CSKA or Ak Bars - the Continental Cup will be decided tonight!

Ak Bars can win the Continental Cup if it collects as many or more points as CSKA by day’s end. Yet CSKA can win the Continental Cup if it obtains more points today than Ak Bars.

CSKA will also win the Western Conference if it gains at least one point against Sochi. However, SKA can win the Western Conference if CSKA loses to Sochi in regulation time.

Dynamo Moscow will take over 3rd place in the Western Conference and will meet Lokomotiv in the first round of the playoffs if it defeats Dinamo Minsk today. However, Dynamo Moscow will finish 4th in the Western Conference and will have to face Spartak Moscow in the first round of the playoffs if it should lose to Dinamo Minsk today.

Vityaz will finish 7th in the Western Conference if it manages to defeat Lokomotiv today.

One way or another, you won’t want to miss out on the action!

17:00: Traktor (24-31-6) vs Metallurg (28-24-9)

About the game

Traktor is on a 1-game homestand.

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

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

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

Traktor has defeated Metallurg twice this season by scores of 1-0 and 3-1, but also lost to them once 5-2.

Calof has points in 4 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

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

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

Injury list

Traktor: Artyom Mikheyev, Marsel Sholokhov

Milestone alert

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

19:10: Dinamo Minsk (13-37-11) vs Dynamo Moscow (37-16-8)

About the game

Dinamo Minsk is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.

Dynamo Moscow is on a 1-game road trip.

Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 6-game losing streak.

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

Dynamo Moscow defeated Dinamo Minsk earlier this season by a score of 3-2.

Injury list

Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Andrei Pavlenko

Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov

Milestone alert

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

Forward Artyom Demkov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).

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

Forward Teemu Pulkkinen is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).

19:30: Ak Bars (44-12-5) vs Avtomobilist (34-19-8)

About the game

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

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

Ak Bars is coming into this contest having won its last game.

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

Ak Bars has defeated Avtomobilist three times this season by scores of 3-1, 6-1, and 3-2.

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

Galiev has points in 4 straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span.

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

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

Dawes has points in 8 straight games, going 1-9-10 over that span.

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

Injury list

Ak Bars: Kristian Khenkel

Avtomobilist: Nikolai Stasenko, Denis Bodrov, Anatoli Golyshev

Milestone alert

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

19:30: Vityaz (26-24-11) vs Lokomotiv (34-23-4)

About the game

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

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

Vityaz is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.

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

Lokomotiv has defeated Vityaz twice this season by scores of 5-2 and 5-1, but also lost to them once by a score of 3-2.

Konovalov has played 67:05 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Injury list

Vityaz: Pavel Varfolomeyev, Pavel Vorobey

Lokomotiv: Daniil Misyul

Milestone alert

Forward Nikolai Kovalenko is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).

Goaltender Ilya Konovalov is hoping to stand in goal for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).

19:30: CSKA (44-12-4) vs Sochi (43-13-5)

About the game

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

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

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

Sochi is coming into this contest on a 11-game winning streak.

CSKA has defeated Sochi three times this season by scores of 2-0, 7-1, and 6-1.

Sochi has defeated CSKA only once ever in KHL action. It was in Moscow on January 4th, 2016, by a score of 2-1.

Sorokin has played 66:42 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Kaprizov has points in 4 straight games, going 7-1-8 over that span.

Slepyshev has points in 4 straight games, going 1-7-8 over that span.

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

Injury list

CSKA: Jiri Sekac, Ivan Telegin, Sergei Andronov

Sochi: Nikita Shchitov, Dmitri Shikin