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CSKA and Avtomobilist have swept their series and now await their next playoff opponents!

16:30 Barys (2nd in the East) vs. Torpedo (7th in the East)

Series stand

2 – 2

Game 1: 4-1 win for Barys

Game 2: 5-4 OT win for Barys

Game 3: 3-1 win for Torpedo

Game 4: 5-4 OT win for Torpedo

Injury list

Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Stanislav Galimov

About the game

- Frattin has points in 5 straight games, going 4-2-6 over that span.

- Bochenski has points in 4 straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span.

- Bochenski leads Barys in playoff scoring with 2-6-8.

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

- Barantsev and Varnakov are tied in leading Torpedo in playoff scoring with 2-2-4.

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

Series stand

2 – 2

Game 1: 2-0 win for Spartak Moscow

Game 2: 3-2 win for Spartak Moscow

Game 3: 5-2 win for SKA

Game 4: 3-2 OT win for SKA

Injury list

SKA: Yevgeny Ketov

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

About the game

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

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

- Gusev leads SKA in playoff scoring with 2-1-3.

- Karsums leads Spartak in playoff scoring with 2-2-4.

- Tikhonov is looking to take over the KHL lead for games played for SKA. He is currently tied with Ilya Kovalchuk at 367.

- Goncharov is looking to suit up for his 400th career KHL game.