Another huge KHL battle as Avtomobilist hosts Lokomotiv!
Lokomotiv continues to be on FIRE with a 9-game winning streak, but Avtomobilist is at home and boasts basically the same record. This one is going to be a doozy!
The Dinamos are mired in 5-game losing streaks and face off for the third time this season while Sibir hopes it can take advantage of Metallurg in creating its 3-game winning streak.
Salavat and Amur are each coming into today’s game in Ufa with two straight losses while Traktor welcomes Torpedo with each having won two games in a row. Sochi hosts Barys hoping to take advantages of the Kazak team’s 3-game losing streak.
SKA hosts a Kunlun team that it has never lost to and Dynamo Moscow hosts Avangard, to which it lost once earlier this season.
17:00: Avtomobilist (13-4-3) vs Lokomotiv (14-4-1)
About the game
Avtomobilist is entering today’s game having lost its last game.
Lokomotiv is heading into today’s game on a 9-game winning streak.
Avtomobilist is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Lokomotiv is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Macek has points in three straight games, 1-2-3 over that span.
Pasquale has played 115:29 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Zakhar Arzamastsev, Pavel Datsyuk
Milestone alert
Defenseman Denis Bodrov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Forward Georgi Belousov is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).
Forward André Petersson is hoping to collect his 250th career KHL point (currently at 249).
Forward Vladimir Tkachyov is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).
Forward Artyom Ilyenko is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL assist (currently at 199).
17:00: Metallurg (13-6-1) vs Sibir (7-11-3)
About the game
Metallurg is entering today’s game coming off a loss.
Sibir is also heading into today’s game on a 2-game winning streak.
Metallurg is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
Sibir is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
Metallurg defeated Torpedo earlier this season by a score of 3-1.
Beck has points in seven straight games, going 4-5-9 over that span.
Pesonen has points in three straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
Injury list
Metallurg: Maxim Karpov, Artyom Minulin, Mikhail Pashnin, Yegor Korobkin, Nikolai Kulemin, Juho Lammikko, Juho Olkinuora, Bogdan Potekhin, Nikita Rozhkov, Vasili Koshechkin, Yegor Martynov, Igor Shvyrev
Sibir: Eric O’Dell
Milestone alert
Forward Sergei Plotnikov is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL assist (currently at 199).
17:00: Salavat (12-9-1) vs Amur (7-12-2)
About the game
Salavat is entering today’s contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Amur is also entering today’s contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Salavat is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Amur is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
Butuzov has points in five straight games, going 5-3-8 over that span.
Injury list
Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Dominik Masin, Sergei Tereschenko
Milestone alert
Forward Mikhail Vorobyov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).
17:00: Traktor (12-6-2) vs Torpedo (8-8-3)
About the game
Traktor is entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Torpedo is also coming into today’s game on a 2-game winning streak.
Traktor is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Kravtsov has points in three straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Berglund has points in five straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
Injury list
Torpedo: Artyom Alyayev
Milestone alert
Forward Anton Lazarev is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Forward Alexei Byvaltsev is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game (currently at 299).
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (10-7-2) vs Dinamo Riga (2-8-3)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk is entering today’s contest on a 5-game losing streak.
Dinamo Riga is also entering today’s contest on a 5-game losing streak.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
The teams have exchanged 4-3 SO wins this season.
Injury list
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Bogoleisha, Artyom Demkov, Dominik Furch, Roman Gorbunov, Ivan Lodnia, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Kozun, Andrei Pavlenko, Francis Pare, Danny Taylor, Kirill Voronin, Adam Almqvist, Alexander Kogalev
Dinamo Riga: Stanislav Galimov, Daniels Berzins, Martins Dzierkals, Miks Indrasis, Konstantin Komarek, Mathew Maione, Roberts Mamcics, Jordan Murray, Ilya Proskuryakov, Matt White, Pavel Chernov, Janis Jaks
19:30: Sochi (5-12-2) vs Barys (6-5-4)
About the game
Sibir is entering today’s contest having lost its last game.
Barys is coming into today’s game on a 3-game losing streak.
Sibir is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Barys is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
Lilja has points in three straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
Injury list
Sochi: Linus Johansson, Pavel Kukshtel, Kirill Petkov, Konstantin Klimontov
Barys: Henrik Karlsson, Alexei Maklyukov
Milestone alert
Forward Linus Videll is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
19:30: Dynamo Moscow (9-7-2) vs Avangard (12-4-4)
About the game
Dynamo Moscow is entering today’s game fresh off a loss.
Avangard is also entering today’s game fresh off a loss.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Avangard is playing the 5th of six straight road games.
Avangard defeated Dynamo Moscow earlier this season by a score of 2-1.
Tolchinsky has points in three straight games, going 2-2-4 over this span.
Zernov has points in three straight games, going 0-5-5 over this span.
Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Vladimir Bryukvin Andrei Alexeyev
Avangard: Maxim Chudinov, Nikita Komarov, Sergei Shumakov
Milestone alert
Forward Vyacheslav Kulemin is hoping to suit up for his 500th career KHL game (currently at 499).
Forward Andrei Sergeyev is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
19:30: SKA (12-6-3) vs Kunlun (12-3-4)
About the game
SKA is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Kunlun is entering today’s game having lost its last game.
SKA is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Kunlun is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
Kunlun has never defeated SKA in a KHL game.
Injury list
SKA: Anton Belov, Bogdan Yakimov
