Big battle in store as SKA welcomes Salavat to St. Petersburg!

There should be fireworks tonight in the Baltic region when SKA looks for its 4^th straight win against the very hot Salavat, which is nonetheless coming off its first loss of the season. About the same thing can be said for the match-up in Chelyabinsk, when Traktor hosts CSKA, also winners of 3 straight. However, Traktor is also coming off a seldom loss.

Dynamo Moscow remains the hottest team in the league (well, just about) and will go for its 8^th straight win tonight while paying Sochi a visit. Elsewhere, Kunlun hosts Amur in a bout featuring teams desperate for some victories and Severstal looks to put together its second straight victory while hosting the suddenly slumping Dinamo Riga.

17:00: Traktor (6-1-1) vs CSKA (7-2-0)

About the game
Traktor is entering today’s game fresh off a loss.

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

Traktor is playing the 3^rd of three straight home games.

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

Traktor has lost its last four home games against CSKA.

Okulov has points in three straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.

Gilmour has points in three straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
Nesterov has points in five straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.

Plotnikov has points in four straight games, going 5-3-8 over that span.

Injury list

Traktor: Alexei Potapov, Andrei Stas

CSKA: Andrei Svetlakov, Pavel Karnaukhov, Bogdan Kiselevich

Milestone alert

Forward Konstantin Okulov is hoping to score his 100^th career KHL goal (currently at 99).

19:30: Kunlun (2-5-0) vs Amur (1-5-1)

About the game

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

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

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

Amur is playing the 2^nd of four straight road games.
Tereschenko has points in three straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.

Injury list

Kunlun: Colin Joe

Amur: Nikita Pivtsakin, Dmitri Arkhipov, Vladimir Galuzin

19:30: Severstal (3-4-1) vs Dinamo Riga (3-6-0)

About the game

Severstal is entering today’s game having won its last game.

Dinamo Riga is entering today’s game on a 2-game losing streak.

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

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

Severstal has won the last six games played between these two teams.

Injury list

Severstal: Vladislav Podyapolsky

Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile, Roberts Mamcics

Milestone alert

Forward Martins Karsums is hoping to collect his 150^th career KHL assist (currently at 149).

19:30: SKA (6-2-0) vs Salavat (7-1-0)

About the game

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

Salavat is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.

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

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

Johansson has played 171:43 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Kuzmenko has points in seven straight games, going 1-10-11 over that span.

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

Injury list

Salavat: Philip Larsen, Stepan Sannikov, Alexei Pustozyorov

Milestone alert

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

19:30: Sochi (3-4-2) vs Dynamo Moscow (7-0-0)

About the game

Sochi is coming into today’s game fresh off a victory.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into today’s game on a 7-game winning streak.

Sochi is on a 1-game homestand.

Dynamo Moscow is playing the 1^st of two straight road games.

Hellberg has played 77:28 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

With a win today, head coach of Dynamo Alexei Kudashov is hoping to break a record for regular season wins in a row (currently at 23)

Shipachyov has points in seven straight games, going 8-8-16 over that span.

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

Injury list

Dynamo Moscow: Oscar Lindberg, Ivan Muranov, Bogdan Trineyev, Artyom Fedorov, Mikhail Fisenko