Round 2 kicks off in the East! Preview for March 14th
Avtomobilist and Barys hope to keep their strong seasons going against some upstart 2nd round opponents!
16:30 Barys (2nd in the East) vs. Avangard (4th in the East)
Series stand
0 – 0
KHL Playoff history
2015 – Round 1 - Avangard defeats Barys - 4-3
Injury list
Avangard: Karri Ramo
About the game
- Barys has lost its last five KHL home games against Avangard.
- Avangard won all four games against Barys this season, 4-3 in OT, 5-3, 4-3 in OT, and 2-1 in OT.
- Beck has points in 3 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.
17:00 Avtomobilist (1st in the East) vs. Salavat (6th in the East)
Series stand
0 - 0
KHL Playoff history
2010 – Round 1 – Salavat defeats Avtomobilist 3-1
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Andrei Makarov, Vitaly Popov, Denis Bodrov, Yevgeny Grachev, Kirill Koltsov
Salavat: Anton Burdasov, Pavel Koledov
Suspensions
Avtomobilist: Stephane Da Costa will miss this game due to a 1-game suspension.
About the game
- Avtomobilist defeated Salavat twice this season, 2-0 and 1-0.
- Sexton has points in 6 straight games, going 4-7-11 over this span.
- Salavat has lost its last six games in Yekaterinburg (three times per shutout). Its last victory there was on January 21st, 2013, by a score of 3-1.
- Hartikainen can tie Igor Grigorenko's record in KHL goals scored for Salavat, currently set at 113.
