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Avangard travels to Cherepovets trying to return to victory!
The KHL matchday starts in the Far East, with Admiral and Neftekhimik having a rematch. The teams traded wins this season, and today we’ll find out who will go ahead in the series.
The action then moves to the Western Conference. Lokomotiv is recovering shape after suffering a few losses last week, and welcomes Sibir tonight. However, the Novosibirsk side is on a four-game winning streak and will sell its life dearly.
In Cherepovets, the Hawks will try to build a new streak after losing to Spartak following a nine-win run. Avangard had a rocky start of the season, and now has recovered to reach sixth seed – considering Severstal’s playoffs push, temperature will be high tonight.
In the meantime, Nizhny Novgorod will see SKA visiting the city, also trying to return to victory after losing to Lokomotiv in OT. Torpedo faces another Western giant after losing 0:4 to CSKA – both teams will push to win tonight.
10:00: Admiral (20-11-4, 4th E) vs Neftekhimik (14-18-1, 10th E)
About the game
Admiral enters the second of a four-game home series fresh off a win over Neftekhimik yesterday (4:3).
Neftekhimik is in its second of a four-game road trip and lost to Admiral yesterday.
The teams have traded wins in their encounters this season (0:1, 4:3).
Admiral’s goalie Alexander Lazushin is on a 60:00 shutout streak.
Injury list
Admiral: Anton Berlyov, Rudolf Cerveny, Ruslan Ibatullin.
Neftekhimik: Emil Garipov, Maxim Goncharov, Alexander Sudnitsin.
17:00: Lokomotiv (20-8-6, 3rd W) vs Sibir (21-12-3, 3rd E)
About the game
Lokomotiv, who has already defeated Sibir this season (2:1), starts a two-game home series on a two-match winning streak.
Sibir starts a three-game road trip and won its previous four matches.
Lokomotiv’s forward Maxim Shalunov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 6 (4+2) points over that span.
Sibir’s forward Taylor Beck is on a seven-game scoring streak, with 8 (2+6) points.
Sibir’s forward Alexander Sharov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 8 (6+2) points.
Injury list
Lokomotiv: Yegor Averin.
Sibir: Denis Alexandrov, Vyacheslav Litovchenko.
Milestone alert
Lokomotiv’s forward Artur Kayumov lines up for his 300th KHL game.
17:00: Severstal (13-13-8, 9th W) vs Avangard (18-12-3, 6th E)
About the game
Severstal enters the third of a four-game home series fresh off a win over Vityaz on Thursday (3:2).
Avangard, who has already defeated Severstal this season (4:3), starts a three-game road trip after a loss to Spartak on Wednesday (1:3).
Injury list
Severstal: Maxim Kolmykov, Dmitry Moiseyev.
Avangard: Stanislav Galimov, Nail Yakupov, Vladimir Zharkov.
17:00: Torpedo (21-11-2, 4th W) vs SKA (27-5-3, 1st W)
About the game
Torpedo ends a four-game home series and lost to CSKA on Thursday (0:4).
SKA, who has already defeated Torpedo this season (3:0), plays its lone road game of the series and lost to Lokomotiv also on Thursday (1:2 OT).
SKA’s forward Vasily Glotov had an assist in each of his previous three games.
Injury list
Torpedo: Kenny Agostino, Vasily Atanasov, Kirill Urakov, Daniil Veryayev.
SKA: Stepan Falkovsky, Emil Galimov, Evgeny Ketov, Mikhail Pashnin, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi.
