Eight games on tap with Jokerit looking for its 9th win in a row!

Jokerit is at home looking for its 9^th straight win, and it welcomes a Sochi team that it has beaten six times in a row at home. You can’t ask for a better scenario. Is win number 9 basically a sure thing?

SKA is looking to get back to some winning ways in Minsk while Lokomotiv hosts an oh so mighty Salavat, against whom it’s done well in recent years. The day will start off in Astana where Barys will welcome Sibir, both teams having shared about the same uneventful fate to begin this season. This game is followed by Automobilist concluding a 4-game homestand against a Traktor team that has won seven of its nine games thus far.

With a loss in tow, CSKA travels to Magnitogorsk, where it’ll face Metallurg, winners of six straight. This one promises to be a doozy. Meanwhile, Torpedo will have things tough at home as it tries to end a 4-game losing streak against visitor Dynamo Moscow, which is not only shooting for its 9^th straight win but has yet to be defeated.

Vityaz is also hosting Amur, a game pitting two recent winners that have both gotten off to less than ideal starts.

14:00: Barys (2-4-2) vs Sibir (6-2-0)

About the game
Barys is entering today’s game on a 3-game losing streak.
Sibir is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Barys is playing the 2^nd of three straight home games.
Sibir is playing the 1^st of four straight road games.
Barys has lost three straight home games to Sibir.
Mikhailis has points in seven straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.
Säteri has played 60:13 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.

Injury list
Sibir: Nikita Korotkov, Jyrki Jokipakka, Vadim Kudako, Nikita Shashkov, Yevgeni Chesalin

Milestone alert
Goaltender Harri Säteri is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL victory (currently at 99).

15:00: Avtomobilist (5-3-1) vs Traktor (7-1-1)

About the game
Avtomobilist is entering today’s game coming off a victory.
Traktor is also entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Avtomobilist is playing the 4^th of four straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 1^st of three straight road games.

Injury list
Avtomobilist: Ilya Ovchinnikov, Maxim Rasseikin
Traktor: Alexei Potapov, Andrei Stas

Milestone alert
Forward Stanislav Bocharov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).

16:30: Metallurg (8-1-0) vs CSKA (7-3-0)

About the game
Metallurg is entering today’s game on an outstanding 6-game winning streak.
CSKA is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Metallurg is playing the 1^st of three straight home games.
CSKA is playing the 5^th of five straight road games.
Maillet has points in six straight games, going 5-8-13 over that span.
Pashnin has points in four straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.

Injury list
Metallurg: Grigori Dronov
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).

16:00: Jokerit (8-2-0) vs Sochi (3-5-2)

About the game
Jokerit is coming into today’s game on an amazing 8-game winning streak.
Sochi is coming into today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Jokerit is playing the 1^st of three straight home games.
Sochi is playing the 1^st of three straight road games.
Jokerit has won its last six home games played against Sochi.
O’Neill has points in five straight games, going 1-7-8 over that span.
Schroeder has points in four straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.

Injury list
Jokerit: Henrik Haapala

Suspensions
Jokerit: Forward Nicklas Jensen will miss today’s game while serving a 1-game suspension.

17:00: Torpedo (3-5-1) vs Dynamo Moscow (8-0-0)

About the game
Torpedo is coming into today’s game on a 4-game losing streak.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into today’s game on a wonderful 8-game winning streak.
Torpedo is playing the 2^nd of three straight road games.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2^nd of two straight road games.
Yeremenko has played 98:38 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
Shipachyov has points in eight straight games, going 8-10-18 over that span.
Voynov has points in three straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.

Injury list
Torpedo: Andrei Belevich
Dynamo Moscow: Oscar Lindberg, Bogdan Trineyev, Artyom Fedorov

17:00: Vityaz (2-3-4) vs Amur (2-6-1)

About the game
Vityaz is entering today’s game having won their last contest.
Amur is also entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Vityaz is playing the 1^st of three straight home games.
Amur is playing the 3^rd of four straight road games.
Audette has points in four straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
Alikin has played 75:24 straight minutes of shutout hockey.

Injury list
Vityaz: Igor Golovkov
Amur: Nikita Pivtsakin, Dmitri Arkhipov, Vladimir Galuzin, Patrik Bartosak

Milestone alert
Forward Fedor Malykhin is hoping to score his 100^th career KHL goal (currently at 99) and collect his 100^th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Both Fedor Malykhin and Viktor Antipin are hoping to collect their 200^th career KHL point (currently at 198 each).

17:30: Lokomotiv (3-5-1) vs Salavat (8-1-0)

About the game
Salavat is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Salavat is playing the 3^rd of three straight road games.
Lokomotiv has won six straight games played against Salavat.
Salavat last won a game in Yaroslavl on December 7^th, 2015, by a score of 3-1.
Granlund has points in three straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.

Injury list
Lokomotiv: Anton Sagadeyev, Andre Petersson
Salavat: Philip Larsen, Stepan Sannikov, Alexei Pustozyorov

Milestone alert
Defenseman Maxim Osipov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).
Forward Nikolai Kulemin is hoping to suit up for his 200^th career KHL game (currently at 199).
Forward Teemu Hartikainen is hoping to collect his 400^th career KHL point (currently at 396).

17:30: Dinamo Minsk (4-4-0) vs SKA (6-3-0)

About the game
Dinamo Minsk is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
SKA is also entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 1^st of three straight home games.
SKA is playing the 1^st of two straight road games.
Burdasov has points in four straight games, going 4-3-7 over that span.

Injury list
Dinamo Minsk: Adam Almqvist, Artyom Demkov, Denis Mosalyov

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