Vityaz hopes to continue its red-hot play w/ a 6th straight victory!
Ice cold Amur looks to finally get into the win column on the road in Novosibirsk against a Sibir squad that has been slumping recently. Meanwhile, Barys hopes to turn an away-weary Traktor club into road kill with a 2nd straight victory.
15:30: Sibir (3-2-2) vs. Amur (0-5-3)
About the game
Sibir is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Amur is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
Sibir is coming in on a 2-game losing streak.
Amur is coming in fresh on an abysmal 8-game losing streak.
Sibir defeated Amur 2-1 in their prior meet-up this season.
Injury list
Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Nikolai Demidov, Vladislav Naumov, Nikita Shashkov
Amur: Denis Golubev, Kirill Rasskazov
Milestone alert
Defenseman Oleg Piganovich is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Forward Alexander Torchenyuk is hoping to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game (currently at 199).
Forward Dmitry Sayustov is hoping to suit up for his 400th career KHL game (currently at 399).
16:30: Barys (4-3-0) vs. Traktor (5-3-1)
About the game
Barys is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 8th of eight straight road games.
Barys is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Karlsson has played 80:22 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
Injury list
Barys: Victor Svedberg
Traktor: Nick Bailen, Igor Isayev, Christian Thomas
19:30: Lokomotiv (3-3-0) vs. Vityaz (6-1-0)
About the game
Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Vityaz is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
Vityaz is currently on a 5-game winning streak.
Vityaz has never won a game in Yaroslavl.
Lander has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Jerabek has points in 4 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
Injury list
Vityaz: Nikita Komarov, Pekka Jormakka, Danila Kvartalnov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy