Salavat Yulaev is aiming to finally beat Metallurg this season
They lost in two games with 0-4 difference. Avtomobilist will try to end road trip with third win in three games.
17:00 Salavat Yulaev (19-13-4) – Metallurg (15-13-7)
About the game
- Salavat Yulaev is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Metallurg is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Metallurg twice defeated Salavat this season by 3-0 and 1-0 scores.
Injury list
Salavat: Teemu Hartikainen, Pyotr Khokhryakov
Metallurg: Ivan Vereshchagin, Brandon Kozun
Milestone alert
- Metallurg forward Arkhip Nekolenko is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
- Metallurg goalie Vasily Koshechkin is hoping to get 80th KHL shutout (currently at 79).
19:30 Neftekhimik (16-15-4) – Traktor (12-21-2)
About the game
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Neftekhimik defeated Traktor this season by 2-1 score.
- Hyka has points in 5 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
- Sedlak has points in 3 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Bailen has points in 5 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
Injury list
Neftekhimik: Pavel Poryadin, Evgeny Ryasenky, Bulat Shafigullin
Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas
Milestone alert
- Neftekhimik defenseman Stepan Zakharchuk is aiming to get his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).
- Neftekhimik goalie Konstantin Barulin is looking for his 250th KHL win (currently at 249).
19:30 HC Sochi (13-16-6) – Avtomobilist (18-11-4)
About the game
- HC Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Avtomobilist defeated Sochi this season by 5-1 score.
- Holland has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Injury list
Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Nikita Shchitov
Avtomobilist: Artyom Gareyev, Anatoly Golyshev, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Geoff Platt
Milestone alert
- Avtomobilist forward Vyacheslav Litovchenko is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).
