Barys is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Severstal is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Barys is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Barys has defeated Severstal 8 times in a row on home ice. Severstal’s last win in Astana was on February 24th, 2012, by a score of 4-3 in OT.
Starchenko has points in 6 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.
Pakarinen has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Barys: Viktor Svedberg, Dustin Boyd, Valeri Orekhov
Severstal: Yevgeni Bodrov
Forward Igor Geraskin is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).
Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Avangard is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Lokomotiv is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
Avangard is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
Schumakov has points in 3 straight games, going 4-2-6 over that span.
Andrighetto has points in 6 straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.
Semenov has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Lokomotiv: Nikita Cherepanov
Avangard: Alexei Yemelin, Denis Zernov, Artyom Manukyan, Cody Franson, Sergei Shirokov, Maxim Chudinov
Defenseman Alexei Bondarev is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).
Sochi is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Amur is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
Sochi is coming into this contest having won its last game.
Amur is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Amur has never won a game in Sochi.
Zohorna has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Nikita Shchitov
Amur: Kirill Rasskazov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Gleb Koryagin
Forward Ilya Krikunov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
Dinamo Minsk has scored in 8 straight games.
Pare has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Demkov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Tkachev has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
E. Galimov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexander Pavlovich
Forward Kirill Petrov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).