Battle of the East: Barys hosts Avangard

Second game in Tallinn, Estonia and big clash in Nur-Sultan.

13:30 Barys (26-12-7) – Avangard (27-12-6)

About the game

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

Avangard is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

Barys twice defeated Avangard this season by 3-2 scores.

Shumakov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.

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

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

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

Injury list

Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg.

Avangard: Alexei Bondarev, Alexei Emelin, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov.

Milestone alert

Barys forward Curtis Valk is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).

16:00 Jokerit (28-10-7) – Severstal (16-22-9)

About the game

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

Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

The second game in Tallinn, Estonia.

Jokerit defeated Severstal three times this season by 4-1, 2-1 OT, 4-1 scores.

Jensen has points in 9 straight games, going 9-6-15 over that span.

Injury list

Jokerit: Henri Ikonen, Oliver Lauridsen.

Severstal: Adam Liska.

17:00 Neftekhimik (19-20-6) – Torpedo (23-19-4)

About the game

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

Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a win.

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

Injury list

Neftekhimik: Zach Mitchell, Andrei Sergeyev, Bulat Shafigullin.

Torpedo: Sergei Goncharuk.