Three games on tap as 2021 hockey action continues to rev up!

Amur looks to end an ugly 4-game losing streak against a Barys club that just hit the 20-win mark. Spartak Moscow hopes to hit that 20-win plateau, but is a loser of two in row as it visits Metallurg, which has also dropped two in a row.

Meanwhile, Dynamo Moscow looks to continue its winning ways as it cruises into Riga to face Dinamo, which finally got in the win column to conclude 2020.

10:00: Amur (14-24-3) vs Barys (20-13-5)

About the game

Amur is entering today’s contest on a 4-game losing streak.

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

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

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

Barys defeated Amur earlier this season by a score 5-2.

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

Injury list

Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Danil Fayzullin.

Barys: Leonid Metalnikov, Viktor Svedberg.

Milestone alert

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

15:00: Metallurg (23-13-5) vs Spartak (19-16-6)

About the game

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

Spartak is also entering today’s contest on a 2-game losing streak.

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

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

Spartak has never won a game in Magnitogorsk.

Injury list

Metallurg: Grigory Dronov, Sergei Mozyakin, Bogdan Potekhin.

Spartak: Dmitry Vishnevsky, Andrei Kuteikin, Jori Lehtera, Alexander Nikishin.

Milestone alert

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

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

Forward is Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to collect his 500^th career KHL assist (currently at 499).

Defenseman Damir Musin is hoping to suit up for his 300^th career KHL game (currently at 299).

Forward Anatoli Nikontsev is hoping to collect his 200^th career KHL point (currently at 199).

Forward Pavel Chernov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

20:30: Dinamo Riga (6-26-7) vs Dynamo Moscow (25-12-4)

About the game

Dynamo Riga is entering this contest having won its last game.

Dynamo Moscow is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.

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

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3^rd of four straight road games.

Moscow defeated Riga earlier this season by a score of 6-1.

Shipachyov has points in three straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.

Kagarlitsky has points in five straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Stanislav Galimov, Jordan Murray, Toni Sund.

Dynamo Moscow: Vladimir Bryukvin, Mikhail Grigoryev, Vyacheslav Kulyomin, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Oscar Lindberg.

Milestone alert

Forward Denis Parshin is hoping to collect his 400^th career KHL point (currently at 398).