CSKA hoping a victory in Riga lets them catch also active Ak Bars!

The opportunity is a good one against a Dinamo team that has dropped several in a row after a nice streak of wins. However, Ak Bars is playing today as well, namely against Barys. The men from Kazan lost their last game, so they’ll be looking to start their next winning streak.

Amur gets things started with another battle against a slumping Kunlun while Sibir hosts Salavat with both coming off recent wins.

Dynamo Moscow welcomes fellow Muscovites Vityaz, winners of two in a row, while SKA hosts Sochi, each having lost four in a row. This is not territory that SKA is used to being in.

12:00: Amur (16-24-4) vs Kunlun (10-25-7)

About the game

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

Kunlun is entering today’s contest on a 3-game losing streak.

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

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

Amur has defeated Kunlun twice this season by scores of 4-2 and 5-4.

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

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

Pyanov has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

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

Lugin has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Lockhart has points in three straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.

Injury list

Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Danil Faizullin

Milestone alert

Defenseman Viktor Baldayev is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

15:30: Sibir (19-21-4) vs Salavat (26-15-4)

About the game

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

Salavat is also entering today’s contest on a 1-game winning streak.

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

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

Salavat has defeated Sibir three times this season by scores of 4-3 in OT, 3-1, and 3-1.

Hartikainen has points in eight straight games, going 4-11-15 over that span. With a point today, he can break the KHL record for points in a season by a Finnish-born player (both he and Esa Pirnes have collected 50 points in a single season).

Granlund has points in seven straight games, going 7-5-12 over that span.

Manninen has points in three straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.

Larsen has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Injury list

Sibir: Eric O’Dell

Salavat: Mikhail Vorobyov

Milestone alert

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

Goaltender Anton Krasotkin is hoping to make his 100^th KHL appearance in goal (currently at 99).

Forward Dmitri Kugryshev is hoping to collect his 300^th career KHL assist (currently at 299).

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

16:30: Barys (22-14-5) vs Ak Bars (32-8-4)

About the game

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

Ak Bars is entering today’s contest on a 1-game losing streak.

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

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

The teams have exchanged victories this season, 1-0 in OT for Barys and 3-1 for Ak Bars.

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

Da Costa has points in 11 straight games, going 11-10-21 over that span.

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

Injury list

Barys: Viktor Svedberg, Leonid Metalnikov

Ak Bars: Alexander Burmistrov, Viktor Tikhonov

Milestone alert

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

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

19:30: Dynamo Moscow (26-14-4) vs Vityaz (21-19-3)

About the game

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

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

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2^nd of ten(!) straight home games.

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

Moscow has defeated Vityaz twice this season by scores of 2-1 and 5-1 but lost once 5-1 as well.

Yeremenko has played 73:54 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

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

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

Yezhov has played 84:17 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

Daugavins has points in six straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.

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

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Mikhail Grigoriev, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Vladimir Bryukvin, Oscar Lindberg, Sergei Boikov, Magnus Paarjarvi-Svensson

Vityaz: Yevgeni Katichev

19:30: SKA (26-11-8) vs Sochi (12-27-6)

About the game

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

Sochi is also entering today’s contest on 4-game losing streak.

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

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

SKA has already defeated Sochi three times this season by scores of 4-3 and twice by 4-1.

Injury list

SKA: Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy

20:30: Dinamo Riga (7-28-7) vs CSKA (31-7-5)

About the game

Dinamo Riga is entering this contest on a 2-game losing streak.

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

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

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

Dinamo last defeated CSKA on home ice on October 23^rd, 2013, by a score of 4-3. Their winless streak against the Muscovites now stretches 13 games.

Injury list

Dinamo Riga: Jordan Murray, Janis Svanenbergs, Stanislov Galimov

CSKA: Anton Slepyshev, Andrei Loktionov

Milestone alert

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