Huge task at hand for Kunlun as they head to Moscow to face CSKA!

They have may recently broke their terrible losing streak, but coming off a loss, Kunlun is heading across the continent to face league leading CSKA. Meanwhile, two of the east’s titans clash heads tonight as Avangard hosts Ak Bars, and neither has done much losing this season.

Barys and Sochi face each other in Kazakhstan as Barys continues a 5-game homestand while Spartak Moscow continues its grueling 6-game road trip in Siberia against Sibir.

Elsewhere, Lokomotiv looks for win number 20 as it hosts Severstal and Torpedo concludes a 4-game losing streak against Traktor, which has already racked up 20 wins.

The gameday concludes when CSKA hosts Kunlun in a battle of two teams that have gone very opposite directions this season.

14:00: Barys (11-11-5) vs Sochi (8-17-5)

About the game

Barys is entering today’s game having won its last contest.

Sochi is also entering today’s game having won its last game.

Barys is playing the 2^nd of five straight home games.

Sochi is playing the 1^st of three straight road games.

Sochi defeated Barys earlier this season by a score of 3-0.

Videll has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Shmelyev has points in three straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

Injury list

Barys: Jesse Blacker, Darren Dietz, Dmitri Shevchenko

Sochi: Alexei Krasikov

15:30: Sibir (13-15-3) vs Spartak Moscow (14-10-6)

About the game

Sibir is entering today’s game having lost its last contest.

Spartak Moscow is also entering today’s game having lost its last game.

Barys is playing the 1^st of four straight home games.

Spartak Moscow is playing the 5^th of six straight road games.

Injury list

Sibir: Eric O’Dell, Anton Krasotkin

Spartak Moscow: Nikita Pivtsakin, Dmitri Vishnevsky, Andrei Kuteikin

Milestone alert

Forward Ilya Zubov is hoping to collect his 300^th career KHL point (currently at 299).

Forward Ilya Talaluyev is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

17:00: Avangard (19-5-6) vs Ak Bars (22-6-4)

About the game

Avangard is entering today’s contest on a 5-game winning streak.

Ak Bars is entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Avangard is on a 1-game homestand.

Ak Bars is playing the 1^st of two straight home games.

The teams have split victories in their two matches this season, with Avangard having won 3-0 and Ak Bars having won 2-1 in OT.

Avangard has beaten Ak Bars in Omsk eight straight times.

Boucher has points in four straight games, going 2-5-7 over that span.

Zernov has points in four straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Injury list

Avangard: Andrei Stas, Sergei Tolchinsky

Ak Bars: Emil Galimov

Milestone alert

Defenseman Alexei Yemelin is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).

Goaltender Timur Bilyalov is hoping to be in net for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

Forward Danis Zaripov is hoping to suit up for his 750^th career KHL game (currently at 749).

19:00: Lokomotiv (19-7-4) vs Severstal (15-13-2)

About the game

Lokomotiv is entering this contest having won its last game.

Severstal is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.

Lokomotiv is playing the 2^nd of two straight home games.

Severstal is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games.

Marchenko has points in three straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.

Petunin has points in six straight games, going 5-2-7 over that span.

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Andre Petersson, Atte Okhtamaa, Vladimir Tkachev

Severstal: Yegor Chizhikov, Denis Vikharev, Makar Khabarov

Milestone alert

Forward Yegor Yakovlev is hoping to suit up for his 200^th career KHL game (currently at 199).

19:00: Neftekhimik (10-20-0) vs Dinamo Minsk (17-10-3)

About the game

Neftekhimik is entering today’s contest having won its last game.

Dinamo Minsk is entering today’s having lost its last contest.

Neftekhimik is playing the 2^nd of four straight home games.

Dinamo Minsk is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games.

Sharangovich has points in three straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.

Injury list

Dinamo Minsk: Dmitri Buinitsky, Rob Klinkhammer, Francis Pare, Adam Almqvist, Alexander Kogalev, Ilya Shinkevich

19:00: Torpedo (13-13-4) vs Traktor (20-9-2)

About the game

Torpedo is entering today’s game having lost its last contest.

Traktor is also entering today’s game having lost its last contest.

Torpedo is playing the 4^th of four straight home games.

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

Traktor defeated Torpedo earlier this season by a score of 4-1.

Zharyarov has points in seven straight games, going 6-4-10 over that span.

Chekhovich has points in five straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

Byvaltsev has points in three straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.

Injury list

Traktor: Roman Manukhov

19:30: Dynamo Moscow (17-9-4) vs Metallurg (18-10-4)

About the game

Dynamo Moscow is entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Metallurg is also entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3^rd of three straight home games.

Metallurg is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Teemu Pulkkinen, Mikhail Grigoriev, Ivan Igumnov, Vladimir Bryukvin, Ivan Vereshchagin

Metallurg: Nikolai Kulemin

Milestone alert

Forward Ivan Muranov is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

Forward Vadim Shipachyov is hoping to collect his 700^th career KHL point (currently at 697).

Forward Maxim Karpov is hoping to score his 100^th career KHL goal (currently at 99).

19:30: CSKA (24-5-3) vs Kunlun (6-21-3)

About the game

CSKA is entering today’s contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Kunlun is coming into today’s having lost its last contest.

CSKA is playing the 1^st of two straight home games.

Kunlun is on a 1-game road trip.

CSKA defeated Kunlun earlier this season by a score of 3-2.

Shikin pitched a shutout in his last outing.

Kempe has points in three straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.

Injury list

CSKA: Artyom Sergeyev, Nikolai Goldobin

Kunlun: Sam Lofquist

Milestone alert

Forward Vyacheslav Leshchenko is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).