Game #800 for Ak Bars, Vityaz hosts SKA in Podolsk

Ak Bars will play its 800th KHL game, first clash between Vityaz and SKA after blockbuster’s trade. Dinamo Minsk will have another attempt to stop losing streak when Neftekhimik will try to extend their winning numbers.

17:00 Traktor (9-14-2) – Dinamo Minsk (6-10-5)

About the game

Traktor is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games.

Dinamo Minsk is playing the 1^st of three straight road games.

Traktor is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.

Dinamo Minsk is coming into this game on a difficult 8-game losing streak.

Dinamo Minsk defeated Traktor earlier this season 5-3. They haven’t won a game since.

Injury list

Traktor: Nick Bailen, Anton Glinkin, Andrew Calof, Andrei Popov, Christian Thomas

Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Pulkkinen, Stefan Elliott

Milestone alert

Enver Lisin is suited to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).

19:00 Neftekhimik (11-10-3) – Amur (9-11-3)

About the game

Neftekhimik is playing the 2^nd of four straight home games.

Amur is playing the 3^rd of four straight road games.

Neftekhimik is coming into this game having won 6 in a row.

Amur is coming into this contest having lost its last game.

Amur last won a game in Nizhnekamsk on December 23^rd, 2011, by a score of 6-4.

With a win today, Neftekhimik would once again set a new club record for wins in a row.

White has points in 3 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Mitchell has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span.

Paigin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Injury list

Neftekhimik: Rafael Bikmullin

Amur: Valery Vasilyev, Alexander Kuznetsov, Danil Fayzullin

Milestone alert

Vladislav Ushenin is suited to play his 300th KHL game (currently at 299).

19:30 Ak Bars (17-4-1) – Admiral (12-9-1)

About the game

Ak Bars is playing the 3^rd of three straight home games.

Admiral is playing the 2^nd of four straight road games.

Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Admiral is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

Bilyalov has played 85:25 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Konnov has points in 4 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Artyom Lukoyanov, Vladimir Tkachyov

Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov

Milestone alert

Ak Bars is suited to become the first KHL club with 800 games in the league (currently at 799).

19:30 Vityaz (14-5-3) – SKA (12-8-4)

About the game

Vityaz is playing the 2^nd of four straight home games.

SKA is playing the 3^rd of three straight road games.

Vityaz is entering this contest on a 4-game losing streak.

SKA is entering this contest having (finally) won its last game.

Vityaz beat SKA earlier this season by a score of 4-2.

Vityaz has lost its last 12 home games against SKA. It last won a game against SKA at home on January 15^th, 2009, by a score of 5-4. 

Injury list

Vityaz: Danila Kvartalnov

SKA: Lukas Bengtsson, Dinar Khafizullin

Milestone alert

Magnus Hellberg is hoping to get his 50th win in KHL (currently at 49).

Evgeny Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point (currently at 49).