Furious OT Salavat win swings the series back to Ufa! Preview for April 8th

Avangard almost ended the series in Balashikha. Now it has to find a way to keep Salavat from pushing an all-decisive Game 7 with a Game 6 home victory.

17:00 Salavat (6th in the East) vs. Avangard (4th in the East)

Series stand

3 – 2 for Avangard

Game 1: 4-3 OT win for Avangard

Game 2: 4-1 win for Avangard

Game 3: 5-1 win for Salavat

Game 4: 4-2 win for Avangard

Game 5: 3-2 OT2 win for Salavat

Injury list

Avangard: Karri Ramo

Salavat: Anton Burdasov, Grigory Panin

About the game

- Metsola is hoping to gain his 100th career KHL victory.

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

- Hartikainen has points in 7 straight games, going 3-8-11 over that span.

- Omark has points in 8 straight games, going 2-8-10 over that span.

- Kemppainen has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

- Petrov is looking to collect his 250th career KHL point. He currently has 248.

- Shirokov’s next goal will be his 150th career goal in the KHL.

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