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Green Derby, round 3, in Ufa!
Today is an eventful matchday in the KHL, with the third edition of the Green Derby scheduled in Ufa. After Kazan took home the first round with a 3:0 victory, Salavat Yulaev had its revenge last week with a 3:2 win and Shakir Mukhamadullin netting the game-winner. The teams exchanged victories so far, thus a team will get the go-ahead in the series tonight.
In the meantime, Metallurg hosts Avtomobilist. Despite the injuries, the Motormen are still the second seed in the East and they will certainly want to defeat Magnitka and take back the reigns – but it won’t be easy as Metallurg is on a two-game winning streak and will want to stretch it.
The action then moves to the West, with four further games. First, Vityaz hosts Kunlun Red Star, with both sides losing games recently. Then, Torpedo welcomes Dynamo Moscow in an exciting matchup in Nizhny Novgorod. Also the Western leader will hit the ice tonight, as SKA faces Neftekhimik in St. Petersburg. SKA suffered only one regulation loss thus far this year, and the Wolves have two goalies sitting on the injury list.
A showdown between HC Sochi and Traktor closes the matchday. Recently, the Black Sea franchise fired its coach Andrei Nazarov and tonight Sergei Svetlov will have his debut on the team’s bench. Most recently, Svetlov coached Amur in the 2020-2021 season.
17:00: Metallurg (15-4-3, 1st E) vs Avtomobilist (15-6-1, 2nd E)
About the game
Metallurg enters the second of a three-game home series on a two-match winning streak.
Avtomobilist ends a four-match road trip and defeated HC Sochi on Sunday (5:2).
Metallurg’s goalie Vasily Koshechkin is on a 98:40 shutout streak.
Metallurg’s forward Brandon Leipsic is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points over that span.
Injury list
Metallurg: Mikhail Fisenko.
Avtomobilist: Jesse Blacker, Alexei Makeyev, Arsen Khisamutdinov, Stepan Khripunov, Sergei Shirokov, Curtis Valk.
Milestone alert
Avtomobilist’s goalie Igor Bobkov may reach 30 KHL shutouts.
17:00: Salavat Yulaev (13-5-3, 3rd E) vs Ak Bars (9-8-4, 7th E)
About the game
Salavat Yulaev starts a three-game home series on a four-match winning streak.
Ak Bars ends a two-match road trip and lost its previous couple of games.
Both teams have already defeated each other this season (3:2, 0:3).
Salavat Yulaev’s forward Alexander Chmelevski is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points over that span.
Salavat Yulaev’s defenseman Ryan Murphy is on an eight-game scoring streak, with 8 (2+6) points.
Salavat Yulaev’s forward Shakir Mukhamadullin is on a five-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points.
Injury list
Salavat Yulaev: Josh Ho-Sang, Evgeny Timkin.
Milestone alert
Ak Bars’ forward Vadim Shipachyov lines up for his 850th KHL game.
19:00: Vityaz (10-7-5, 7th W) vs Kunlun Red Star (8-12-3, 10th W)
About the game
Vityaz starts a three-game home series and is on a five-match losing streak.
Kunlun Red Star ends a four-match road trip and is on a three-game losing streak.
Vityaz’s forward Scott Wilson is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points over that span.
Injury list
Vityaz: Tyler Graovac.
Kunlun Red Star: Paris O’Brien, Ryan Sproul, Tyler Wong.
19:30: Torpedo (13-7-1, 5th W) vs Dynamo Moscow (14-5-3, 3rd W)
About the game
Torpedo ends a three-game home series and is on a two-match winning streak.
Dynamo Moscow ends a two-match road trip and defeated Dinamo Minsk on Monday (1:0).
Torpedo’s forward Dennis Yan is on a five-game scoring streak, with 6 (2+4) points over that span.
Dynamo Moscow’s goalie Konstantin Volkov is on a 106:04 shutout streak.
Injury list
Torpedo: Vasily Atanasov, Yu Sato.
Dynamo Moscow: Ivan Igumnov, Brennan Menell, Nail Yakupov, Vladislav Yefremov.
Milestone alert
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Eric O’Dell may reach 100 KHL assists.
19:30: SKA (20-1-1, 1st W) vs Neftekhimik (9-11-1, 8th E)
About the game
SKA ends a four-game home series and is on a four-match winning streak.
Neftekhimik starts a three-game road trip and won its previous couple of matches.
SKA’s forward Dmitrij Jaskin is on a four-game scoring streak, with 6 (3+3) points over that span.
SKA’s forward Mikhail Vorobyov is also on a four-game scoring streak, with 6 (2+4) points.
SKA’s forward Marat Khusnutdinov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points.
Injury list
SKA: Zakhar Bardakov, Nikita Komarov, Mikhail Pashnin, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi.
Neftekhimik: Emil Garipov, Andrei Tikhomirov.
Milestone alert
SKA’s defenseman Nikita Kamalov lines up for his 300th KHL game.
19:30: HC Sochi (3-14-3, 11th W) vs Traktor (8-11-3, 9th E)
About the game
HC Sochi is in the middle of a three-game home series and lost its previous seven matches.
Traktor is in the middle of a three-game road trip and lost to CSKA on Monday (5:2).
HC Sochi celebrated its last home win over Traktor on Nov 17, 2016 (2:1).
Injury list
HC Sochi: Artyom Fyodorov, Brandon Gormley, Joe Morrow, Kirill Petkov, Sergei Popov, Nikita Zorkin.
Traktor: Igor Isayev.
Milestone alert
Traktor’s forward Mikhail Kotlyarevsky may line up for his 100th KHL game tonightl
