Ak Bars wraps up a 3-game road trip in Magnitogorsk as it chases CSKA in the standings. Dinamo Riga is completing a short 2-game homestand thoroughly intent on defeating Traktor for the second time this season.
Out east, Amur is wrapping up a 4-game homestand against a currently hapless Sochi club, hoping to give the southerners their 8th straight defeat. Speaking of out east, Dynamo Moscow is seeking to conclude its 3-game road swing in Vladivostok with its 3rd straight victory, something that a very hot Martin Bakos and his upstart Admiral club have no intention of allowing!
Amur is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Sochi is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Amur is coming into this game having lost its last game.
Sochi is coming into this game on a monstrous 7-game losing streak.
Amur defeated Sochi earlier this season by a score of 2-1.
Amur: Alexander Kuznetsov, Maxim Kondratiev
Sochi: Nikita Shchitov
Forward Ilya Krikunov is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
Admiral is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Admiral is coming into this game having won its last contest.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into this game on a 2-game winning streak.
Admiral has never defeated Dynamo Moscow at home, adding up to a total of six lifetime KHL losses against the team from the capital.
Dynamo Moscow defeated Admiral earlier this season by a score of 4-2.
Ljungh has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
Bakos has points in 7 straight games, going 5-6-11 over that span.
Shipachyov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.
Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov
Dynamo Moscow: Andre Petersson
Forward Kirill Voronin is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game (currently at 199).
Metallurg is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
Ak Bars has defeated Metallurg twice this season, both times by a score of 2-1.
Koshechkin has played 68:16 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Yarullin has points in 7 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.
Metallurg: Vladimir Galuzin, Eric O’Dell
Ak Bars: Artyom Lukoyanov
Dinamo Riga is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Traktor is also coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Dinamo Riga defeated Traktor earlier this season by a score of 4-3.
McMillan has points in 3 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.
Darzins has points in 3 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile
Traktor: Nick Bailen, Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas
Defenseman Vitali Menshikov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game (currently at 299).