Ak Bars looking to stay against favored rival Severstal! Preview Sep 16th

Will Sorokin and Johansson continue to keep CSKA’s goal clean against the recently low-octane Lokomotiv? Meanwhile, Amur looks to end an ugly losing streak on the road against Riga, a team it’s had great success against in recent years.

19:00 Ak Bars (3-1-0) vs. Severstal (2-3-1)

About the game

Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.

Severstal is playing the 1st of two straight road games.

Ak Bars is entering this game on a 3-game winning streak.

Severstal is entering the contest on a 1-game winning streak.

Wikstrand has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Severstal hasn’t defeated Ak Bars in Kazan since a 1-0 victory on January 28th, 2012.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Emil Galimov

Severstal: Sergei Kuptsov, Nikita Khlystov

Milestone alert

Forward Yevgeni Bodrov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

19:30 CSKA (4-1-1) vs. Lokomotiv (2-2-0)

About the game

CSKA is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of two straight road games.

CSKA is entering this contest fresh off a loss.

Lokomotiv is also entering this contest fresh off a loss.

Johansson has played 80:03 minutes without allowing a goal against.

Sorokin has played exactly 60 straight minutes (recently shutting out SKA) of hockey without allowing a goal against.

Kaprizov has points in 5 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.

Grigorenko has points in 5 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Mikhail Sidorov

Milestone alert

Goaltender Ilya Sorokin now has 50 career KHL shutouts.

Defenseman Bogdan Kiselevich is looking to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game (currently at 399).

Defenseman Mat Robinson is hoping to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game (currently at 299).

19:30 Dinamo Riga (2-3-0) vs. Amur (0-5-1)

About the game

Dinamo Riga is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

Amur is playing the 2nd of four straight road games.

Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

Amur is currently on a terrible 6-game losing streak.

Amur currently has Dinamo Riga’s number, having defeated the Latvians five times in a row.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Emils Gegeris

Amur: Denis Golubev, Kirill Rasskazov

Milestone alert

Forwards Lauris Darzins and Mikelis Redlihs are both hoping to score their 300th career KHL points (currently at 298 and 297, respectively).