Lokomotiv heads to Ufa with a league best 8-game winning streak!

Salavat is no slouch, but it’s going to be hard to slow down this Lokomotiv. Elsewhere, Sibir host a slumping Barys and wants to wrap up its homestand on a positive note while SKA hopes home ice advantage will defeat a very strong Avangard.

Another battle of Moscow ensues as Dynamo hosts Vityaz, a team it’s handled rather handedly in recent years while Metallurg looks to overcome 16 players on the injury list to gain a win over Torpedo.

15:30: Sibir (6-11-3) vs Barys (6-4-4)

About the game

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

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

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

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

Ruohomaa has points in four straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

Sibir: Eric O’Dell

Barys: Henrik Karlsson, Alexei Maklyukov

Milestone alert

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

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

17:00: Metallurg (13-6-0) vs Torpedo (7-8-3)

About the game

Metallurg is entering today’s game coming off a win.

Torpedo is also heading into today’s game coming off a win.

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

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

Metallurg defeated Torpedo earlier this season by a score of 3-1.

Beck has points in six straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.

Injury list

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, Yegor Martynov, Artyom Minulin, Mikhail Pashnin, Igor Shvyrev

Torpedo: Artyom Alyayev, Vadim Pereskokov, Andy Miele

Milestone alert

Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to score his 900^th career KHL point (currently at 899).

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

17:00: Salavat (12-8-1) vs Lokomotiv (13-4-1)

About the game

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

Lokomotiv is heading into today’s game on an 8-game winning streak.

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

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

Tarasov has played 76:57 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

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

Milestone alert

Forward Artyom Ilyenko is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL assist (currently at 199).

Forward André Petersson is hoping to collect his 250^th career KHL point (currently at 249).

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

19:30: Dynamo Moscow (9-6-2) vs Vityaz (8-9-1)

About the game

Dynamo Moscow is entering this contest having won its last game.

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

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games.

Vityaz is playing the 1^st of four straight road games.

Dynamo Moscow has won its last four home games played against Vityaz.

Shipachyov has points in three straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Vladimir Bryukvin Andrei Alexeyev

Vityaz: Jakub Jerabek

19:30: SKA (11-6-3) vs Avangard (12-3-4)

About the game

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

Avangard is entering today’s game having won its last game.

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

Avangard is playing the 5^th of six straight road games.

Avangard defeated SKA earlier this season by a score of 4-3.

Injury list

SKA: Anton Belov, Bogdan Yakimov

Avangard: Maxim Chudinov, Nikita Komarov, Sergei Shumakov