Underdogs ahoy! Favorites on the brink of elimination! Preview for March 22
Both Avangard and Salavat can finish things off with a road victory today!
14:00 Barys (2nd in the East) vs. Avangard (4th in the East)
Series stand
3 – 1 for Avangard
Game 1: 3-1 win for Avangard
Game 2: 4-2 win for Barys
Game 3: 5-0 win for Avangard
Game 4: 3-1 win for Avangard
Injury list
Barys: Roman Starchenko
Avangard: Karri Ramo, Ilya Mikheyev
About the game
- Avangard is close to reaching the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 2012.
- Beck has points in 7 straight games, going 1-10-11 over that span.
- Franson has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
17:00 Avtomobilist (1st in the East) vs. Salavat (6th in the East)
Series stand
3 – 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
Game 4: 4-2 win for Salavat
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Andrei Makarov, Vitaly Popov, Kirill Koltsov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Alexander Kucheryavenko
Salavat: Anton Burdasov
About the game
- Hartikainen can tie Igor Grigorenko's record in KHL goals scored for Salavat, currently set at 113.
- Salavat is close to reaching the Eastern Conference final for the 5th time in KHL history.
