, Denis Mosalyov, Artyom Tomilin, Dmitri Arkhipov

About the game

- Konovalov has played 82:26 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- O’Dell is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point.

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (5th in the West) vs. Jokerit (4th in the West)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Dynamo Moscow

Game 1: 4-2 for Dynamo Moscow

Game 2: 3-2 for Dynamo Moscow

Injury list

Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov, Vyacheslav Kulemin

About the game

- Dynamo has now defeated Jokerit 13 times in a row in KHL play.

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

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

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

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

- Kagarlitsky is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL assist.