KHL giants CSKA and Ak Bars both in action today!

The Muscovites are on the road and hope to make it six in a row against Admiral while Ak Bars shoot for their fifth in a row while visiting Vityaz. Amur kicks things off having finally broken their 9-game losing streak, but can the team from Khabarovsk defeat Salavat twice in a row?

12:00: Amur (19-24-8) vs Salavat (25-20-7)

About the game

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

Salavat is playing the 2nd of four straight road games.

Amur is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.

Salavat is also coming into this contest having lost its last game.

Salavat has defeated Amur twice this season by scores of 3-2 and 5-3, but lost to them just yesterday 4-2.

Injury list

Amur: Maxim Kondratyev, Marek Langhamer

12:30: Admiral (24-22-4) vs CSKA (38-10-4)

About the game

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

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

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

CSKA is coming into this contest on a 5-game winnings streak.

CSKA defeated Admiral earlier this season by a score of 4-0.

Sorokin has played 137:06 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

Kaprizov has points in 10 straight games, going 7-9-16 over that span.

Slepyshev has points in 10 straight games, going 8-7-15 over that span.

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

Injury list

Admiral: Alexei Drobin, Grigori Zheldakov

CSKA: Jiri Sekac, Ivan Telegin

Milestone alert

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

Forward Konstantin Glazachev is hoping to collect his 300th career KHL point (currently at 298).

Forward Linden Vey is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

19:30: Vityaz (25-19-8) vs Ak Bars (36-11-4)

About the game

Vityaz is on a 1-game homestand.

Ak Bars is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.

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

Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.

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

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

Injury list

Vityaz: Yegor Voronkov, Ivan Petrakov

Ak Bars: Andrei Pedan, Viktor Tikhonov, Mikhail Fisenko

Suspension

Vityaz: Defenseman Jakub Jerabek will miss today’s contest while serving the 2nd of a 5-game suspension.

Milestone alert

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