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Torpedo faces CSKA in tonight’s top game!
CSKA had an unpleasant loss to SKA on Tuesday and they will seed a return to victory tonight as they move to Nizhny Novgorod, but it won’t be easy for the Sergei Fedorov’s squad.
Today’s Western KHL matchday sees also SKA returning to the ice when they host Lokomotiv on home soil. The Railwaymen are one of the few teams who were able to defeat St. Petersburg this year, but they just ended a long losing streak with a victory over HC Sochi and it won’t be easy to repeat themselves against the Conference leaders.
In Belarus, Dinamo Minsk tries to halt its five-game losing streak hosting Dynamo Moscow. The Belarusians are still on the right side of the playoffs line, but they will need to win games to retain their spot in the top-eight. Their main rivals, Severstal, hosts Vityaz tonight.
19:00: Severstal (12-13-8, 9th W) vs Vityaz (15-11-7, 7th W)
About the game
Severstal plays its second of a four-game home series and lost its previous three matches.
Vityaz enters the second of a four-game road trip fresh off a win over Dinamo Minsk on Tuesday (2:1 OT).
Injury list
Severstal: Maxim Kolmykov, Dmitry Moiseyev.
Vityaz: Daniel Butsayev, Dmitry Shikin.
19:00: Torpedo (21-10-2, 3rd W) vs CSKA (21-6-5, 2nd W)
About the game
Torpedo enters the third of a four-game home series on a two-match winning streak.
CSKA ends a four-game road trip and lost to SKA on Tuesday (2:6).
CSKA’s goalie Vsevolod Skotnikov is on a 127:55 shutout streak.
CSKA’s forward Sergei Plotnikov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points over that span.
Injury list
Torpedo: Kenny Agostino, Vasily Atanasov, Kirill Urakov, Daniil Veryayev.
CSKA: Danil Yurtaikin.
Milestone alert
CSKA’s defenseman Vladislav Provolnev lines up for his 300th KHL game, while forward Vitaly Abramov, for his 100th.
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (14-13-7, 8th W) vs Dynamo Moscow (18-10-5, 5h W)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk ends a four-game home series and lost its previous five matches.
Dynamo Moscow, who has already defeated Dinamo Minsk (1:0), ends a two-game road trip and won its previous couple of matches.
Dinamo Minsk's forward Cedric Paquette is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (2+1) points over that span.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jordan Weal is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (3+2) points.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jakub Lilja is on a three-game scoring streak, with 5 (1+4) points.
Injury list
Dinamo Minsk: Roman Gorbunov, Brandon Kozun.
Dynamo Moscow: Bogdan Yakimov, Vladislav Yefremov.
19:30: SKA (27-5-2, 1st W) vs Lokomotiv (19-8-6, 4th W)
About the game
SKA ends a two-game home series and defeated CSKA on Tuesday (6:2).
Lokomotiv ends a three-game road trip and defeated HC Sochi also on Tuesday (4:1).
The teams met three times this season, with two SKA win (3:2, 4:3) and one Loko victory (3:1).
SKA’s forward Marat Khairullin is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that span.
Lokomotiv’s forward Maxim Shalunov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (4+1) points.
Injury list
SKA: Stepan Falkovsky, Emil Galimov, Evgeny Ketov, Mikhail Pashnin, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi.
Lokomotiv: Yegor Averin.
Disqualifications
SKA’s forward Nikita Komarov ends tonight a three-match ban.
Milestone alert
SKA’s forward Zakhar Bardakov lines up for his 100th KHL game.
