Torpedo looks to make it five in a row against Neftekhimik!

Several scoring streaks are on hand as well as the hot Torpedo club heads to Nizhnekamsk for today’s battle, but it’s a place it’s had little success in the past few years. Salavat has win 25 in the bag and hopes to prolong its 3-game winning streak against an Avangard club that has dropped two straight. Meanwhile, Kunlun looks to take its third in a row (we know, hard to believe) at home against an always difficult Severstal.

Elsewhere, Lokomotiv is at home and hoping to stack up its win count against a Sibir club it’s had little problem with in recent years there in Yaroslavl while Dinamo Minsk concludes a 4-game homestand against a SKA team it hasn’t had much success against whatsoever.

Sochi welcomes Jokerit, which has points in four straight games, while CSKA looks to rack up its next victory against the ever-shaky Avtomobilist.

14:30: Salavat (25-15-3) vs Avangard (23-8-10)

About the game

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

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

Salavat is playing the 3^rd of four straight home games.

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

Salavat defeated Avangard twice this season and admittedly by scores of 3-2 and 4-3 in OT.

Metsola has played 84:46 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Hartikainen has points in six straight games, going 0-9-9 over that span.

Granlund has points in five straight games, going 5-4-9 over that span.

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

Injury list

Salavat: Mikhail Vorobyov

Avangard: Artyom Manukyan, Andrei Stas, Damir Sharipzyanov, Ville Pokka

Milestone alert

Defenseman Grigori Panin is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

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

Forward Geoff Platt is hoping to collect his 350^th career KHL point (currently at 349).

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

17:00: Kunlun (10-22-7) vs Severstal (21-17-3)

About the game

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

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

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

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

Injury list

Severstal: Joonas Nattinen, Yegor Chizhikov

17:00: Lokomotiv (25-10-5) vs Sibir (18-20-4)

About the game

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

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

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

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

Lokomotiv defeated Sibir earlier this season by an overtime score of 4-3.

Lokomotiv has won the last five home games played against Sibir, having last been defeated on October 13^th, 2013, by a tight OT score of 2-1.

Kayumov has points in four straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.

Petersson has points in five straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

Pulkkinen has points in three straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Injury list

Lokomotiv: Yegor Averin, Pavel Kudryavtsev

Sibir: Eric O’Dell

Milestone alert

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

Forward Alexander Sharov is looking to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).

17:00: Neftekhimik (12-29-0) vs Torpedo (22-15-5)

About the game

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

Torpedo is entering today’s contest on a 4-game winning streak.

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

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

Neftekhimik has won its last three home games against Torpedo.

Torpedo defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by a score of 5-1.

Ivannikov has played 61:27 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Zhafyarov has points in six straight games, going 3-9-12 over that span.

Miele has points in six straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.

Chekhovich has points in four straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.

Injury list

Torpedo: Semyon Der-Arguchintsev

Milestone alert

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

17:00: Sochi (12-24-6) vs Jokerit (21-12-4)

About the game

Sochi is entering today’s contest coming off a loss.

Jokerit is entering today’s contest fresh off an overtime loss.

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

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

Jokerit has defeated Sochi already twice this season, namely by scores of 3-0 and 5-4 in OT.

O’Neill has points in four straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

Schroeder has points in three straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.

Haapala has points in four straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Norman has points in four straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.

Injury list

Jokerit: Iiro Pakarinen

17:00: CSKA (29-7-4) vs Avtomobilist (21-12-7)

About the game

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

Avtomobilist is entering today’s contest fresh off a defeat.

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

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

CSKA defeated Avtomobilist earlier this season by a score of 5-1.

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

Shalunov has points in seven straight games, going 6-3-9 over that span.

Injury list

CSKA: Anton Slepyshev, Andrei Loktionov

Avtomobilist: Pavel Kulikov, Leonid Fomin, Sergei Shumakov

Milestone alert

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

19:30: Dinamo Minsk (22-15-3) vs SKA (26-10-6)

About the game

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

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

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

SKA is playing the 4^th of five straight road games.

Spooner has points in three straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

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

Hellberg has played 65:30 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list

Dinamo Minsk: Dmitri Buinitsky, Brandon Kozun, Ilya Shinkevich

SKA: Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy

Milestone alert

Forward Denis Mosalyov is hoping to play his 600^th career KHL game (currently at 599).