Spartak Moscow hopes to make it three in a row against guest Kunlun!

A win would give the Spartan Muscovites their third home victory in a row as well. Meanwhile, Barys ends a 4-game road trip looking to get back into the win column against Avtomobilist.

Traktor faces a hot Ak Bars club hoping to end its 3-game tailspin while Severstal will look to take advantage of a 3-game Vityaz losing streak to get back into the win column. Sochi caps off the gameday by kicking off a 3-game homestand against an always difficult Lokomotiv.

17:00: Avtomobilist (29-15-7) vs Barys (30-15-7)

About the game

Avtomobilist is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.

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

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

Barys is coming into this contest having lost two in a row.

Barys has defeated Avtomobilist three times this season by overtime scores of 2-1 and 3-2 as well as 4-2, while also having lost to them once 4-3 in OT.

Videll has points in 4 straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Nikolai Stasenko, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Stepan Khripunov

Barys: Iiro Pakarinen

Milestone alert

Forward Geoff Platt is hoping to collect his 300th career KHL point (currently at 299).

17:00: Traktor (20-28-5) vs Ak Bars (35-11-4)

About the game

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

Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.

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

Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.

Ak Bars has defeated Traktor three times this season by scores of 6-0, 4-1 and 4-3 in OT.

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

Injury list

Traktor: Sergei Konkov, Artyom Mikheyev, Nikita Shcherbak

Ak Bars: Andrei Pedan, Daniil Zhuravlyov, Viktor Tikhonov, Mikhail Fisenko

Milestone alert

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

19:00: Severstal (19-23-10) vs Vityaz (24-19-8)

About the game

Severstal is on a 1-game homestand.

Vityaz is on a 1-game road trip.

Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.

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

Vityaz has defeated Severstal twice this season by scores of 4-1 and 2-1.

Injury list

Severstal: Daniil Vovchenko, Igor Geraskin

Vityaz: Yegor Voronkov, Alexander Shevchenko, Ivan Petrakov

Milestone alert

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

19:30: Spartak Moscow (29-15-8) vs Kunlun (25-22-7)

About the game

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

Kunlun is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.

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

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

Kunlun defeated Spartak Moscow earlier this season by an overtime score of 4-3.

Bespalov has played 144:17 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Rylov has points in 5 straight games, going 6-0-6 over that span.

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

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

Yip has points in 3 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

Injury list

Kunlun: David Bondra, Alex Riche, Brayden Jaw

19:30: Sochi (20-23-8) vs Lokomotiv (27-20-4)

About the game

Sochi is playing the 1st of three straight home games.

Lokomotiv is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.

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

Lokomotiv is coming into this contest having won its last game.

Lokomotiv has defeated Sochi three times this season, namely 2-1, 1-0, and 5-2.

Injury list

Sochi: Pavel Makarenko, Nikita Shchitov, Artyom Tomilin, Malte Stromwall, Dmitri Shikin