Ak Bars now the KHL’s best overall team as it visits Dynamo Moscow!

29 wins in 42 games speaks volumes, but it’s a new full of new possibilities and Dynamo Moscow has shown time and again that they could care less when an opponent is on a winning streak.

Sibir got back into the win column recently against Amur and now Amur is out for revenge. Avtomobilist welcomes a Salavat club coming in on a little hot streak.

Metallurg hosts Dinamo Minsk with both teams having lost their last game while the ever-improving Traktor faces off against Neftekhimik, a team on a difficult 6-game losing streak.

Lastly, SKA will be looking to add to its 3-game winning streak right at home as it welcomes Severstal, which has managed to stay several games above .500 for most of the season.

15:30: Sibir (16-18-4) vs Amur (14-22-2)

About the game

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

Amur is coming into today’s game having lost its last game.

Sibir is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games.

Amur is playing the 2^nd of four straight road games.

Sibir defeated Amur 3-2 several days ago and has won the last six home games played against the boys from Khabarovsk.

Injury list

Sibir: Eric O’Dell

Amur: Artyom Zhelzkov, Valery Vasiliev, Dmitri Arkhipov

Milestone alert

Forwards Alexander Sharov and Juuso Puustinen are looking to collect their 100^th career KHL point (both currently at 99).

17:00: Avtomobilist (18-12-6) vs Salavat (22-14-3)

About the game

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

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

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

Salavat is playing the 1^st of two straight road games.

The teams have exchanged victories in two outings this season, with Avtomobilist having won 4-1 and Salavat having garnered a tight 1-0 OT win.

Injury list

Avtomobilist: Leonid Fomin, Korbinian Holzer

Salavat: Vladislav Kartayev

Milestone alert

Defenseman Maxim Berezin is hoping to suit up for his 500^th career KHL game (currently at 499).

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

17:00: Metallurg (22-12-4) vs Dinamo Minsk (20-13-3)

About the game

Metallurg is entering today’s contest fresh off a loss.

Dinamo Minsk is also entering today’s contest fresh off a loss.

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

Dinamo Minsk is playing the 4^th of four straight road games.

Injury list

Metallurg: Nikolai Prokhorkin, Nikolai Kulemin, Mikhail Pashnin

Dinamo Minsk: Dmitri Buinitsky, Rob Klinkhammer, Adam Almqvist, Ilya Shinkevich

Milestone alert

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

Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to collect his 500^th career KHL assist (currently at 498).

19:30: Neftekhimik (10-26-0) vs Traktor (23-13-2)

About the game

Neftekhimik is entering today’s contest on a 6-game losing streak.

Traktor is entering today’s contest fresh off a victory.

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

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

The teams have exchanged victories in their two games this season, namely by scores of 5-3 and 6-3.

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

Aberg has points in four straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.

Injury list

Neftekhimik: Vladimir Galuzin, Alexander Kucheryavenko

Traktor: Roman Manukhov

Milestone alert

Defenseman Denis Bodrov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

19:30: Dynamo Moscow (22-11-4) vs Ak Bars (29-7-4)

About the game

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

Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 7-game winning streak.

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games.

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

Garipov has played 72:40 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Bilyalov has played 108:21   straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

Da Costa has points in seven straight games, going 6-7-13 over that span.

Dawes has points in five straight games, going 4-4-8 over that span.

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Mikhail Grigoriev, Ivan Igumnov, Vladimir Bryukvin, Vyacheslav Kulemin, Oscar Lindberg

Ak Bars: Alexander Burmistrov, Artyom Lukoyanov

Milestone alert

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

19:30: SKA (24-9-5) vs Severstal (20-15-2)

About the game

SKA is entering today’s contest on a 3-game winning streak.

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

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

Severstal is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games2

SKA defeated Severstal twice this season by scores of 2-0 and 3-2.

SKA has won 14 straight home games played against Severstal. The last time they lost to them at home was on January 11^th, 2012, by a score of 4-0.

Podyapolsky has played 66:50 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

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

Tkachev has points in six straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span.

Kuzmenko has points in five straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

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

Injury list

SKA: Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy

Severstal: Yegor Chizhikov, Joonas Nattinen