Bout between recent winners Minsk & Ak Bars highlight game day!

Ak Bars remains one of the top teams in the KHL, but will they be able to win in Minsk, where Dinamo has taken 2 in a row? Amur is finally hot as well, but will their 2-game winning streak mean anything in Sochi, where they’ve never won a KHL game? There’s a first time for everything! In other action, Barys will look to knock off a tough Severstal club (which just can’t buy a win in Kazakhstan) while a strong Avangard looks forward to taking advantage of a Lokomotiv club that has had anything but a dream start!

14:00: Barys (8-4-0) vs. Severstal (6-7-1)

About the game

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.

Injury list

Barys: Viktor Svedberg, Dustin Boyd, Valeri Orekhov

Severstal: Yevgeni Bodrov

Milestone alert

Forward Igor Geraskin is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).

17:00: Lokomotiv (4-8-0) vs. Avangard (8-2-3)

About the game

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.

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Nikita Cherepanov

Avangard: Alexei Yemelin, Denis Zernov, Artyom Manukyan, Cody Franson, Sergei Shirokov, Maxim Chudinov

Milestone alert

Defenseman Alexei Bondarev is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).

17:00: Sochi (5-5-3) vs. Amur (3-7-3)

About the game

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.

Injury list

Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Nikita Shchitov

Amur: Kirill Rasskazov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Gleb Koryagin

Milestone alert

Forward Ilya Krikunov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).

17:10: Dinamo Minsk (6-4-3) vs. Ak Bars (10-2-0)

About the game

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.

Injury list

Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexander Pavlovich

Milestone alert

Forward Kirill Petrov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).