Moscow Derby night as CSKA hosts Dynamo!

The KHL matchday starts in the Eastern Conference, with Sibir hosting Amur in Novisibirsk’s new arena. The Tigers are at their last game of their inaugural road trip and had a great showing against Avangard most recently. Moreover, leaders Alexander Khokhlachyov and Cameron Lee have active scoring streak that will want to stretch – perhaps Amur is the team to beat tonight. However, Sibir will want to please its home crowd and has Anton Krasotkin in fine shape, therefore unpredictability is again a key word for the game.

Another team who is ending a long road trip is HC Sochi. The Black Sea franchise had a strong game in Yaroslavl, when they finished off Loko with a sound, 5:0 victory and four points from Michal Kristof, but they face Severstal tonight, who has won the first showdown between the two sides earlier this season. However, HC Sochi may count on a nice bonus: the team has loaned back Matvei Michkov from SKA. The young talent had 20 (9+11) points in 27 games last year for the Black Sea team.

The KHL matchday will end with an always exciting Moscow Derby, with CSKA welcoming Dynamo at their home ice of the CSKA Arena. The White-and-Blues seem to be in better shape, and most recently they had a nice comeback win against Barys with a strong performance from the duo of Jordan Weal and Nikita Gusev. That said, CSKA didn’t have its best start, and will definitely want to rebound back. The two Moscow sides have already met in the preseason, with CSKA getting the upper hand with a 3:2 victory.

15:30 Sibir (2-2-0) vs Amur (2-3-0)

About the game

Sibir ends a three-game home series and lost to Avtomobilist on Saturday (1:6).

Amur ends a six-game road trip and defeated Avangard on Monday (5:1).

Sibir’s goalie Anton Krasotkin is on a 72:53 shutout streak.

Amur’s forward Alexander Khokhlachyov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 7 (3+4) points over that span.

Amur’s defenseman Cameron Lee is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points.

Injury list

Sibir: Trevor Murphy.

Amur: Igor Bobkov, Alex Broadhurst, Anatoly Nikontsev.

19:00 Severstal (2-1-0) vs HC Sochi (2-3-0)

About the game

Severstal, who has already defeated HC Sochi this year (6:3), plays the lone home game of the series and defeated Neftekhimik on Wednesday, Sep 3 (5:3).

HC Sochi ends a six-game road trip and defeated Lokomotiv on Monday (5:0).

Severstal’s forward Ruslan Abrosimov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (1+4) points over that span.

HC Sochi’s goalie Maxim Tretyak is on a 59:41 shutout streak.

Milestone alert

Severstal’s goalie Dmitry Shugayev may reach 100 KHL games tonight.

HC Sochi’s defenseman Roman Manukhov celebrates 300 league appearances. 

19:30 CSKA (2-2-1) vs Dynamo Moscow (3-2-0)

About the game

CSKA starts a three-game home series following a loss to Kunlun Red Star on Sunday (2:3 OT).

Dynamo Moscow starts a two-game road trip on a two-match winning streak.

Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jordan Weal is on a three-game scoring streak, with 7 (4+3) points over that span.

Dynamo Moscow’s forward Nikita Gusev is on a four-game scoring streak, with 7 (2+5) points.

Dynamo Moscow’s forward Eric O’Dell is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (3+1) points.

Milestone alert

CSKA’s forward Anton Slepyshev may reach 250 KHL points tonight (currently at 249).

Dynamo Moscow’s forward Ilya Kablukov may become the third KHL player reach the 900-game mark following Evgeny Biryukov and Vadim Shipachyov.