Jagr will follow ex-team Avangard in clash against Ak Bars

Special guest appearance happens at tonight’s game of powerhouses of the East.

19:00 Kunlun Red Star (5-19-2) – Dinamo Riga (3-18-4)

About the game

Kunlun is on a 7-game losing streak.

Dinamo Riga is on a 2-game losing streak.

Kunlun is playing 2^nd of five straight home games.

Dinamo Riga is finishing a 3-game road trip.

Dinamo defeated KRS this season by a 5-3 score.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Ilya Proskuryakov, Ondrej Vitasek.

Milestone alert

Kunlun Red Star forward Vyacheslav Leshchenko is looking to pick his 100^th KHL point (currently at 98).

19:30 Avangard (16-5-6) – Ak Bars (20-5-4)

About the game

Avangard is on a 2-game winning streak.

Ak Bars is on a 4-game winning streak.

Avangard is starting a 2-game home series.

Ak Bars is playing 2^nd of three straight road games.

Ak Bars defeated Avangard this season by a 2-1 SO score.

Avangard has defeated Ak Bars in seven straight home games.

Ak Bars forward Alexander Burmistrov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Ak Bars forward Dmitry Voronkov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Ak Bars forward Mikhail Glukhov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.

Injury list

Avangard: Maxim Chudinov.

Ak Bars: Artyom Galimov, Albert Yarullin.

19:30 CSKA (22-4-3) – Sibir (11-14-3)

About the game

CSKA is on a 5-game winnings streak.

Sibir is on a 2-game winning streak.

CSKA in on a 1-game homestand.

Sibir is starting a 3-game road trip.

CSKA defeated Sibir this season by a 2-1 SO score.

Last time Sibir has defeated CSKA in Moscow on December 2, 2010.

CSKA forward Konstantin Okulov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.

CSKA forward Anton Slepyshev has points in 5 straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

CSKA forward Brendan Leipsic has points in 3 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Injury list

CSKA: Artyom Sergeyev, Nikolai Goldobin.

Sibir: Eric O’Dell, Anton Krasotkin.

Milestone alert

CSKA forward Andrei Svetlakov is looking to pick his 100^th KHL point (currently at 99).