CSKA & Barys end road trips tonight having won all the games thus far!

Both SKA and CSKA are back in action after CSKA ended SKA’s 11-game winning streak, extending its own to 4 games. Dynamo Moscow ends its 4-game homestand by hosting Sochi while Spartak Moscow looks to take its third in a row while hosting a very hot Barys club. Metallurg kicks off its 4-game road trip in St. Petersburg, where it hasn’t won since 2014.

17:00: Vityaz (20-12-7) vs CSKA (26-8-3)

About the game

Vityaz is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.

CSKA is playing the 4th of four straight road games.

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

CSKA is coming into this game on a 4-game winning streak.

The two teams have exchanged victories this season, one having ended 2-1 for Vityaz and the other 3-2 in OT for CSKA.

Sorokin has played 108:53 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Injury list

CSKA: Sergei Andronov

Milestone alert

Forward Yevgeni Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).

17:00: Dynamo Moscow (22-12-5) vs Sochi (15-17-7)

About the game

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 4th of four straight home games.

Sochi is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.

Dynamo Moscow is coming into this game having won its last game.

Sochi is also coming into this game having lost its last game.

Dynamo Moscow defeated Sochi earlier this season by a score of 4-3.

Igumnov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

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

Altybarmakyan has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulemin, Miks Indrasis

Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Nikita Shchitov

Milestone alert

Forward Kirill Lyamin is hoping to suit up for his 650th career KHL game (currently at 649).

17:00: SKA (25-10-4) vs Metallurg (18-14-7)

About the game

SKA is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.

Metallurg is playing the 1st of four straight road games.

SKA is coming into this game having lost its last game.

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

Metallurg last defeated SKA in St. Petersburg on November 6th, 2014, by a score of 2-1.

SKA beat Metallurg earlier this season by a score of 3-1.

Koshechkin has played 93:13 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

SKA: Sergei Plotnikov

Milestone alert

Forward Anton Burdasov is hoping to suit up for his 500th career KHL game (currently at 499).

Forward Andrei Kuzmenko is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).

17:15: Spartak (21-12-5) vs Barys (22-9-6)

About the game

Spartak Moscow is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.

Barys is playing the 5th of five straight home games.

Spartak Moscow is coming into this game on a 2-game winning streak.

Barys is coming into this game on a 4-game winning streak.

Today’s game will be a retro match.

Barys defeated Spartak Moscow earlier this season by a score of 3-0.

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

Zubov has points in 4 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.

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

Boyd has points in 4 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

Dietz has points in 4 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Injury list

Spartak Moscow: Tobias Viklund, Martins Karsums

Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg