Game 3: SKA heads to Moscow shockingly down 2-0! Preview for March 2nd

SKA upset by Spartak Moscow in first games - how will they answer? Barys, Avtomobilist, and CSKA look to continue the dominance shown at home ice!

15:00 Traktor (8th in the East) vs. Avtomobilist (1st in the East)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Avtomobilist

Game 1: 3-0 win for Avtomobilist

Game 2: 4-2 win for Avtomobilist

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Andrei Makarov, Vitaly Popov, Kirill Koltsov, Francis Pare, Evgeny Grachev

Traktor: Alexander Shinin, Paul Szczechura, Ryan Stoa

About the game

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

- Dawes has points in 4 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.

- Sexton has points in 4 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.

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

17:00 Torpedo (7th in the East) vs. Barys (2nd in the East)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Barys

Game 1: 4-1 win for Barys

Game 2: 5-4 OT win for Barys

Injury list

Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Stanislav Galimov

About the game

- Sabolic has points in 5 straight games, going 6-0-6 over that span.

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

17:00 Spartak Moscow (7th in the East) vs. SKA (2nd in the West)

Series stand

2 – 0 for Spartak Moscow

Game 1: 2-0 win for Spartak Moscow

Game 2: 3-2 win for Spartak Moscow

Injury list

SKA: Yevgeny Ketov

Spartak: Andrei Kuteikin, Alexei Grishin, Anatoly Nikontsev, Ben Maxwell

About the game

- Spartak Moscow has lost its last seven KHL home games against SKA. The last time the team beat SKA in Moscow was in a 6-1 victory on November 30th, 2012.

- Every KHL playoff series between these two teams has ended in a 3-0 or 4-0 sweep by one of the teams.

17:00 Vityaz (8th in the West) vs. CSKA (1st in the West)

Series stand

2 – 0 for CSKA

Game 1: 4-0 win for CSKA

Game 2: 6-2 win for CSKA

About the game

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

- Kaprizov has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.