Powerhouses Lokomotiv & Avangard meet with winning streaks to defend!

Each have won three in a row and belong to the best the league has to offer. Avangard may be a bit weary as the conclude a 6-game road trip, right?

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 1^st of two straight home games.

Avangard is playing the 5^th 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 100^th 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 2^nd of four straight home games.

CSKA is playing the 2^nd 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 14^th, 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 400^th 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 8^th of ten straight home games.

Sochi is playing the 2^nd 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 3^rd of four straight home games.

Torpedo is playing the 3^rd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd of two straight home games.

Severstal is playing the 5^th 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