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Far East derby part II
The two Far East sides have already met this season, on Monday, and today they go for the rematch. Earlier in the week, Ivan Nikolishin’s 12th tally of the season and 37 saves by Alikin (who established a club’s record surpassing Juha Metsola), before Amur sealed the deal with a late third-period, empty net goal, gave the Tigers a much-needed win to return in the East’s top eight. The Sailors are still the fourth team in the Eastern Conference, and they will want to halt their recent skid of two losses.
In the evening, another rematch is on tap, with CSKA hosting Torpedo. Igor Larionov’s young guns are having a tremendous season, but lost their previous couple of matches. CSKA and Torpedo met recently, on Nov 24, with the Red-and-Blues netting four unanswered goals and Alexander Sharychenkov recording his first, and so far only, shutout of the season. That first clash was held in Nizhny Novgorod, while tonight the two sides meet in Moscow.
12:00: Amur (15-15-6, 8th E) vs Admiral (21-13-4, 4th E)
About the game
Amur starts a two-game home series and won its previous three matches.
Admiral starts a six-game road trip and lost its previous couple of matches.
Amur has already defeated the Sailors on Monday (2:0), and its goalie Evgeny Alikin is on a 74:32 shutout streak.
Injury list
Admiral: Artyom Gareyev, Alexander Lazushin, Rinat Valiyev.
Milestone alert
Amur’s goalie Janis Kalnins may record his 100th KHL win.
19:30: CSKA (24-8-5, 2nd W) vs Torpedo (22-13-3, 4th W)
About the game
CSKA, who has already defeated Torpedo this season (4:0), plays the lone home game of the series and defeated HC Sochi on Sunday (4:2).
Torpedo ends a four-game home series and lost its previous couple of matches.
CSKA’s forward Konstantin Okulov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 5 (1+4) points over that span.
Injury list
CSKA: Vitaly Abramov, Darren Dietz, Vitaly Kamenev, Vsevolod Skotnikov, Danil Yurtaikin.
Torpedo: Kenny Agostino, Vasily Atanasov, Yu Sato, Kirill Urakov, Daniil Veryayev.
