Day of the East: all eyes on Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk and Nur-Sultan
It’s the East battles game day. Amur is trying to beat Avangard for the second time in a row, Sibir is testing Torpedo.
12:00 Amur (10-15-2) – Avangard (14-5-6)
About the game
Amur is entering today’s contest fresh off a win.
Avangard lost in the last KHL game.
Amur is playing 3rd of four straight home games.
Avangard is playing 3rd of four straight road games.
Teams exchanged victories with season by a 2-8 and 2-1 scores.
Injury list
Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Michal Jordan.
Avangard: Maxim Chudinov.
15:30 Sibir (10-14-3) – Torpedo (10-10-4)
About the game
Both teams are entering today’s contest fresh off a win.
Sibir is finishing a 4-game home series.
Torpedo is starting a 3-game road trip.
Torpedo twice defeated Sibir this season by 4-3, 3-2 scores and lost once 2-4.
Torpedo goalie Nikita Serebryakov has 96:43 minutes of shutout hockey.
Injury list
Sibir: Anton Krasotkin, Eric O’Dell
Torpedo: Brady Austin
Milestone alert
Torpedo defenseman Georgy Misharin is set to play his 650th KHL game (currently at 649).
16:30 Barys (10-8-4) – Metallurg (15-9-2)
About the game
Barys lost in the last KHL game.
Metallurg is on a 2-game losing streak.
Barys is playing 2nd of three straight home games.
Metallurg is playing 2nd of three straight road games.
Metallurg forward Taylor Beck has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
Injury list
Barys: Dmitry Shevchenko.
Metallurg: Artyom Zagidulin, Nikolai Kulyomin, Mikhail Pashnin, Vladislav Syomin, Danila Yurov.
Milestone alert
Barys forward Roman Starchenko is set to play his 600th KHL regular season game (currently at 599).
Barys forward Dmitry Grents is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
Metallurg forward Taylor Beck is set to play his 200th KHL game (currently at 199).
