First Moscow derby of the season. Preview September 6th

The sixth day of regular season highlighted with a clash between Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow. Coach Oleg Znarok will play first game against his club being on the bench of their main rivalries.

17:00 Avtomobilist (2-0-0) – SKA (2-0-0)

About the game

- Avtomobilist is playing 3rd of four straight home games.

- SKA is playing the last game of their starting road series.

- Both teams started the season with two wins.

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Georgy Belousov, Anatoly Golyshev, Pavel Datsyuk

SKA: Lucas Bengtsson, Dinar Khafizullin

Milestone alert

- Nigel Dawes is hoping to score his 250th goal in KHL (currently at 249).

- Jacub Kovar is looking to get his 150th win in KHL (currently at 149).

- Geoff Platt is set to play his 500th KHL regular season game (currently at 499).

- SKA forward Sergei Plotnikov is collecting points 4 straight games, 2-3—5.

17:00 Metallurg (1-1-0) – Vityaz (1-1-0)

About the game

- Metallurg and Vityaz are finishing their starting home and road series respectively

- Metallurg is coming to the game fresh off victory

- Vityaz is going to the game after loss in Yekaterinburg

Injury list

Vityaz: Danila Kvartalnov, Nikita Komarov

Milestone alert

- Vityaz forward Alexander Semin is set to play his 200th KHL game (currently at 199)

- Vityaz forward Alexei Makeyev is collecting points 3 straight games, 0-4—4

19:00 Lokomotiv (0-1-0) – Torpedo (0-2-0)

About the game

- Lokomotiv is playing the 2nd home game of their four games series

- Torpedo is playing 3rd road games of their four game series

- Both teams are looking for first win of the season

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Mikhail Sidorov

Torpedo: Daniil Veryaev

Suspensions

Lokomotiv: Stephane Da Costa is missing the 2nd and last game of his suspensions from last season

Milestone alert

- Lokomotiv defenseman Jacub Nakladal is hoping to score his 100th KHL point (currently at 99)

- Lokomotiv forward Stepan Sannikov is set to play his 500th KHL regular season game (currently at 499)

19:30 Avangard (2-0-0) – Severstal (0-1-1)

About the game

- Avangard is playing their first home game of the season

- Severstal is finishing their starting road trip

- Avangard won first two games of the season

- Severstal is ending road trip with 1 point in 2 games.

- Severstal could not beat Avangard on away rink for more than four years

Injury list

Avangard: Alexei Yemelin, Denis Zernov, Maxim Mizyurin, Artyom Manukyan

Severstal: Sergei Kuptsov

Milestone alert

- Avangard forward Sergei Shumakov is hoping to score his 100th goal in KHL (99) and 200th point in the league (199).

- Avangard forward Sergei Shirokov is still looking to his 150th goal in the KHL (149).

- Severstal forward Evgeny Bodrov is hoping to collect 100th assist in KHL (99).

- Avangard defenseman Cody Franson is collecting point in 3 straight games, 4-0—4.

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (2-0-0) – Spartak Moscow (1-0-1)

About the game

- Dynamo and Spartak are finishing their starting home and road series respectively.

- Dynamo won all their games in the season.

- Spartak is coming back to Moscow after huge win in Yaroslavl.

Milestone alert

- Dynamo defenseman Juuso Hietanen is hopint to collect his 200th KHL regular season point (199)

19:30 HC Sochi (1-0-0) – Dinamo Minsk (0-2-0)

About the game

- HC Sochi is playing 2nd of three straight home games.

- Dinamo Minsk is playing 2nd of three straight road games.

- Sochi started the season with a win, when Dinamo is still looking for first points.

Injury list

HC Sochi: Simon Bertilsson, Anatoly Yelizarov, Vadim Khlopotov, Nikita Shchitov

Dinamo: Mikhail Karnaukhov, Sergei Kostitsyn

Suspensions

Sochi: Alexei Petrov is missing the 2nd and last game of his suspensions from last season

Milestone alert

- Sochi forward Denis Mosalyov is set to play his 550th game in KHL (449).

- Sochi forward Sean Collins is hoping to score his 100th point in KHL (99).

- Dinamo forward Evgeny Kovyrshin is looking to his 100th point in KHL (99).

- Dinamo forward Teemu Pulkkinen scored in last four straight games, 5-0—5.

19:30 CSKA (1-1-0) – Neftekhimik (1-1-0)

About the game

- CSKA and Neftekhimik are finishing their starting home and road series respectively.

- Neftekhimik cannot beat CSKA in Moscow for 9 years.

Injury list

Neftekhimik: Pavel Padakin, Marat Khairullin, Bulat Shafigullin

Milestone alert

- CSKA goalie Ilya Sorokin is looking to his 50th shutout in KHL (49).

- Neftekhimik goalie Konstantin Barulin is looking to his 50th shutout in KHL (49).