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Jokerit had to wait for their next game for a while after they had been through a few game postponements in January. When scanning the latest game results both Jokerit and Tuesday’s home team Dynamo had been doing pretty well.

The game was the first one for the Helsinki team in the year 2022 and Jokerit played in the home ice – without audience though, since the covid restrictions had emptied the stands in the turn of the year. These conditions shall last for at least couple of weeks.

After suffering a horrific loss against Barys Nur-Sultan, Dinamo Riga traveled to Ufa to meet with the local Salavat Yulaev team.

The new year of 2022 has arrived and it’s finally time to get back into game action. Dinamo Riga is back but in a troublesome situation.

The fourth and final meeting between Dinamo Riga and Torpedo Nizhny-Novgorod to close out the 2021 and to look for signs of things to come.

On the last game of the year for CSKA and Jokerit these two teams met each other in Moscow. After battling a few times quite recently the teams knew each other pretty well and they most likely knew what’ was ahead of them on the ice. Both earlier games were played in Helsinki and CSKA won them with a narrow margin.

After having won two in a row Dinamo Riga was set to take on a familiar face - Bob Hartley returned to Riga as the home team looked to extend their winning streak.

Kunlun Red Star had lost nine consecutive games and the reminder of the regular season didn’t matter that much to the team as the possibilities to get to the playoffs had gone away. Jokerit were in a much better situation, but also the Helsinki team had been losing a lot lately. Therefore Jokerit wanted to get back on track against the China based team.

After their short Christmas break Jokerit returned to the ice to face the reigning champion Avangard. The teams had competed once before in this season as back in September in Omsk Jokerit were better with score 3–2.

Christmas has been celebrated in the Latvian capital and now it was time to return to the hockey action.

A one-game road trip for Dinamo Riga saw them meet with their closest rivals in the standings - Vityaz Podolsk.

These two teams had their first match-up of the season just a week ago in Minsk. That time the home team was slightly better and took the points with them. Malte Strömwall was in a huge role with his three goals. Jokerit have been on a losing-streak and haven’t received a single point from their last three games. Dinamo had taken wins from their two most recent games as they’d beaten Jokerit and also Dinamo Riga.

On Monday the KHL continued after the break on which The Channel One Cup was played. Both Jokerit and CSKA had some players absent from the match due to variety of reasons – both injuries and rest after an intense tournament.

The international break is fast approaching and in the final game prior to it, Dinamo Riga was set to host Torpedo Nizhny-Novgorod.

It was to be the first time Dinamo and Jokerit faced each other in this regular season. Last season Jokerit didn’t fly to Minsk and did forfeit the points to the Belarussian team. This time Jokerit went and played the game.

Dinamo Riga continues their home stretch this time taking on guests from Podolsk.

Spartak and Jokerit had faced each other twice before in this regular season and in both times the visiting team has been victorious. The history was favourable for Jokerit, but it was the Friday’s game to decide, if the past times mattered in any sense.

After a short road trip, Dinamo Riga returned home to meet Amur Khabarovsk and begin their three-game homestand.

Severstal and Jokerit had played against each other once before in this regular season and that time Jokerit were stronger by numbers 4–1 in Helsinki. Since then both teams have been playing rather well, as Jokerit lead the western conference and Severstal were on the fifth spot.

No hiccups on the way to Balashika for Dinamo Riga as they arrived to end their two-game road trip this time taking on Avangard Omsk with a familiar face on the opposing bench - former Latvian national team coach Bob Hartley.

After being stuck in the airport for many hours due to weather conditions - Dinamo Riga had finally arrived in Nizhny-Novgorod shorty prior to the game against Torpedo to begin their two-game road trip. Another hurdle to overcome but Riga knew their task at hand despite anything else going on.

Another day, another game for Dinamo Riga, and once again huge changes were made before the fourth meeting against Severstal this season. Valerijs Kulibaba no longer the main man on the bench has been replaced by Dinamo Riga legend - Vladimir Krikunov. Another attempt to reset things for the Latvian franchise hoping to crawl out of a hole.

