CSKA has lost two in a row and now heads to Minsk to face a Dinamo team it hasn’t had much trouble with in recent years, especially in Minsk! Another Dynamo, namely Moscow, has hit the 30-win mark and now welcomes Sochi to the nation’s capital.
Elsewhere, Jokerit hosts Torpedo and Dinamo Riga faces off at home against Severstal.
19:00: Lokomotiv (32-13-5) vs Avangard (29-11-10)
About the game
Lokomotiv is entering today’s contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Avangard is also entering today’s contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Avangard is playing the 5th of six straight road games.
Petersson has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Lander has points in four straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
Kayumov has points in four straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Averin has points in three straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
Zernov has points in three straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Kovalchuk has points in three straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.
Injury list
Lokomotiv: Georgi Ivanov, Pavel Kudryavtsev
Avangard: Arseni Gritsyuk, Ville Pokka, Alexander Yaremchuk, Yegor Chinakhov, Jiri Sekac
Milestone alert
Forward Ilya Kablukov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (27-19-3) vs CSKA (35-10-5)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk is entering this contest having lost its last game.
CSKA is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
CSKA is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Dinamo Minsk actually defeated CSKA once this season by a score of 4-2, but lost twice to them as well, each time by a score of 5-1.
Dinamo has lost eight straight home games played against CSKA, having last beat them in Minsk on September 14th, 2014, by a score of 3-2.
Johansson has played 73:41 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Injury list
Dinamo Minsk: Dmitri Buinitsky, Brandon Kozun, Ryan Spooner, Ilya Solovyov, Pavel Varfolomeyev
CSKA: Adrian Kempe
Milestone alert
Forward Alexander Popov is hoping to collect his 400th career KHL point (currently at 399).
19:30: Dynamo Moscow (30-15-5) vs Sochi (13-30-8)
About the game
Dynamo Moscow is entering this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Sochi is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 8th of ten straight home games.
Sochi is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Dynamo defeated Sochi earlier this season by a score of 3-2.
Shipachyov has points in five straight games, going 4-5-9 over that span.
Jaskin will set a Dynamo club record for goals in a regular season if manages to score one more goal in the regular season, which would be his 32nd.
Tochitsky has points in three straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
Shmelyov has points in nine straight games, going 8-2-10 over that span. With that eighth goal, he set both personal and club records for goal scoring streaks. Should he get another point tonight, he’ll set a new club record for the longest scoring streak.
Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Mikhail Grigoriev, Semyon Pankratov
19:30: Jokerit (26-16-5) vs Torpedo (26-18-7)
About the game
Jokerit is entering this contest having won its last game.
Torpedo is also coming into this contest having won its last game.
Jokerit is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Torpedo defeated Jokerit earlier this season by a score of 3-2.
Zhafyarov has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Injury list
Jokerit: Iiro Pakarinen, Anders Lindback, Peter Regin
Torpedo: Semyon Der-Arguchintsev
Suspension
Torpedo: Defenseman Brady Austin will miss this game while serving the 2nd of a 3-game suspension.
20:30: Dinamo Riga (8-34-7) vs Severstal (25-21-4)
About the game
Dinamo Riga is entering today’s contest on a 3-game losing streak.
Severstal is entering today’s contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Severstal is playing the 5th of five straight road games.
Severstal has defeated Dinamo Riga three times this season by scores of 3-2, 4-2, and 4-3 in OT.
Lipon has points in three straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
Geraskin has points in three straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
Berglund has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Injury list
Dinamo Riga: Danila Larionovs, Stanislov Galimov
Severstal: Yegor Chizhikov