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CSKA has never won a playoff series against Dynamo Moscow while SKA faces a Lokomotiv team it has never lost a playoff round to!

19:30 CSKA (1st in the West) vs. Dynamo Moscow (5th in the West)

Series stand

0 – 0

KHL Playoff history

2009 – Round 1 – Dynamo Moscow defeats CSKA 3-0

2013 – Round 2 – Dynamo Moscow defeats CSKA 4-1

Injury list

Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov, Vyacheslav Kulemin

About the game

- CSKA defeated Dynamo Moscow twice in the regular season, 5-1 and 3-2.

- CSKA has won the last five games played between these two teams.

- Sorokin is hoping to be in goal for his 200th career KHL game for CSKA.

- Grigorenko has points in 6 straight games, going 6-4-10 over that span.

- Kaprizov has points in 5 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.

- I. Makarov is looking to suit up for his 500th career KHL game.

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

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

19:30 SKA (2nd in the West) vs. Lokomotiv (3rd in the West)

Series stand

0 – 0

KHL Playoff history

2014 – Round 2 – Lokomotiv defeats SKA 4-2

2016 – Round 1 – SKA defeats Lokomotiv 4-1

2017 – Round 3 – SKA defeats Lokomotiv 4-0

2018 – Round 1 – SKA defeats Lokomotiv 4-1

Injury list

SKA: Yevgeny Ketov

About the game

- SKA defeated Lokomotiv three times in the regular season, 4-0, 4-0, and 2-0. SKA also lost to Lokomotiv once by a tight score of 1-0 in OT.

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

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

- Nakladal is looking to collect his 100th career point in the KHL.