First day losers will be looking to get on track on 2nd gameday!

CSKA can surely smell blood as Riga heads to Moscow on the tails of a loss while the same can be said for Avangard, which will host Admiral, coming in on a long distance trip. Ak Bars hopes to send Kunlun back to Mytishchi with an 0-2 record while Lokomotiv hosts SKA for the day’s biggest battle.

Jokerit hopes to get into the win column on the road against a Neftekhimik team that has made some waves in recent years while Spartak Moscow welcomes an Amur team it strongly feels it can rack up its second win against.

Capping off the gameday is a match-up between Sochi and Vityaz, both of whom got into the win column in their first game. Don’t miss a minute of action today!

14:30: CSKA vs Dinamo Riga

About the game

CSKA is coming into today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Dinamo Riga is also coming into today’s game fresh off a defeat.
CSKA is on a 1-game homestand.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games.

Injury list

CSKA: Andrei Svetlakov
Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile, Jere Karjalainen, Roberts Mamcics, Reece Scarlett

Milestone alert

Defenseman Nikita Nesterov is hoping to collect his 250^th career KHL games (currently at 249).
Forward Martins Karsums is hoping to collect his 150^th career KHL assist (currently at 149).

17:00: Avangard vs Admiral

About the game

Avangard is coming into today’s game fresh off a victory.
Admiral is coming into today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Avangard is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games
Admiral is playing the 2^nd of five straight home games.
Avangard last lost to Admiral on home ice back on February 4th, 2017, by a score of 3-1.

Injury list

Avangard: Ivan Telegin

17:00: Ak Bars vs Kunlun Red Star

About the game

Ak Bars is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Kunlun is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Ak Bars is playing the 2^nd of four straight home games
Kunlun is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.

Injury list

Ak Bars: Kirill Petrov, Kristian Khenkel

Milestone alert

Forward Dmitri Kagarlitsky is hoping to collect his 250^th career KHL assist (currently at 249).

17:00: Lokomotiv vs SKA

About the game

Lokomotiv is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
SKA is also entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Lokomotiv is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games
SKA is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.

Milestone alert

Defenseman Maxim Osipov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).
Forward Vladislav Kamenev is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).
Defenseman Vasili Tokranov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

17:00: Neftekhimik vs Jokerit

About the game

Neftekhimik is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Jokerit is however entering today’s game fresh off an initial loss.
Neftekhimik is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games
Jokerit is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.

Injury list

Jokerit: Henrik Haapala

Milestone alert

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

17:00: Spartak Moscow vs Amur

About the game

Spartak Moscow is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Amur is entering today’s game fresh off a loss.
Spartak Moscow is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games
Admiral is playing the 2^nd of four straight road games.

Injury list

Spartak Moscow: Ilya Talaluyev, Maxim Tsyplakov, Yakov Rylov
Amur: Valery Vasiliyev, Nikita Pivtsakin

Milestone alert

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

17:00: Sochi vs Vityaz

About the game

Sochi is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Vityaz is also entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Sochi is playing the first of three straight home games.
Vityaz is playing the first of three straight road games.

Milestone alert

Goaltender Ilya Yezhov is hoping to collect his 150^th career KHL victory (currently at 149).