Battle of powerhouses in Kazan: Ak Bars hosts Dynamo Moscow

Ak Bars after sensational lost to HC Sochi will try to come back to winning streak. In Nur-Sultan Barys will try to win for third time in a row.

14:00 Barys (17-8-6) – Dinamo Minsk (9-15-8)

About the game

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

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

- Dinamo last team defeated Barys in Kazakhstan on January 20, 2014 by 2-1 OT score.

Injury list

Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg

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

Milestone alert

- Barys forward Linus Videll is set to play his 400th KHL game (currently at 399).

- Dinamo forward Andrei Kostitsyn is hoping to score his 100th KHL regular season game (currently at 99).

17:00 Ak Bars (25-6-1) – Dynamo Moscow (20-10-3)

About the game

- Ak Bars is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

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

- Cajkovsky has points in 5 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Dmitry Voronkov, Mikhail Fisenko

Dynamo: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulyomin, Igor Polygalov

Milestone alert

- Ak Bars defenseman Albert Yarullin is hoping to score his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).

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

17:00 Lokomotiv (18-14-1) – Avtomobilist (16-11-4)

About the game

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

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

- Avtomobilist defeated Lokomotiv this season by 4-1 score.

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

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Andrei Markov.

Avtomobilist: Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Kucheryavenko.

Milestone alert

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

- Avtomobilist forward Vyacheslav Litovchenko is looking for his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).

17:00 Neftekhimik (15-15-4) – HC Sochi (12-15-6)

About the game

- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 6-game losing streak.

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

- Sochi defeated Neftekhimik this season by 3-2 score.

- Shikin has 65:43 minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

Neftekhimik: Evgeny Ryasensky.

Sochi: Nikita Shchitov.

Milestone alert

- Neftekhimik goalie Konstantin Barulin is looking for his 250th KHL win (currently at 249).

17:00 Severstal (10-16-7) – Sibir (15-11-5)

About the game

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

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

- Podyapolsky has 60:00 minutes of shutout hockey.

- Yakovlev has point 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Injury list

Sibir: Vladislav Naumov

Suspensions

Sibir: Konstantin Alexeyev 2/2

Milestone alert

- Sibir defenseman Oleg Piganovich is looking for his 100th assist in KHL (currently at 99).