Jokerit is coming back to action against Traktor

Monday gives us plenty of exciting contests including battle of powerhouses of the East Ak Bars and Avtomobilist. The game day features an interesting clash in St. Petersburg where SKA will host Salavat Yulaev.

19:00 Ak Bars (17-5-4) – Avtomobilist (17-4-3)

About the game

Ak Bars is entering today’s contest fresh off a win.

Avtomobilist is on a 4-game winning streak.

Ak Bars is playing 2nd of three straight home games.

Avtomobilist is finishing 3-game road trip.

Ak Bars forward Viktor Tikhonov has points in 6 straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.

Avtomobilist forward Brooks Macek has points in 7 straight games, going 4-4-8 over that span.

Injury list

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

Avtomobilist: Zakhar Arzamastsev, Pavel Datsyuk.

Milestone alert

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

19:30 Vityaz (12-12-1) – Spartak (11-8-5)

About the game

Vityaz is on a 3-game losing streak.

Spartak is on a 3-game winning streak.

Vityaz is playing 4^th of five straight home games.

Spartak is finishing 3-game road trip.

Spartak defeated Vityaz two days ago with a 7-3 score.

Spartak defenseman Yakov Rylov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Spartak forward Martin Bakos has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Spartak forward Jori Lehtera has points in 6 straight games, going 1-10-11 over that span.

Injury list

Spartak: Ilya Zubov, Dmitry Vishnevsky, Nikita Pivtsakin

19:30 Dynamo Moscow (12-8-4) – Neftekhimik (8-16-0)

About the game

Both teams are on 2-game losing streaks.

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

Neftekhimik is finishing a 2-game road trip.

Neftekhimik forward Libor Hudacek has points in 4 straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo: Mikhail Grigoryev.

Neftekhimik: Pavel Poryadin, Jonas Enlund, Vladimir Galuzin.

19:30 SKA (15-7-3) – Salavat Yulaev (16-10-1)

About the game

SKA is on a 3-game winning streak.

Salavat is entering today’s contest fresh off a win.

SKA is starting a 4-game home series.

Salavat is finishing a 3-game road trip.

SKA goalie Magnus Hellberg has 68:14 minutes of shutout hockey.

SKA forward Miro Aaltonen has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

Salavat forward Teemu Hartikainen has points in 5 straight games, going 4-5-9 over that span.

SKA defenseman Viktor Antipin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.

Injury list

SKA: Anton Belov, Emil Galimov.

Milestone alert

SKA forward Linden Vey is set to play his 200^th KHL game (currently at 199).

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

19:30 CSKA (19-4-3) – Lokomotiv (17-5-2)

About the game

CSKA is a on 2-game winning streak.

Lokomotiv lost in last game of the regular season.

CSKA is finishing a 4-game home series.

Lokomotiv is on a 1-game road trip.

CSKA has won last five games against Lokomotiv.

CSKA goalie Lars Johansson has 74:05 minutes of shutout hockey.

CSKA forward Anton Slepyshev has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

CSKA forward Maxim Mamin has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

CSKA forward Nikita Korostelev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

Lokomotiv forward Denis Alexeyev has points in 4 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.

Injury list

CSKA: Artyom Sergeyev, Vsevolod Skotnikov, Nikolai Goldobin.

Lokomotiv: Kirill Slepets.

19:30 Jokerit (11-6-1) – Traktor (17-7-2)

About the game

Jokerit lost in last game of regular season.

Traktor is on a 3-game winning streak.

Jokerit is starting a 2-game home series.

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

Traktor has never won in Helsinki and has lost last nine games against Jokerit.

Traktor forward Alexei Byvaltsev has points in 4 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Jokerit forward Brian O’Neill has points in 6 straight games, going 2-8-10 over that span.

Jokerit forward Peter Regin has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

Injury list

Jokerit: Antti Pihlstrom, Veli-Matti Savinainen, David Sklenicka, Niklas Friman, Julius Juntilla.

Traktor: Igor Isayev, Nick Bailen.

Milestone alert

Jokerit defenseman Jakub Krejcik is set to play his 100^th KHL game (currently at 99).

20:30 Dinamo Riga (2-16-4) – Kunlun Red Star (5-17-2)

About the game

Dinamo Riga is on a 14-game losing streak including two forfeits.

Kunlun Red Star is on a 5-game losing streak.

Dinamo is finishing 4-game home series.

Kunlun Red Star is starting a 2-game road trip.

Dinamo Riga has never won Kunlun Red Star in Riga.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Ilya Proskuryakov, Ondrej Vitasek