SKA, CSKA on the road trying to stretch winning streaks!
The KHL matchday starts with an early game in Moscow, where Dynamo hosts Torpedo. The Blue-and-Whites had a nice game against SKA on Saturday, but loss after SO after a shutout loss to Torpedo on Wednesday. For the rematch, both teams have enough injured players, and the game can go either way when the sides collide for the second time this year.
The action then moves to the East, where Avtomobilists hosts Admiral and Traktor welcomes Amur. The Motormen lost the lead to Metallurg and will want to catch up in this home game, while Traktor is still seeking its path to the victory this year, and is on a surprising, yet disappointing, ninth place in the Conference.
If talking about disappointments, another two Eastern teams are also trying to get rid of this word tonight: Ak Bars hosts Neftekhimik after three straight defeats, while Avangard travels to the Moscow Region to face Kunlun Red Star after a shutout loss to Admiral.
SKA and CSKA’s games, against Spartak Moscow and HC Sochi, respectively, close an exciting KHL Sunday with plenty of actions and emotions.
13:00: Dynamo Moscow (14-6-4, 3rd W) vs Torpedo (14-8-1, 5th W)
About the game
Dynamo Moscow is in the middle of a three-game home series and lost its previous couple of matches.
Torpedo, who has already defeated Dynamo this season (3:0), is in the middle of a three-game road trip and lost against Lokomotiv on Friday (0:2).
Torpedo’s goalie Ivan Kulbakov is on a 68:11 shutout streak.
Torpedo collected its last win in Moscow against Dynamo on Oct 31, 2017.
Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Ivan Igumnov, Brennan Menell, Bogdan Yakimov, Vladislav Yefremov.
Torpedo: Vasily Atanasov, Mikhail Orlov, Yu Sato.
14:30: Avtomobilist (15-7-1, 2nd E) vs Admiral (11-9-3, 5th E)
About the game
Avtomobilist starts a three-game home series and lost to Metallurg on Wednesday (0:3).
Admiral is at its second of a four-game road trip and won its previous couple of matches.
Avtomobilist won its previous ten games against the Sailors, with the latest home defeat dated Oct 08, 2015 (1:3).
Admiral’s forward Michal Kristof is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points over that span.
Admiral’s goalie Nikita Serebryakov is on a 76:11 shutout streak.
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Jesse Blacker, Arsen Khisamutdinov, Stepan Khripunov, Alexei Makeyev, Sergei Shirokov, Curtis Valk.
Admiral: Mikhail Belyayev, Anton Berlyov, Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov, Yury Pautov.
Milestone alert
Avtomobilist’s goalie Igor Bobkov may reach 30 KHL shutout.
Admiral’s forward Alexander Gorshkov may collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
14:30: Traktor (9-12-3, 9th E) vs Amur (7-11-4, 11th E)
About the game
Traktor starts a four-game home series after a loss to Metallurg on Friday (3:4).
Amur starts a three-game road trip fresh off a win over Severstal on Thursday (5:2).
Traktor’s forward Alexei Byvaltsev is on a three-game scoring streak, with 5 (3+2) points over that span.
Amur’s defenseman Michal Jordan is also on a three-game scoring streak, with five helpers distributed.
Injury list
Traktor: Daniil Isayev, Ilya Karpukhin.
Amur: Andrei Alexeyev, Andrew Calof, Igor Rudenkov, Kirill Slepets.
17:00: Ak Bars (9-9-4, 7th E) vs Neftekhimik (9-13-1, 10th E)
About the game
Ak Bars starts a three-game home series on a three-match losing streak.
Neftekhimik ends a three-game road trip and lost its previous couple of matches.
Neftekhimik’s latest win in Kazan is dated Dec 02, 2017 (2:1).
Injury list
Neftekhimik: Emil Garipov.
17:00: Kunlun Red Star (9-13-3, 10th W) vs Avangard (9-11-3, 8th E)
About the game
Kunlun Red Star, who has already defeated Avangard this season (4:0), is in the middle of a three-game home series and defeated Neftekhimik on Friday (4:3).
Avangard starts a two-match road trip and lost to Admiral on Friday (0:1 OT).
Kunlun Red Star’s forward Brandon Yip is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points over that span.
Kunlun Red Star’s forward Jack Rodewald is also on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (3+2) points.
Injury list
Kunlun Red Star: Jack Chelios, Matt Jurusik, Paris O’Brien, Ryan Sproul.
Avangard: Christian Jaros, Nail Yakupov.
17:00: Spartak (11-8-5, 6th W) vs SKA (22-1-1, 1st W)
About the game
Spartak starts a three-game home series after losing to Sibir on Tuesday (4:3).
SKA, who has already defeated Spartak this season (5:1), ends a two-match road trip and is on a six-win run.
Spartak’s forward Phil Varone is on a four-game scoring streak, with 7 (4+3) points over that span.
SKA’s forward Mikhail Vorobyov is on a six-game scoring streak, with 10 (2+8) points.
SKA’s forward Dmitrij Jaskin is on a five-game scoring streak, with 8 (5+3) points.
Injury list
Spartak: Daniil Orlov, Shane Prince, Semyon Ruchkin.
SKA: Zakhar Bardakov, Nikita Komarov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi.
17:00: HC Sochi (3-15-3, 11th W) vs CSKA (15-4-3, 2nd W)
About the game
HC Sochi ends a three-game home series and lost its previous eight games.
CSKA, who has already defeated HC Sochi this season (5:2), starts a three-game road trip and is on a nine-match winning streak.
HC Sochi is yet to collect its first-ever home win over CSKA.
Injury list
HC Sochi: Joe Morrow, Kirill Petkov, Sergei Popov, Nikita Zorkin.
