CSKA could clinch playoff spot:
- if they beat HC Sochi in any fashion.
Amur is coming into this contest on a 6-game losing streak.
Sibir is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.
Sibir twice defeated Amur this season by 2-1 score and lost once by 0-3.
Milovzorov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Tomas Zohorna, Maxim Kondratyev
Sibir: Oleg Piganovich
Sibir defenseman Alexander Loginov is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
Admiral is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Avangard is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Avangard twice defeated Admiral this season by 4-1, 5-2 scores.
Admiral: Juho Olkinuora
Avangard: Alexei Bondarev, Alexei Emelin, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov
Kunlun is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Ak Bars defeated Kunlun this season by 5-0 score.
Kunlun Red Star: David Bondra, Brayden Jaw, Alex Riche
Ak Bars: Artyom Lukoyanov, Andrei Pedan, Viktor Tikhonov
Ak Bars forward Mikhail Glukhov is set to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).
Barys is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Metallurg is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Barys twice defeated Metallurg this season by 3-1, 2-1 OT scores and lost once by 1-2.
Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg
Metallurg forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to score his 400th KHL goal (currently at 399).
Both teams are coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Avtomobilist defeated Salavat this season by 2-0 score.
Kovar has 61:49 minutes of shutout hockey.
Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko
Salavat: Grigory Panin 2/4
Neftekhimik is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Neftekhimik twice defeated Traktor this season by 2-1, 6-4 and lost once by 1-2 OT score.
Neftekhimik: Zach Mitchell, Andrei Sergeyev, Bulat Shafigullin
Traktor: Sergei Konkov, Yury Sergiyenko, Nikita Shcherbak
Traktor forward Anton Glinkin is hoping to score his 100th KHL goal (currently at 99).
Severstal is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Spartak is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Severstal defeated Spartak this season by 3-2 score and lost 2-3 SO.
Yakimov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Spartak’s last win in Cherepovets happened on September 22, 2013 by 5-4 OT score.
Daugavins has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
Severstal: Daniil Vovchenko, Adam Liska
Spartak: Alexander Nikishin, Ilya Zubov, Evgeny Kulik
Spartak defenseman Ivan Vishnevsky is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Dynamo is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Dynamo twice defeated Torpedo this season by 3-2, 2-1 SO scores.
Torpedo’s last home win against Dynamo in KHL regular seasons happened on December 26, 2014 by 2-1 SO score.
Torpedo: Sergei Goncharuk
Dynamo: Sergei Boikov
Dynamo forward Vladimir Bryukvin is set to play his 300th KHL game (currently at 299).
Dynamo forward Daniil Apalkov is hoping to collect his 200th KHL point (currently at 199).
Vityaz is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Dinamo is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Dinamo twice beat Vityaz this season by 4-3, 3-2 scores and lost once by 0-3.
Vityaz: Evgeny Mons
Dinamo: Oleg Yevenko, Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott
Vityaz: Artyukhin 1/4, Makeyev 1/2
Vityaz defenseman Alexander Yevseyenkov is set to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).
SKA is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
SKA defeated Jokerit this season by 3-2 score and lost 0-6.
Hellberg has 113:22 minutes of shutout hockey
Jensen has points in 11 straight games, going 10-7-17 over that span and can beat season’s record which he tied with Dmitrij Jaskin at 11 games.
Kontiola has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
O’Neill has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
SKA: Alexander Barabanov, Anton Burdasov
Jokerit: Henri Ikonen, Oliver Lauridsen
SKA: Sergei Plotnikov will sit out the last game of his 2-game suspension.
Jokerit forward Petri Kontiola is hoping to pick his 250th KHL assist (currently at 249).
CSKA is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
CSKA twice defeated Sochi this season by 2-0, 7-1 score.
Sochi won 1 of 20 games against CSKA in KHL. Last time it happened in Moscow on January 4, 2016 by 2-1 score.
Johansson has 127:09 minutes of shutout hockey.
Kaprizov has points in 6 straight games, going 6-4-10 over that span.
Slepyshev has points in 6 straight games, going 4-4-8 over that span.
CSKA: Mikhail Grigorenko, Andrei Svetlakov, Ivan Telegin
Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Malte Stromwall, Artyom Tomilin, Dmitry Shikin, Nikita Shchitov