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SKA eyeing fifth straight win in Moscow!
SKA has conquered 27 out of 28 possible points in this season’s start – it has been an incredible rush so far, with just one OT loss to Dynamo Moscow. Tonight, the Roman Rotenberg’s men have a chance to improve their record visiting Moscow. History is on SKA’s side, with the St. Petersburg franchise winning 40 out of 60 KHL contests against the Red-and-Whites so far.
The second game of the KHL matchday sees Dinamo Minsk hosting Vityaz. The game will be very important for both teams from a standings point of view – the Belarusians are the seventh seed in the West and will want to gather points and maybe climb up a bit as the Conference’s standings are very tight. However Vityaz will also want to defend its fifth place and travel to Minsk with confidence on a good result.
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (7-5-2, 7th W) vs Vityaz (7-3-3, 5th W)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk plays the lone home game in the series and defeated Torpedo on Monday (3:2 OT).
Vityaz is in the middle of a three-game road trip and is on a three-game winning streak.
Injury list
Vityaz: Alexander Avtsin.
Milestone alert
Vityaz’s defenseman Artyom Borodkin may line up for his 500th KHL game.
19:30: Spartak (7-4-3, 3rd W) vs SKA (13-0-1, 1st W)
About the game
Spartak ends a four-game home series and lost to Vityaz on Sunday (1:5).
SKA ends a three-game road trip and is on a four-match winning streak.
SKA’s forward Marat Khairullin is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points over that span.
SKA’s forward Damir Zhafyarov is on a six-game scoring streak, with 6 (1+5) points.
SKA’s defenseman Andrei Pedan had an assist in each of his previous three games.
Injury list
Spartak: Shane Prince, Semyon Ruchkin.
SKA: Nikita Komarov, Danila Moiseyev, Mikhail Pashnin, Alexander Samonov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoy.
Milestone alert
SKA’s defenseman Andrei Pedan lines up for his 200th KHL game.
