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Will Kunlun Red Star stop SKA as well?
The KHL matchday starts in the East with Sibir facing Avtomobilist. The Novosibirsk side finally returned to victory on Tuesday, with a home win over Neftekhimik. The Motormen, on the other hand, were shut out in Astana two days ago, after a four-game winning streak.
The showdown between Sibir and Avto is the only today’s match in the Eastern Conference – the action then moves to the West as Kunlun Red Star hosts SKA. The St. Petersburg franchise is the only undefeated team in the league, but the Dragons have just taken CSKA down – they’re ready to repeat the trick against SKA as well.
There’s another couple of games on tap tonight: Severstal hosts Dynamo Moscow, while Dinamo Minsk welcomes CSKA – two exciting matches that can have a serious influence on how the standings will look like at the end of the KHL Thursday.
15:30: Sibir (5-3-1, 4th E) vs Avtomobilist (6-2-1, 1st E)
About the game
Sibir ends a two-game home series and defeated Neftekhimik on Tuesday (3:2).
Avtomobilist, who has already defeated Sibir this season (5:2), ends a two-game road trip and lost to Barys also on Tuesday (2:0).
Injury list
Sibir: Vadim Kudako.
Avtomobilist: Ilya Makeyev, Valery Sitnikov.
Milestone alert
Avtomobilist’s forward Sergei Shirokov lines up for his 700th KHL game and may celebrate tallying his 200th KHL goals (currently at 198).
His teammate, forward Pavel Kulikov, may score his 100th career point (currently at 99).
Avtomobilist’s goalie Igor Bobkov may reach 30 KHL shutouts.
19:00: Kunlun Red Star (3-4-1, 10th W) vs SKA (8-0-0, 1st W)
About the game
Kunlun Red Star ends a three-game home series and is on a two-win streak, including sensationally defeating CSKA on Tuesday (2:1 OT).
SKA, who has never lost to the Dragons on an away game, plays its lone road game of the series, and is still undefeated.
Kunlun Red Star’s forward Tyler Wong is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (0+5) points.
SKA’s goalie Dmitry Nikolayev is on a 61:52 shutout streak.
Injury list
Kunlun Red Star: Cliff Pu.
SKA: Danila Moiseyev, Mikhail Pashnin, Alexander Samonov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy.
19:00: Severstal (4-3-1, 8th W) vs Dynamo Moscow (5-3-0, 4th W)
About the game
Severstal starts a three-game home series and is on a two-match losing streak.
Dynamo Moscow starts a two-match road trip and lost its previous couple of games.
Severstal’s captain Yegor Morozov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 6 (2+4) points over that span.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Eric O’Dell is also on a five-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points.
Injury list
Severstal: Alexander Suvorov.
Dynamo Moscow: Bogdan Yakimov.
Milestone alert
Severstal’s forward Dmitry Moiseyev lines up for his 200th KHL game.
Dynamo Moscow’s head coach Alexei Kudashov is at his 400th career game.
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (5-2-1, 3rd W) vs CSKA (5-2-1, 2nd W)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk ends a three-game home series and defeated Severstal on Tuesday (3:2).
CSKA ends a two-game road trip and lost to Kunlun Red Star also on Tuesday (1:2 OT).
The Minsk franchise lost its previous 10 home games to CSKA, with the most recent victory dated Sep 14, 2019 (3:2).
Milestone alert
CSKA’s forward Danil Yurtaikin lines up for his 100th KHL game.
His teammate, forward Mikhail Grigorenko, is eyeing his 100th goal in the KHL (currently at 99).
