Long-awaited Battle of the Baltic in store as Jokerit hosts SKA!

Entering play with similar records, both have been strong of late and are ready to show who’s the king of the Baltic region. Elsewhere, there are eight more games on the KHL schedule today with Metallurg hosting Avtomobilist and Avangard hosting Admiral being two of the bigger match-ups. Otherwise, Dynamo Moscow welcomes a Kunlun squad that is in the middle of a 6-game road trip.

13:30: Sibir (21-15-5) vs Neftekhimik (18-18-6)

About the ¬game

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

Neftekhimik is playing the 1st of two straight road games.

Sibir is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.

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

The two teams have faced each other twice already this season, having exchanged victories by scores of 4-2 and 2-1 in OT.

Injury list

Sibir: Vladimir Pervushin

Neftekhimik: Zack Mitchell, Andrei Sergeyev, Bulat Shafigullin, Pavel Poryadin

Suspension

Defenseman Jorki Jokipakka will be out of the line-up today while serving the 1st of a 2-game suspension.

Milestone alert

Forward Viktor Komarov is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game (currently at 199).

Defenseman Oleg Piganovich is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

14:30: Metallurg (20-16-7) vs Avtomobilist (23-12-6)

About the game

Metallurg is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.

Avtomobilist is playing the 5th of five straight road games.

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

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

The teams have exchanged victories this season by scores of 3-0 and 3-2 in OT.

Fomin has played 83:21 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

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

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

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko, Mikhail Mamkin

Milestone alert

Forward Geoff Platt is hoping to suit up for his 600th career KHL game (currently at 599).

Forward Sergei Mozyakin is looking to score his 400th career KHL goal (currently at 398).

17:00: Lokomotiv (23-17-3) vs Amur (18-18-5)

About the game

Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

Amur is playing the 2nd of five straight road games.

Lokomotiv is coming into this game on a 3-game losing streak.

Amur is coming into this game on a 5-game winning streak.

Amur defeated Lokomotiv earlier this season by a score of 2-1.

Langhammer pitched a shutout in his last outing.

Vladimir Ushenin has points in 5 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

Vyacheslav Ushenin has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

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

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Artyom Ilyenko, Jakub Nakladal

Amur: Maxim Kondratyev, Valeri Vasiliyev, Tomas Zohorna

17:00: Severstal (14-20-9) vs Dinamo Minsk (9-23-10)

About the game

Severstal is playing the 4th of five straight home games.

Dinamo Minsk is on a 1-game road trip.

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

Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 12-game losing streak.

Severstal has defeated Dinamo Minsk twice this year in overtime, namely 3-2 and 4-3.

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

Kudako has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.

Injury list

Severstal: Geoff Kinrade, Adam Liska, Vladislav Provolnev

Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Roman Dostanko, Stefan Elliott

Milestone alert

Defenseman Ilya Khokhlov is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game (currently at 199).

17:00: Torpedo (22-17-4) vs Traktor (16-25-3)

About the game

Torpedo is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.

Traktor is playing the 1st of three straight road games.

Torpedo is coming into this game having won its last game.

Traktor is coming into this game having lost 2 in a row.

Traktor defeated Torpedo earlier this season by a score of 4-0.

Injury list

Torpedo: Sergei Goncharuk

Traktor: Christian Thomas, Tomas Hyka, Vladislav Sukhachyov, Nikita Shcherbak

Milestone alert

Forward Anton Glinkin is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).

17:00: Avangard (26-11-6) vs Admiral (21-16-3)

About the game

Avangard is playing the 1st of two straight home games.

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

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

Admiral is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

Koshelev has points in 4 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

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

Injury list

Avangard: Artyom Manukyan, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov

Admiral: Juho Olkinuora, Vasili Streltsov

Milestone alert

Forward Vladimir Bultuzov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL goal (currently at 299).

17:00: Dynamo Moscow (25-12-6) vs Kunlun (21-17-6)

About the game

Dynamo Moscow is on a 1-game homestand.

Kunlun is playing the 3rd of six straight road games.

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

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

Dynamo Moscow defeated Kunlun earlier this season by a score of 2-1.

Kunlun has never defeated Dynamo Moscow in a KHL game.

Shipachyov has points in 5 straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.

Petersson has points in 5 straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulemin

Kunlun: David Bondra, Adam Cracknell, Alex Riche, Brayden Jaw

Milestone alert

Forward Daniil Apalkov is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).

Forward Igor Polygalov is hoping to suit up for his 600th career KHL game (currently at 599).

17:00: Spartak Moscow (24-12-6) vs Vityaz (20-15-7)

About the game

Spartak Moscow is playing the 1st of four straight home games.

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

Spartak Moscow is coming into this game having lost its last game.

Vityaz is coming into this game on a 4-game losing streak.

Spartak Moscow has defeated Vityaz twice this season by score of 2-1 in OT and 6-0.

Injury list

Spartak Moscow: Tobias Viklund, Alexaner Nikishin, Artyom Fedorov

Vityaz: Alexander Yevseyenkov

Suspensions

Vityaz defenseman Igor Golovkov will miss today’s game while serving the third of a 3-game suspension.

Milestone alert

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

19:30: Jokerit (24-10-7) vs SKA (28-10-5)

About the game

Jokerit is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.

SKA is playing the 4th of six straight road games.

Jokerit is coming into this game having won its last game.

SKA is coming into this game fresh off a loss.

SKA beat Jokerit earlier this season by a score of 3-2.

Regin has points in 5 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

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

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

Melnichuk has played 106:58 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Injury list

Jokerit: Oliver Lauridsen

SKA: Alexander Barabanov

Milestone alert

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