Dynamo Moscow remains the hottest team in the league (well, just about) and will go for its 8th 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.
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 3rd of three straight home games.
CSKA is playing the 4th 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 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
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 1st of four straight home games.
Amur is playing the 2nd 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
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 2nd of three straight home games.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 3rd 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 150th career KHL assist (currently at 149).
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 2nd of two straight home games.
Salavat is playing the 2nd 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 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
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 1st 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