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 2nd of three straight home games.
Amur is playing the 2nd 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 100th 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 2nd of four straight home games.
Salavat is playing the 1st 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 500th career KHL game (currently at 499).
Forward Brooks Macek is hoping to suit up for his 100th 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 3rd of three straight home games.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 4th 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 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to collect his 500th 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 2nd of two straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 2nd 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 100th 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 2nd of three straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 3rd 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 300th 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 2nd of two straight home games.
Severstal is playing the 2nd 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 11th, 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