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First clash between CSKA and SKA
It’s a clash of titans tonight as CSKA hosts SKA on a light KHL Monday. Three games are on tap, with only Western Conference teams hitting the ice. Dynamo Moscow plays a back-to-back match after defeating Severstal on Sunday (4:3) with a double by Dmitry Rashevsky and Brennan Manell’s first goal as a Blue-and-Whites’ player.
Then, Torpedo and Dinamo Minsk will both try to return to victory as the sides face in Nizhny Novgorod. If Torpedo only loss to Spartak on Friday, Dinamo Minsk is on a four-game losing streak and slipped down to the eighth place in the Conference’s standings.
Naturally, however, the main game of the night will be the one between CSKA and SKA. CSKA has been disappointing this season as it’s currently just the seventh seed in the West, while SKA has been extremely successful, with just one OT loss (to Dynamo Moscow) in its march. Will CSKA manage to stop SKA’s start? Tonight, we will know!
19:00: Kunlun Red Star (4-8-1, 10th W) vs Dynamo Moscow (10-3-0, 2nd W)
About the game
Kunlun Red Star, who’s yet to defeat the Muscovites in the KHL, is at its second of a four-game home series and defeated CSKA on Saturday (5:4 SO).
Dynamo Moscow starts a four-game road trip and won its previous five matches
Kunlun’s Red Star defenseman Zach Leslie had a helper in each of his previous three games.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jordan Weal is also on a three-game assist streak, with five assists over that span.
Injury list
Kunlun Red Star: Luke Lockhart, Paris O’Brien, Cliff Pu, Tyler Wong.
Dynamo Moscow: Bogdan Yakimov.
19:00: Torpedo (8-4-0, 4th W) vs Dinamo Minsk (6-5-2, 8th W)
About the game
Torpedo starts a three-game home series and lost to Spartak on Friday (4:3).
Dinamo Minsk plays to lone road game of the series and lost its previous four matches.
19:30: CSKA (6-4-2, 7th W) vs SKA (12-0-1, 1st W)
About the game
CSKA plays the lone home game of the series and is on a two-match losing streak.
SKA is in the middle of a three-match road trip and won its previous three matches.
SKA’s forward Marat Khairullin is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that span.
SKA’s forward Alexander Volkov is also on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (3+1) points.
SKA’s forward Damir Zhafyarov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 5 (1+4) points.
SKA’s forward Dmitrij Jaskin scored a goal in each of his previous three games.
Injury list
SKA: Nikita Komarov, Danila Moiseyev, Mikhail Pashnin, Alexander Samonov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy.
Milestone alert
SKA’s defenseman Roman Rukavishnikov may reach 500 KHL games.
