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 2nd 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 100th 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 2nd 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 100th KHL point (currently at 99).
