CSKA hits the road with surprising home loss in the bag! Preview Mar 17

Dynamo Moscow looks to make use of its newfound home ice advantage while Lokomotiv welcomes a visiting SKA who they haven’t beat in what seems like forever.

17:00 Dynamo Moscow (5th in the West) vs. CSKA (1st in the West)

Series stand

1 – 1

Game 1: 4-1 win for CSKA

Game 2: 1-0 OT win for Dynamo Moscow

Injury list

Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov, Vyacheslav Kulemin

About the game

- Mamin is looking to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.

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

- Nikulin is looking to set a new KHL record for points by a defenseman in the playoffs. He is currently tied at 56 with Chris Lee.

- Bocharov has played 82:57 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Zackrisson leads Dynamo in playoff scoring with 3-6-9 in 8 games played.

- Grigorenko leads CSKA in playoff scoring with 6-3-9 in 6 games played.

17:00 Lokomotiv (3rd in the West) vs. SKA (2nd in the West)

Series stand

2 – 0 for SKA

Game 1: 1-0 win for SKA

Game 2: 6-1 win for SKA

Injury list

SKA: Yevgeny Ketov

About the game

- Lokomotiv has lost its last 10 games against SKA, being outscored by a total of 34-7.

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

- Khafizullin is hoping to collect his 100th career assist in the KHL.

- Kronwall leads Lokomotiv in playoff scoring with 3-3-6 in 6 games played.

- Gusev leads SKA in playoff scoring with 4-5-9 in 8 games played.