Salavat Yulaev welcomes superhot Spartak Moscow

A short gameday features two clashes in Ufa and Podolsk.

17:00 Salavat Yulaev (16-10-2) – Spartak (13-8-5)

About the game

Salavat Yulaev has lost in the latest KHL game.

Spartak is on a 5-game winning streak.

Salavat is starting a 4-game home series.

Spartak is starting a 6-game road trip.

Spartak defeated Salavat earlier this season by a 5-3 score.

Salavat forward Sakari Manninen has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

Salavat forward Nikita Soshnikov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

Spartak forward Sergei Shirokov has points in 4 straight games, going 5-0-5 over that span.

Injury list

Spartak: Andrei Kuteikin, Dmitry Vishnevsky, Nikita Pivtsakin.

Milestone alert

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

Spartak forward Sergei Shirokov is hoping to set new team’s record for the longest goal-scoring streak (currently at 4 games).

19:30 Vityaz (12-13-1) – Severstal (13-10-2)

About the game

Vityaz is on a 4-game losing streak.

Severstal is on a 2-game losing streak.

Vityaz is finishing a 5-game home series.

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

Vityaz twice defeated Severstal this season by 2-1 SO, 3-0 score.

Vityaz has won the last five home games against Severstal

Injury list

Severstal: Yegor Chizhikov.

Milestone alert

Vityaz forward Fyodor Malykhin is set to play his 400^th KHL game (currently at 399).