Three games on dock today all featuring home teams that are looking to get back on track in the wins department.
19:00 Ak Bars (29-8-4) vs. Traktor (18-17-3)
About the game
- Ak Bars is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Traktor is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
- Ak Bars is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
- Traktor is playing the 6th of seven straight road games.
- Ak Bars defeated Traktor once this season by a score of 3-0.
- Traktor last won in Kazan on April 4th, 2013 by a score of 2-1. The last regular season victory in Kazan was actually on November 2nd, 2011 by a score of 3-2.
- Zaripov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Injury list
- Ak Bars: Anton Lander, Fyodor Malykhin, Dmitry Yudin
- Traktor: Danil Gubarev, Anton Glinkin, Nikita Khlystov, Richard Gynge, Igor Polygalov
19:00 Neftekhimik (15-21-4) vs. Metallurg (27-13-2)
About the game
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
- Metallurg is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
- Metallurg defeated Neftekhimik earlier this season by a score of 4-3 in OT.
- Ellison has points in 4 straight games, going 5-2-7 over that span.
- Rasmussen has points in 4 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Matushkin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
19:00 Torpedo (20-13-7) vs. Avtomobilist (32-7-1)
About the game
- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Torpedo is playing the 5th of five straight home games.
- Avtomobilist is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
- Torpedo defeated Avtomobilist earlier this season 3-1.
- Dawes has points in 6 straight games, going 6-5-11 over that span.
- Vishnevsky has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
Injury list
- Torpedo: Pavel Makarenko, Kirill Urakov
- Avtomobilist: Georgi Belousov, Vitali Popov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko
Milestone alert
- Forward Damir Zhafyarov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.