Thorn in the side Severstal visits CSKA hungry for its next win!

Can Podyapolsky keep his shutout streak alive in Moscow against a CSKA team that’ll surely be looking to bounce back from their recent loss?

Metallurg is on a 3-game winning streak and hosts Vityaz, which just got back into the win column, while Salavat hosts Traktor, with each team coming in off a frustrating loss.

Amur has quickly fallen back to its losing way, but maybe that’ll change as the head to Nizhny Novgorod to face Torpedo, which itself is on a 4-game losing streak. Yikes!

Lastly, Dynamo Moscow has bounced back from 0-3 start into the season with four straight wins. It takes its show to Sochi, surely feeling very confident about making it five.

17:00: Metallurg (6-1-0) vs Vityaz (3-4-0)

About the game

Metallurg is entering this contest on a 3-game winning streak.

Vityaz is entering this contest fresh off a win.

Metallurg is playing the 1^st of two straight home games.

Vityaz is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games.

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

Injury list

Metallurg: Nikolai Kulemin, Arkhip Nekomenko

Vityaz: Alexander Semin

Milestone alert

Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to collect his 900^th career KHL point (currently at 897).

17:00: Salavat (6-3-0) vs Traktor (4-3-1)

About the game

Salavat is entering today’s game having lost its last game.

Traktor is also heading into today’s game having lost its last game.

Salavat is playing the 2^nd of four straight home games.

Traktor is on a 1-game road trip.

Hartikainen has points in seven straight games, going 6-7-13 over that span.

Manninen has points in six straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span.

Injury list

Salavat: Vladislav Kartayev, Philip Larsen, Kirill Tsulygin, Vyacheslav Solodukhin, Markus Granlund, Danil Bashkirov

Milestone alert

Forward Teemu Hartikainen is hoping to score his 150^th career KHL goal (currently at 148).

Forward Anton Lazarev is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

19:00: Torpedo (2-5-1) vs Amur (1-7-1)

About the game

Torpedo is entering the contest on a 4-game losing streak.

Amur is coming into today’s game on a 2-game losing streak.

Torpedo is playing the 1^st of three straight home games.

Amur is playing the 3^rd of four straight road games.

Injury list

Amur: Michal Jordan, Denis Golubev, Nikita Feoktistov, Nikita Yazkov, Valentin Pyanov, Kirill Rasskozov

19:30: Sochi (2-4-1) vs Dynamo Moscow (4-3-0)

About the game

Sochi is entering today’s contest having won its last game.

Dynamo Moscow is coming into today’s game on a 4-game winning streak.

Sochi is playing the 1^st of four straight home games.

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 1^st of three straight road games.

Bocharov has played 91:51 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Injury list

Sochi: Igor Rudenkov

Dynamo Moscow: Yegor Bryzgalov

Milestone alert

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

19:30: CSKA (5-1-1) vs Severstal (4-1-1)

About the game

CSKA is entering today’s game having lost its last contest.

Severstal is heading into today’s game on a 2-game winning streak.

CSKA is playing the 3^rd of three straight home games.

Severstal is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.

CSKA has lost three straight KHL games against Severstal.

Podyapolsky has played 69:20 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

CSKA: Ivan Telegin

Severstal: Yegor Yakovlev