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).