Ak Bars traveling to Yekaterinburg trying to revert the series

The Kazan side is down by two games, and today the series moves to Yekaterinburg as the Motormen accumulated a strong advantage. Other four games are on tap tonight, including two games in Moscow.

17:00: Traktor vs Salavat Yulaev

Series stand
1-1 (3:2, 1:4)

About the game
The temperature was hot in Ufa for game two, with tempers going through the roof and the teams accumulating 119 penalty minutes – with 50 only on Traktor’s Buddy Robinson. A double by Joshua Leivo allowed Salavat Yulaev to tie the series after a first win by the Chelyabinsk side. Alexander Samonov had 27 saves for Ufa.
Salavat Yulaev’s forward Alexander Sharov is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that span.

Injury list
Traktor: Andrei Chibisov.
Salavat Yulaev: Alexei Pustozyorov, Yegor Suchkov, Nikita Zorkin.

Milestone alert
Salavat Yulaev’s forward Alexander Sharov may reach 250 KHL points (currently at 249).

17:00: Avtomobilist vs Ak Bars

Series stand
2-0 (2:1, 4:0).

About the game
The music didn’t change for game two in Kazan, with Avtomobilist earning another win as Evgeny Alikin posted a 34-save shutout. The key moment in the game was Alexander Radulov’s game-misconduct penalty, with the Motormen finding two tallies in the consequent five-minute man advantage. Dmitrij Jaskin’s return wasn’t enough for Ak Bars, who scored only one goal in two games. Avtomobilist’s forward Curtis Valk had a hat-trick of assists, with Sergei Shirokov also posting a three-point performance.
Avtomobilist’s goalie Evgeny Alikin is on a 70:05 shutout streak.
Avtomobilist’s forward Sergei Shirokov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points over that span.

Injury list
Avtomobilist: Stephane Da Costa, Maxim Denezhkin, Vladimir Kuznetsov.

Milestone alert
Ak Bars’ forward Alexander Radulov may reach 700 KHL points (currently at 698).
Ak Bars’ forward Dmitry Kagarlitsky may reach 500 league points (currently at 497).
Ak Bars’ forward Semyon Koshelev may record his 100th assist in the KHL (currently at 99).

19:30: Dynamo Moscow vs Dinamo Minsk

Series stand
1-0 (4:1)

About the game
Less than a minute and a half into the game, Dynamo took the lead in game one through Eric O’Dell. The Belarusians tied things up in the middle frame with Vadim Moroz, but a double by Dmitry Rashevsky and a tally by Artyom Ilyenko gave Moscow the advantage in this battle of the capitals.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Eric O’Dell is on a three-game scoring streak, with 5 (2+3) points over that span.
Dynamo Moscow’s defenseman Brennan Menell is also on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Dmitry Rashevsky is on a three-game scoring streak, with 6 (5+1) points.

Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Artyom Volchenkov.
Dinamo Minsk: Dmitry Deryabin, Nikita Smirnov, Alexander Suvorov.

Milestone alert
Dynamo Moscow’s defenseman Andrei Mironov and Dinamo Minsk’s forward Andrei Stas line up for their 100^th Gagarin Cup game.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jordan Weal may reach 100 KHL assists (currently at 99).

19:30: CSKA vs Lokomotiv

Series stand
1-1 (4:0, 1:2)

About the game
The Railwaymen bounced back in game two after a 0:4 loss in the first encounter of the series. Despite CSKA getting the first advantage in the night, Loko rallied back and eventually took the game as Alexander Yelesin tied things up with his first tally for the Yaroslavl side in this year’s elimination stage, then Denis Alexeyev redirected a shot by Stepan Nikulin to get the eventual game-winner. Ivan Fedotov’s inspired play between the piping wasn’t enough for CSKA as the Muscovites struggled to challenge Daniil Isayev, who concluded the game facing only 15 shots.
CSKA’s forward Anton Slepyshev is on a three-game scoring streak, with 3 (2+1) points over that span.

Injury list
CSKA: Marsel Ibragimov.

Milestone alert
Lokomotiv’s forward Artur Kayumov lines up for his 400^th KHL game.

19:30: Severstal vs Spartak

Series stand
1-1 (2:3, 2:1)

About the game
A crowd of more than 10,000 fans didn’t help Spartak, who suffered from their first loss of the series after winning game one. Goals from Kirill Pilipenko and Christian Jaros eclipsed Nikolai Goldobin’s first post-season tally to give the Steelmen a boost before the series moves to Cherepovets, with Pilipenko’s snipe coming only after 13 seconds in the opening frame. Alexander Samoilov had 28 saves for Severstal.

Injury list
Severstal: Ivan Podshivalov, Dmitry Shugayev.
Spartak: Patrik Rybar.

Milestone alert
Spartak’s forward Ivan Morozov may reach 100 league points (currently at 99).
Spartak’s forward Ansel Galimov may score his 100^th career goal (currently at 99).
Spartak’s forward Shane Prince may record his 100^th league assist (currently at 99).