Two games in Moscow Area feature away teams as the favorites!

Vityaz welcomes Ak Bars while Spartak Moscow hosts Lokomotiv. In each case, the Muscovite home team is coming off a loss while the road team is not only coming in fresh off a victory, but with the clearly better record to date as well. Going to be tough for the home teams to gain ground here!

Amur hosts a strong Severstal club and both teams are coming off a win. Amur is concluding a 4-game homestand before hitting the road and is already at a point in the season where it simply needs points out of every game before things get to dire, too quickly.

In Ufa, Salavat hosts Sibir and is still dealing with major illness issues. The guest is coming into the game injury-free while Salavat is scratching a total of – gulp – 14 players!

12:00: Amur (3-9-2) vs Severstal (6-4-1)

About the game

Amur is entering this contest having won its last game.

Severstal is also entering this contest having won its last game.

Amur is playing the 4^th of four straight home games.

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

Severstal defeated Amur earlier this season by a score of 6-4.

Injury list

Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov

Severstal: Jindrich Abdul, Artyom Gareyev, Vladislav Podyapolsky

17:00: Salavat (9-5-0) vs Sibir (5-7-2)

About the game

Salavat is entering this contest having lost its last game.

Sibir is also entering this contest having lost its last game.

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

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

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

Injury list

Salavat: Eduard Gimatov, Markus Granlund, Vladimir Zharkov, Alexander Kadeykin, Vladislav Kartayev, Pavel Koledov, Juha Metsola, Sakari Manninen, Grigori Panin, Vyacheslav Solodukhin, Nikita Soshnikov, Vladislav Sukhachyov, Teemu Hartikainen, Pyotr Khokhryakov

19:30: Vityaz (6-6-0) vs Ak Bars (9-3-1)

About the game

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

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

Vityaz is playing the 3^rd of five straight home games.

Ak Bars is playing the 1^st of two straight road games.

Vityaz defeated Ak Bars earlier this season by a score of 4-0.

Da Costa has points in three straight games, going 4-2-6 over that span.

Injury list

Vityaz: Jakub Jerabek

Ak Bars: Kristian Khenkel

Milestone alert

Forward Justin Azevedo is hoping to collect his 350^th career KHL point (currently at 349).

19:30: Spartak Moscow (4-7-1) vs Lokomotiv (5-3-1)

About the game

Spartak Moscow is entering today’s game on a 2-game losing streak.

Lokomotiv is heading into today’s game having won its last contest.

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

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

Lokomotiv clearly defeated Spartak Moscow earlier this season by a score of 7-2.

Pasquale pitched a shutout in his last outing.

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

Korshkov has points in four straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

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

Injury list

Spartak Moscow: Nikita Sokolov, Anatoli Nikontsev

Lokomotiv: Denis Barantsev