Avtomobilist faces SKA, Dynamo Moscow welcomes Salavat Yulaev
It’s a light KHL Wednesday with only two games on tap, with Avtomobilist facing SKA trying to stretch its winning streak and Dynamo Moscow entertaining SKA as the rivals face off for the first time this season.
The KHL match day starts in Yekaterinburg, where Avtomobilist hosts SKA. The Motormen are on a four-game winning streak, with a nice road win in Omsk two days ago as goalie Vladimir Galkin stopped 39 shots in a 4:1 victory. After that game, they climbed up to third place in the Eastern Conference’s standings. Avtomobilist is doing great despite six players in injury list, as today the team will be the one to beat with SKA coming to town. Opposite to the Motormen, the St. Petersburg franchise lost four games in a row and will want to bounce back. After today’s clash, SKA will fly back to St. Petersburg, where today’s confrontation will see a rematch on Monday. However, Avtomobilist will play a game in between, facing Avangard on Friday.
17:00: Avtomobilist (8-4-1, 3rd E) vs SKA (5-5-2, 9th W)
About the game
Avtomobilist starts a two-game home series on a four-match winning streak.
SKA ends a three-game road trip on a four-match losing streak.
Avtomobilist’s forward Roman Gorbunov is on a five-game scoring streak, with 6 (4+2) points over that span.
Avtomobilist’s forward Denis Romantsev is on a four-game scoring streak, with 5 (3+2) points.
Avtomobilist’s forward Stepan Khripunov is also on a four-game scoring streak, but with 6 (3+3) points.
Injury list
Avtomobilist: Stephane Da Costa, Brooks Macek, Maxim Osipov, Nikita Tryamkin, Curtis Valk, Sergei Zborovsky.
SKA: Vladislav Romanov, Nikita Zaitsev, Ivan Zinchenko.
In the second game of the day, Dynamo Moscow faces Salavat Yulaev. Both games are progressing after rocky starts, with Dynamo celebrating four wins in its last five games and the Ufa side entering today’s clash on a two-game winning streak. Despite the recent success, however, both teams can’t be called happy about their season so far, with the Blue-and-Whites being only the seventh seed in the West, while Salavat Yulaev is currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference’s table. Both teams will thus try to win to improve their record, and it will likely be an exciting game with a lot on stake for each side.
19:30: Dynamo Moscow (6-4-1, 7th W) vs Salavat Yulaev (3-5-2, 11th E)
About the game
Dynamo Moscow starts a two-game home series following two straight victories.
Salavat Yulaev starts a two-game road trip after winning two matches in a row.
Dynamo Moscow’s forward Maxime Comtois is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points over that span.
Salavat Yulaev’s forward Alexander Zharovsky is also on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points.
Injury list
Dynamo Moscow: Maxim Mamin, Artyom Mikheyev.
Salavat Yulaev: Gleb Kuzmin, Alexei Pimenov.
Milestone alert
Salavat Yulaev’s defenseman Alexei Vasilevsky may reach 100 career assists.
