Barys and Lokomotiv face off with both teams on a 2-game winning streak!

They’ve both been hot of late, but Lokomotiv crushed the Kazakhs earlier this season and hope to do it again today on the road.

Meanwhile, Dinamo Riga will be finishing a personal back-to-back with a game today against Severstal. As of yesterday, both were on 3-game losing streaks, so something is going to have to give.

16:30: Barys (12-11-5) vs Lokomotiv (20-7-4)

About the game

Barys is entering this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Lokomotiv is also coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.

Barys is playing the 3^rd of five straight home games.

Lokomotiv is playing the 1^st of four straight road games.

Lokomotiv defeated Barys earlier this season by a score of 7-2.

Karlsson has played 65:47 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Marchenko has points in four straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Alekseyev has points in three straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.

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

Injury list

Barys: Jesse Blacker, Darren Dietz, Dmitri Shevchenko

Lokomotiv: Andre Petersson, Atte Okhtamaa, Vladimir Tkachev

Milestone alert

Forward Pavel Kraskovsky is hoping to suit up for his 300^th career KHL game (currently at 299).

20:30: Dinamo Riga (4-22-4) vs Severstal (15-14-2)

About the game

Dinamo Riga is entering this contest on a 4-game losing streak.

Severstal is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.

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

Severstal is playing the 3^rd of three straight road games.

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

Petunin has points in seven straight games, going 6-2-8 over that span. No Severstal player has ever had points in eight straight games.

Kodola has points in three straight games, going 0-3-3.

Injury list

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).