Suddenly hot Severstal ready to take on a suddenly cold Metallurg!

They haven’t beat in their last three matches, but Severstal and their standout goalie Podyapolsky are ready to dish Metallurg its third straight loss.

Vityaz is coming off a win and will host a rather hapless Sochi team at home, a team it’s beaten in four straight games in Moscow. Amur has three wins in a row and just thrashed Ak Bars 7-1, including a hattrick from defenseman Michal Jordan. Gotta think they’ll be ready to go when they welcome Traktor today.

Barys and Ak Bars are each coming off a loss and played a very tight 1-0 overtime thriller earlier this season. Meanwhile, Dinamo Minsk finds itself on a 3-game losing streak after its Cinderella start. Unfortunately, the Belarussians will be Moscow to face CSKA, against whom they’ve lost 15 straight times!

12:00: Amur (7-11-2) vs Traktor (10-6-2)

About the game

Amur is entering today’s contest on a 3-game winning streak.

Traktor is coming into today’s game fresh off a loss.

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

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

Traktor defeated Amur earlier this season by a score of 5-0.

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

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

Berglund has points in three straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Danil Faizullin, Dominik Masin, Sergei Tereschenko

Milestone alert

Goaltending Yevgeni Alikin is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

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

16:30: Barys (6-3-4) vs Ak Bars (12-4-4)

About the game

Barys is entering today’s contest fresh off a loss.

Ak Bars is also coming into today’s game fresh off a loss.

Barys is playing the 2^nd of two straight home games.

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

Barys defeated Ak Bars earlier this season in a very tight overtime game by the score of 1-0.

Injury list

Barys: Henrik Karlsson, Alexei Maklyukov

Ak Bars: Kristian Khenkel, Timur Bilyalov

Milestone alert

Forward Linus Videll is hoping to score his 100^th career KHL goal (currently at 99).

Defenseman Andrei Pedan is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

19:00: Severstal (9-6-1) vs Metallurg (12-6-0)

About the game

Severstal is entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.

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

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

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

Severstal has dropped the last three games played against Metallurg.

Podyapolsky has played 105:15 minutes of shutout hockey.

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

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

Injury list

Severstal: Jindrich Abdul, Artyom Gareyev, Shawn Lalonde, Yegor Morozov

Metallurg: Maxim Karpov, Artyom Minulin, Mikhail Pashnin, Yegor Korobkin, Nikolai Kulemin, Arkhip Nekolenko, Juho Lammikko, Juho Olkinuora, Bogdan Potekhin, Nikolai Prokhorin, Nikita Rozhkov, Vasili Koshechkin

Milestone alert

Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to score his 900^th career KHL point (currently at 898).

Forward Sergei Plotnikov is hoping to collect his 200^th career KHL assist (currently at 199).

19:30: Vityaz (8-8-1) vs Sochi (4-11-2)

About the game

Vityaz is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.

Sochi is heading into today’s game on a 6-game losing streak.

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

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

Vityaz has won its last four home games played against Sochi.

Injury list

Vityaz: Jakub Jerabek

Sochi: Linus Johansson, Pavel Kukshtel

Milestone alert

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

19:30: CSKA (14-3-2) vs Dinamo Minsk (10-6-1)

About the game

CSKA is entering today’s game fresh off a loss.

Dinamo Minsk is heading into today’s game on a 3-game losing streak.

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

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

CSKA has won 15 straight KHL games against Dinamo Minsk. That is simply incredible!

Injury list

CSKA: Brendan Leipsic

Dinamo Minsk: Artyom Demkov, Dominik Furch, Roman Gorbunov, Ivan Lodnia, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Kozun, Shane Prince, Maxim Sushko, Francis Pare, Danny Taylor, Kirill Voronin

Milestone alert

Forward Konstantin Okulov is hoping to suit up for his 300^th career KHL game (currently at 299).

Forward Maxim Mamin is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).

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