Salavat hopes to build surprising lead over Avtomobilist! Preview Mar 20

Underdog Avangard is looking to gain a decisive lead over Barys after a clear-cut 5-0 victory in Game 3!

17:00 Salavat (6th in the East) vs. Avtomobilist (1st in the East)

Series stand

2 – 1 for Salavat

Game 1: 1-0 win for Salavat

Game 2: 2-0 win for Avtomobilist

Game 3: 2-1 OT win for Salavat

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Andrei Makarov, Vitaly Popov, Kirill Koltsov

Salavat: Anton Burdasov

Suspensions

Salavat: Grigori Panin is serving the 2nd of a 2-game suspension.

About the game

- Hartikainen can tie Igor Grigorenko's record in KHL goals scored for Salavat, currently set at 113.

- Burmistrov is hoping to suit up for his 50th career KHL playoff game.

19:30 Avangard (4th in the East) vs. Barys (2nd in the East)

Series stand

2 – 1 for Avangard

Game 1: 3-1 win for Avangard

Game 2: 4-2 win for Barys

Game 3: 5-0 win for Avangard

Injury list

Barys: Roman Starchenko

Avangard: Karri Ramo, Ilya Mikheyev

About the game

- Shalapov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.

- Bobkov is hoping to pitch his 20th career shutout in the KHL. He currently has 19.

- Bobkov has played 62:30 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

- Beck has points in 6 straight games, going 1-9-10 over that span.

- Shumakov has points in 4 straight games, going 5-2-7 over that span.