These two teams knew each other very well beforehand and as they just recently competed against each other, they most likely remembered what was coming from the opponent’s side. Jokerit had won two of the three previous games this season, but Lokomotiv was the winner of the most recent one.

Friday’s game was the first one betweeen Jokerit and CSKA in this regular season.  If history could have been used as some kind of a factor, it prevented a tight match-up as wins had taken turns between the two teams.

Dinamo Riga were set to close out their road series where they are yet to see a W added to their total. They lost against HC Sochi in the opener and in a game where they came close to snatching two points - Ak Bars poured cold water over their hopes with a comeback with just ten minutes remaining. Final task at hand - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Jokerit had won their most recent game, which was on Monday against Spartak in Moscow. The game was full of emotions as it all started with two fights and ended up in glorious victory by the Helsinki team. Lokomotiv on the oher hand had won three of their five previous games, but in the most recent one they suffered a narrow loss against Neftehimik by score 1–0.

Dinamo Riga was heading into their second road game of a three game series. Their opener was against HC Sochi where the team managed to lose in a match that wasn’t action packed and the outcome was determined by only a goal - 0:1. Now a bigger opponent came in, Ak Bars Kazan whom Riga had faced just five days ago.

Spartak and Jokerit played against each other on Saturday in Helsinki. That time Spartak were able to rise, come from behind and secure the points to themselves with goals of last minutes. Jokerit didn’t play poorly, but lacked some focus on the deciding moments.

Dinamo Riga was set to begin their three-game road trip after having an extended period of on-ice action at home and having lost against Ak Bars they now moved on to play HC Sochi. An important opponent in an important game to try and manage a return to the winning ways.

Jokerit and Spartak played against each other the first time this season. Both teams were holding on to a playoff position before Saturday’s game as Jokerit was leading the Western conference and Spartak were on the last playoff sport.

A six game home-stand for Dinamo Riga came to an end this time facing off against one of KHL’s powerhouses - Ak Bars Kazan. Statistically speaking the visitors had an upper hand having won 18 times in 25 meetings. Prior to the match Ak Bars sat 4th in the Eastern Conference while Dinamo Riga were 10th and looking to close the gap to the play-off zone.

Jokerit had played one game after a break from the regular season as the first Euro Hockey Tour tournament was played in Helsinki. The Finnish team lost to Dynamo Moscow in an away game, even though they were able to improve their game through the 60 minutes.

The international break is over and Dinamo were set to continue their long home-stretch that hasn't been as successful as they would have wanted as they entered the game with two consecutive losses. Their opponent Admiral on the other hand is one a seven-game road trip in which they previously beat the Vityaz team. When both sides met earlier this season in Vladivostok - Riga came on top with a score of 2:1.

Both teams returned to their KHL schedule after an off week due to the Euro Hockey Tour tournament that was played in Jokerit home town Helsinki. KHL’s homeland Russia lost to Sweden and Finland, but managed to win Czech Republic on Sunday.

Dinamo Riga was heading into their final game prior to entering the national team break. This time their task was to face the team that has handed them the toughest loss yet - 8:0 in their first meeting shortly after Sergei Zubov left the team. Riga also hasn’t had a victory against Finnish side in their last seven meetings. A rough patch that they would have to get over

Dinamo Riga’s home-stretch is still on-going as they face HC Sochi side in the third in a row under the roof of Arena Riga. Both sides had already met twice during the season sharing victories in half presenting a potential fight for every inch of the ice.

After winning Admiral in Vladivostok and having a fourth consecutive game with points earned, Jokerit travelled to Novosibirsk. There the Helsinki team faced Sibir in their third game of the tour in the far east. Jokerit made some changes to their roster, but Janne Juvonen got to keep his position as a starting goaltender.

Dinamo Riga continues their home stretch this time taking on the Dynamo Moscow team in a derby that has always been enjoyable for viewers and those that are out there on the ice. Prior to the contest Riga side sat tenth in the Western conference standings while Dynamo side had placed themselves at the third spot.

Jokerit started their tour in the east coast of Russia on Thursday, when they lost to Amur in an away game on penalty shootout series. The Helsinki team didn’t get their scoring on point, even though their game showed some promises.