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 1^st of two straight home games.

Lokomotiv is playing the 3^rd 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 200^th career KHL point (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).

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 2^nd of four straight home games.

Sibir is playing the 1^st 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 200^th 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 2^nd of two straight home games.

Amur is playing the 1^st 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 100^th 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 4^th of four straight home games.

Torpedo is playing the 3^rd 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 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

Forward Alexei Byvaltsev is hoping to suit up for his 300^th 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 1^st of two straight home games.

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

Barys is playing the 2^nd 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 100^th 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 3^rd of four straight home games.

Avangard is playing the 5^th 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 500^th career KHL game (currently at 499).

Forward Andrei Sergeyev is hoping to collect his 100^th 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 4^th of four straight home games.

Kunlun is playing the 1^st of five straight road games.

Kunlun has never defeated SKA in a KHL game.

Injury list

SKA: Anton Belov, Bogdan Yakimov