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Finnish side lost in Khabarovsk few days ago by 4-1 score. Traktor will try to catch the momentum and keep building from the bottom of the East.
17:00 Avtomobilist (16-10-3) – Torpedo (18-13-2)
About the game

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

- Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko, Evgeny Mozer.

Torpedo: Kirill Urakov

Milestone alert

- Avtomobilist goalie Jakub Kovar is set to play his 300th game for the club (currently at 299).

- Avtomobilist forward Vyacheslav Litovchenko is hoping to gain his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).

- Torpedo defenseman Georgy Misharin is set to play his 600th KHL game (currently at 599).

17:00 Metallurg (14-12-5) – Barys (15-8-6)
About the game

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

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

- Teams exchanged with wins this season 2-1 for Metallurg and 3-1 for Barys.

Injury list

Metallurg: Ivan Vereshchagin, Branzon Kozun

Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg

Milestone alert

- Metallurg defenseman Yegor Yakovlev is set to play his 400th KHL game (currently at 399).

17:00 Traktor (11-19-2) – CSKA (20-7-3)
About the game

- Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

- CSKA is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- CSKA defeated Traktor this season by 3-0 score and won last five games with 18-1 difference.

- Sukhachyov has 81:02 minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Injury list

Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas

19:00 Severstal (9-16-6) – Dinamo Riga (11-18-3)
About the game

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

- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

- Severstal defeated Dinamo this season by 6-1 score.

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

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

Injury list

Severstal: Yegor Yakovlev

Milestone alert

- Dinamo Riga defenseman Kristaps Sotnieks is set to play his 600th KHL game (currently at 599).

- Dinamo Riga goalie Alexander Salak is hoping to get his 250th KHL appearance (currently at 249).

19:10 Dinamo Minsk (9-14-7) – Admiral (17-10-2)
About the game

- Dinamo is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

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

- Dinamo last time defeated Admiral on home ice November 28, 2015 by 5-3 score.

- Bakos has points in 6 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

- Pulkkinen has points in 3 straight games, going 4-0-4 over that span.

Injury list

Dinamo Minsk: Marc-Andre Gragnani, Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott

Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (18-10-3) – Lokomotiv (17-13-1)
About the game

- Dynamo is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

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

- Dynamo lost last five games to Lokomotiv with 3-14 difference.

- Lokomotiv defeated Dynamo this season by 5-2 score.

- Shipachyov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

- Cajkovsky has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

- Tarasov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulyomin, Igor Polygalov

Lokomotiv: Andrei Markov

Milestone alert

- Dynamo defenseman Kirill Lyamin is hoping to get his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).

- Lokomotiv forward Daniil Apalkov is looking to get his 200th KHL point (currently at 199).

19:30 Jokerit (15-9-5) – Amur (12-14-4)
About the game

- Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

- Amur is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

- Amur defeated Jokerit this season by 4-1 score.

- Kontiola has points in 3 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

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

Injury list

Jokerit: Niklas Jensen

Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Danil Fayzullin, Dmitry Shulenin

Milestone alert

- Amur forward Stanislav Katsuba is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).