Game two in Omsk, Moscow!

The first Gagarin Cup round had a wild start, but the Conference semis started with home wins in all the pairings in the first match. Tonight, road teams will try to tie things up in two series.

14:30: Avangard vs Metallurg

Series stand
Avangard leads the series 1-0 (2:1 OT).

About the game

Arseny Gratsyuk netted his 17^th goal of the season when he converted a powerful slapshot by Ziyat Paigin in game one’s OT as the Hawks grabbed the first match for the early lead in the series. 29 saves by Ed Pasquale weren’t enough for Magnitka, who tied things up in the second period with a powerplay goal by Semyon Koshelev, following the opener by Reid Boucher after ten minutes of play.

Avangard’s forward Reid Boucher is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points over that span.

Avangard’s defenseman Damir Sharipzyanov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points.

Avangard’s forward Corban Knight is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points.

Metallurg’s forward Semyon Koshelev is also on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (2+1) points.

Metallurg’s defenseman Grigory Dronov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points.

Injury list

Avangard: Stanislav Galimov

Milestone alert

Metallurg’s forward Denis Zernov may reach 200 KHL points (currently at 199).

Metallurg’s defenseman Artyom Zemchyonok lines up for his 500^th KHL game. 

17:00: CSKA vs Lokomotiv

Series stand
CSKA leads the series 1-0 (2:0).

About the game

Adam Reideborn shut the gates and achieved his first postseason shutout with a 35-save performance as CSKA blanked Lokomotiv in the Western Semis’ game one. Yaroslav Dyblenko and Pavel Karnaukhov scored for the Muscovites, who only had 13 shots on goal.

CSKA’s goalie Adam Reideborn is on a 65:05 shutout streak.

Injury list

CSKA: Danil Yurtaikin.

Lokomotiv: Yegor Averin.

Milestone alert

CSKA’s forward Sergei Plotnikov becomes the seventh KHL player to reach the 800-game mark tonight.

CSKA’s forwards Vladislav Kamenev and Pavel Karnaukhov may reach 100 points in the KHL (currently both at 99).

Lokomotiv’s forward Maxim Shalunov lies up for his 100^th postseason game.