Salavat Yulaev hosts Lada in today’s lone match!

The Ufa team is the latest Eastern squad to book a playoff spot – Salavat Yulaev is currently the third seed in the East. On its turn, Lada has today a fantastic chance to return into top four after yesterday’s games, but defeating Salavat Yulaev in an away match won’t be easy. Not only is Ufa up in the season series between the two teams two games to one, but Lada doesn’t achieve a victory in Ufa since 2009 – a 3:1 win in the season’s first month. Salavat Yulaev’s top scorer Alexander Chmelevsky is always in good shape against Lada – starting with a hat-trick in this years’ first encounter between the two sides on Sep 6. Stopping Ufa’s scorers will be a priority for Lada, but Salavat Yulaev shouldn’t underestimate its opposition.

17:00: Salavat Yulaev (36-16-5, 3^rd E) vs Lada (29-17-13, 5^th E)

About the game

Salavat Yulaev starts a five-game home series fresh off a win over Admiral on Monday (2:1).

Lada ends a three-game road trip following a loss to Neftekhimik on Tuesday (3:4 OT).

The season series between the two teams is 2-1 (5:2, 2:3, 5:2).

Salavat Yulaev’s forward Sergei Shmelyov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (1+2) points over that span.

Injury list

Salavat Yulaev: Pavel Koledov.

Lada: Pavel Koltygin, Alexei Ozhgikhin, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Milestone alert

Salavat Yulaev’s defenseman Dinar Shafigullin may grab his 200^th league point (currently at 199).