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Admiral and Amur face off in the first Far East derby of the season!
The KHL matchday has another start in the Far East as Admiral and Amur square off in an eagerly awaited game by both sides. Admiral is one of the season’s sensation, being now the fourth seed in the East. Amur had a rocky start of the season, but the Tigers returned in playoffs consideration thanks to some good performance of late and Jan Drozg’s contribution. Amur is the ninth seed in the East, but they have four games fewer than Barys, trailing by just one point.
Later, another game for the playoffs struggle takes place, with Dinamo Minsk hosting Severstal. The Belarusians are currently seven points ahead of the Steelers, but they can’t relax – just a couple of defeats and things may shuffle up again, with Cherepovets ready to get advantage of any Minsk’s misstep.
12:30: Admiral (21-12-4, 4th E) vs Amur (14-15-6, 8th E)
About the game
Admiral ends a four-game home series and lost to Torpedo on Wednesday (1:2).
Amur plays the lone road game of the series and won its previous couple of matches.
Injury list
Admiral: Stanislav Gareyev, Alexander Lazushin, Yury Pautov.
Milestone alert
Admiral’s forward Alexander Shevchenko may reach 200 KHL games, while Amur’s goalie Janis Kalnins – 100.
19:10: Dinamo Minsk (17-13-8, 7th W) vs Severstal (13-16-9, 9th W)
About the game
Dinamo Minsk starts a three-game home series fresh off a win over HC Sochi on Friday (2:1).
Severstal enters the third of a four-game road trip on a four-match losing streak.
The teams traded wins this season (3:2, 2:5).
Injury list
Dinamo Minsk: Brandon Kozun, Cedric Paquette.
Severstal: Dmitry Moiseyev, Dmitry Shugayev.
Milestone alert
Severstal’s forward Igor Geraskin may reach 300 KHL games.
Severstal’s forward Daniil Vovchenko may score his 200th KHL point (currently at 198).
