Four road teams enter today’s games on at least a 3-game winning streak!
Spartak Moscow takes it’s 5-game winning streak to Sochi to play a team that’s had a hard time of late. Amur kicks off a 5-game road trip in Vladivostok to face an Admiral club that has also been struggling of late.
Dynamo Moscow heads to Magnitogorsk having won 4 in a row while SKA looks to keep its 3-game winning streak going in Cherepovets. Barys will look to end its 3-game losing streak when it welcomes Avtomobilist, which is also looking to get back into the win column.
10:00: Admiral (21-15-3) vs Amur (17-18-5)
About the game
Admiral is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Amur is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
Admiral is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.
Amur is coming into this game on a 4-game winning streak.
The two teams have exchanged victories this season, first 2-1 and then 3-2.
Vl. Ushenin has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Faizullin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Injury list
Admiral: Juho Olkinuora, Visili Streltsov
Amur: Maxim Kondratyev, Valeri Vasiliyev, Tomas Zohorna
14:00: Barys (22-11-7) vs Avtomobilist (23-11-6)
About the game
Barys is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Avtomobilist is playing the 4th of five straight road games.
Barys is coming into this game on a 3-game losing streak.
Avtomobilist is coming into this game having lost its last contest.
Avtomobilist defeated Barys earlier this season by a score of 4-3. The team has nonetheless lost to Barys twice this season, 3-2 and 2-1. All three games went to overtime.
Macek has points in 5 straight games, going 5-1-6 over that span.
Dawes has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
Injury list
Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg
Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko, Mikhail Mamkin
15:00: Metallurg (19-16-7) vs Dynamo Moscow (25-12-5)
About the game
Metallurg is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Metallurg is coming into this game having won its last game.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into this game on a 4-game winning streak.
Metallurg has defeated Dynamo Moscow at home 8 straight times. Their last home loss to the Muscovites took place on October 10th, 2011, by a score of 6-5.
Dynamo Moscow defeated Metallurg earlier this season by a score of 6-3.
Koshechkin has played 153:36 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Nestrasil has points in 3 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
Shipachyov has points in 4 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.
Jaskin has points in 4 straight games, going 5-4-9 over that span.
Petersson has points in 4 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulemin
17:00: Sochi (16-19-7) vs Spartak Moscow (24-12-5)
About the game
Sochi is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.
Spartak Moscow is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest on a 5-game winning streak.
The two teams have exchanged victories this season, first 1-0 and then 5-4 in OT.
Zubov has points in 7 straight games, going 3-8-11 over that span.
Rylov has points in 5 straight games, going 2-7-9 over that span.
Fedorov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Injury list
Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Nikita Shchitov, Damir Rakhimullin, Artyom Tomilin
Spartak Moscow: Tobias Viklund, Alexaner Nikishin
17:30: Severstal (13-20-9) vs SKA (28-10-4)
About the game
Severstal is playing the 3rd of five straight home games.
SKA is playing the 3rd of six straight road games.
Severstal is coming into this contest having won its last game.
SKA is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
SKA has defeated Severstal three times this season, namely 2-1 in OT, 5-2, and 4-3 in OT.
Severstal has lost 26 straight match-ups against SKA. The team last defeated SKA on November 18th, 2012, by an overtime score of 4-3.
Geraskin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
Melnichuk has played 106:58 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Tkachev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Injury list
Severstal: Geoff Kinrade, Adam Liska, Vladislav Provolnev
