Will Hartikainen and Lehtera take a lead in the points race of the season?

Finns Teemu Hartikainen and Jori Lehtera are one point away from Alexei Makeyev who is a leader of the scoring race of 2020-2021 season.

16:30 Dynamo Moscow (12-8-3) – Salavat Yulaev (15-10-1)

About the game

Both teams lost in their last contests.

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

Salavat is playing 2^nd of three straight road games.

Salavat forward Teemu Hartikainen has points in 4 straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Mikhail Grigoryev.

Milestone alert

Salavat forward Hartikainen is looking for his 350^th KHL point (currently at 349).

Salavat forward Nikita Soshnikov is hoping to collect his 100^th KHL point (currently at 99).

Salavat defenseman Grigory Panin is looking to pick his 100^th KHL assist (currently at 99).

17:00 Ak Bars (16-5-4) – Neftekhimik (8-15-0)

About the game

Both teams lost in their last contests.

Ak Bars is starting their 3-game home series.

Neftekhimik is starting their 2-game road trip.

Teams exchanged with victories this season 3-2, 2-3 OT.

Ak Bars forward Justin Azevedo has points in 5 straight games, going 0-7-7 over that span.

Ak Bars forward Viktor Tikhonov has points in 5 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Neftekhimik forward Libor Hudacek has points in 3 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.

Neftekhimik forward Marat Khairullin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Timur Bilyalov, Artyom Galimov, Albert Yarullin.

Neftekhimik: Pavel Poryadin, Jonas Enlund, Vladimir Galuzin.

17:00 Kunlun Red Star (5-16-2) – Traktor (16-7-2)

About the game

Kunlun Red Star is entering today’s game day on a 4-game losing streak.

Traktor has won two games in a row.

Kunlun Red Star is on a 1-game homestand.

Traktor is starting their 3-game road trip.

Traktor twice defeated Kunlun Red Star this season by 3-1, 4-2 scores.

Traktor forward Alexei Byvaltsev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Injury list

Traktor: Igor Isayev, Nick Bailen.

Milestone alert

Traktor head coach Anvar Gatiyatulin is looking to his 100^th KHL win (currently at 99).

Traktor forward Anton Lazarev is hoping to pick his 100^th KHL assist (currently at 99).

17:00 Severstal (13-9-1) – SKA (14-7-3)

About the game

Severstal is coming into today’s contest fresh off a win.

SKA won last two games in regular season.

Severstal is playing a 1-game homestand.

SKA is finishing 3-game road trip.

Severstal forward Igor Geraskin has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

Injury list

Severstal: Jindrich Abdul, Vladislav Kodola, Anton Sizov.

SKA: Anton Belov, Emil Galimov.

17:00 Vityaz (12-11-1) – Spartak (10-8-5)

About the game

Vityaz is entering today’s contest on a 2-game losing streak, while Spartak won 2 in a row.

Vityaz is playing 3rd of five straight home games.

Spartak is playing 2nd of three straight road games.

Spartak forward Jori Lehtera has points in 5 straight games, going 1-8-9 over that span.

Injury list

Spartak: Ilya Zubov, Dmitry Vishnevsky, Nikita Pivtsakin.

17:00 CSKA (18-4-3) – Sochi (7-13-4)

About the game

CSKA is coming into today’s contest fresh off a win.

Sochi is coming into today’s contest fresh off a win.

CSKA is playing 3^rd of four straight home games.

Sochi is playing 3^rd of five straight road games.

CSKA won 22 of 23 contests against Sochi in KHL, active winning streak is 13 games.

Sochi forward Malte Stromwall has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Sochi forward Jere Karjalainen has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

CSKA: Artyom Sergeye, Vsevolod Skotnikov, Nikolai Goldobin.

Sochi: Pavel Kukshtel, Kirill Petkov.

Milestone alert

Sochi forward Daniil Apalkov is looking for his 200^th KHL point (currently at 199).

18:00 Dinamo Riga (2-16-3) – Avtomobilist (16-4-3)

About the game

Dinamo Riga is entering today’s contest on a 11-game losing streak.

Avtomobilist is coming to this gameday on a 3-game winning streak.

Dinamo is playing 3rd of four straight home games.

Avtomobilist is playing 2nd of three straight road games.

Avtomobilist defeated Dinamo earlier this season by a 7-2 score.

Avtomobilist forward Brooks Macek has points in 6 straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Ilya Proskuryakov.

Avtomobilist: Zakhar Arzamastsev, Pavel Datsyuk.

Milestone alert

Avtomobilist forward Dan Sexton is looking to score his 100^th KHL goal (currently at 99).

Avtomobilist defenseman Denis Bodrov is hoping to collect his 100^th KHL assist (currently at 99).