Two winning streaks clash as CSKA welcomes Torpedo in Moscow!
Torpedo completes its 3-game road trip in Moscow against the league best CSKA, which is on a 6-game winning streak and features two goalies who’ve played more than 100 straight minutes of shutout hockey. Yikes!
Amur is on a nice 3-game winning streak itself, but hosts a Dynamo Moscow team that it hasn’t beat at home in nearly a decade. Kunlun wraps up a 6-game homestand and hopefully a 3-game losing streak as it hosts a Sochi club in the midst of a 6-game losing streak.
In the middle of their own undesirable 4-game losing streak, Avtomobilist welcomes an Ak Bars club that is one of the KHL’s best teams thus far. Wrapping up today’s action, Lokomotiv starts up a 3-game homestand against Traktor, which is visiting Yaroslavl in the middle of a 4-game losing streak.
12:00: Amur (7-9-3) vs. Dynamo Moscow (10-7-3)
About the game
Amur is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Amur is coming into this game on a 3-game winning streak.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into this game on the tails of a recent victory.
Amur has lost its last 9(!) home games against Dynamo Moscow. Its last home victory against them was on January 3rd, 2010, by a score of 4-3 in OT.
Alikin has played 95:04 straight minutes without a goal against.
Injury list
Amur: Alexander Kuznetsov, Maxim Kondratiev
Dynamo Moscow: Andre Petersson
Milestone alert
Forward Vyacheslov Ushenin is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game (currently at 299).
14:30: Kunlun (7-10-2) vs. Sochi (5-9-5)
About the game
Kunlun is playing the 6th of six straight home games.
Sochi is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
Kunlun is coming into this game on a 3-game losing streak.
Sochi is coming into this game on a 6-game losing streak.
Injury list
Kunlun: Victor Bartley, Wojtek Wolski
Sochi: Nikita Shchitov
Milestone alert
Forward Ilya Krikunov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
17:00: Avtomobilist (10-7-2) vs. Ak Bars (14-4-0)
About the game
Avtomobilist is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Avtomobilist is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest fresh off a defeat.
Ak Bars defeated Avtomobilist earlier this season by a score of 3-1.
Yarullin has points in 6 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Rafael Batyrshin, Geoff Platt, Denis Bodrov, Yevgeni Mozer
Ak Bars: Artyom Lukoyanov
Milestone alert
Forward Artyom Gareyev is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game (currently at 299).
Defenseman Nikita Tryamkin is hoping to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game (currently at 299).
Defenseman Nikita Lyamkin is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).
19:30: Lokomotiv (8-10-0) vs. Traktor (8-12-2)
About the game
Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
Traktor is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
Traktor defeated Lokomotiv earlier this season by a score of 2-1.
Da Costa has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Injury list
Lokomotiv: Anton Lander
Traktor: Nick Bailen, Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas
19:30: CSKA (16-2-1) vs. Torpedo (12-8-1)
About the game
CSKA is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
CSKA is coming into this contest on a 6-game winning streak.
Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Their third match-up this season, the teams have exchanged 3-0 and 2-1 (in OT) victories thus far.
Johansson has played 107:02 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Sorokin has played 101:59 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Injury list
CSKA: Sergei Andronov
Torpedo: Nick Bailen, Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas
