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SKA, Dynamo Moscow travel to Far East!
The KHL matchday starts early in the Far East, with two exciting matches, where Amur and Admiral host Dynamo Moscow and SKA, respectively. The two Western teams are in different positions, just like Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. While SKA won its previous nine games, Dynamo just lost to Admiral. The Sailors are currently the fifth seed in the East, while Amur is on the bottom of the Conference’s standings.
The action then moves to Kazakhstan, where Barys hosts Vityaz trying to gain some points to climb up in the standings. In Nizhnekamsk, Neftekhimik welcomes Ak Bars trying to get its revenge in the Tatarstan derby after Kazan got the upper hand in the first match with a 5:2 score.
In the last game of the night, Severstal faces Avtomobilist. The Andrei Razin’s men got a precious point on Sunday in a losing effort against Ak Bars (2:3 OT), and they will try to return to the right side of the playoffs line as they currently sit in the ninth position in the West.
12:00: Amur (8-13-4, 11th E) vs Dynamo Moscow (16-7-4, 4th W)
About the game
Amur starts a four-game home series after a loss to Avtomobilist on Thursday.
Dynamo Moscow, who has already defeated Amur this season (0:5), is in the middle of a three-game road trip and lost to Admiral on Sunday (2:1).
Amur lost its latest twelve games to Dynamo Moscow, with the most recent win dated Jan 03, 2010 (4:3 OT).
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Maxim Dzhioshvili is on a four-game scoring streak, with 6 (5+1) points.
Injury list
Amur: Andrei Alexeyev, Andrew Calof, Igor Rudenkov, Kirill Slepets.
Dynamo Moscow: Ivan Igumnov, Brennan Menell, Bogdan Yakimov, Vladislav Yefremov.
Milestone alert
Dynamo Moscow’s Vladislav Kodola may reach 100 KHL points (currently at 99).
12:30: Admiral (14-9-4, 5th E) vs SKA (25-1-1, 1st E)
About the game
Admiral enters the second game of a four-match home series on a two-game winning streak.
SKA, who has already defeated Admiral this season (6:1), starts a three-game road trip on a nine-match winning streak.
Admiral’s most recent home win over SKA is dated Jan 03, 2014 (5:4 SO).
Admiral’s defenseman Libor Sulak is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that span.
SKA’s defenseman Alexander Nikishin is on a four-game scoring streak, with 7 (3+4) points.
SKA’s forward Valentin Zykov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points.
Injury list
Admiral: Mikhail Belyayev, Anton Berlyov, Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov, Yury Pautov.
SKA: Emil Galimov, Dmitry Nikolayev, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi, Vladislav Tsitsyura, Alexander Volkov.
16:30: Barys (12-14-1, 8th E) vs Vityaz (12-9-6, 6th W)
About the game
Barys ends a three-game home series and lost to Admiral on Thursday (1:4).
Vityaz, who has already defeated Barys this season (5:0), ends a three-game road trip and lost to Avangard on Sunday (1:3).
Barys’ forward Yegor Petukhov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (2+1) points over that span.
Vityaz’s forward Alexander Yaremchuk is on a four-game scoring streak, with 7 (5+2) points.
Injury list
Barys: Michael Chaput, Nikita Mikhailis, Ansar Shaikhmeddenov.
Vityaz: Roman Abrosimov, Tyler Graovac.
19:00: Neftekhimik (10-15-1, 10th E) vs Ak Bars (12-10-4, 7th E)
About the game
Neftekhimik ends a three-game home series and lost to Salavat Yulaev on Saturday (2:3).
Ak Bars, who has already defeated Neftekhimik this season (5:2), is in the middle of a three-game road trip and won its previous couple of matches.
Injury list
Neftekhimik: Emil Garipov.
Ak Bars: Mikhail Glukhov, Dinar Khafizullin.
Milestone alert
Ak Bars’ forward Alexander Radulov may reach 600 KHL points (currently at 598).
19:00: Severstal (10-11-6, 9th W) vs Avtomobilist (16-8-2, 3rd E)
About the game
Severstal plays its third of a four-game home series and lost to Ak Bars on Sunday (2:3 OT).
Avtomobilist, who has already defeated Severstal this season (4:3), starts a three-game road trip after losing to Sibir on Saturday (1:2 SO).
Severstal’s forward Yegor Morozov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that span.
Avtomobilist’s forward Brooks Macek tallied a goal in each of his previous three games.
Injury list
Severstal: Maxim Kolmykov, Alexander Zhabreyev.
Avtomobilist: Alexei Makeyev, Sergei Shirokov.
Milestone alert
Severstal’s forward Nikita Guslistov lines up for his 100th KHL game.
Avtomobilist’s goalie Igor Bobkov may record his 30th KHL shutout.
