15:00 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg – Ak Bars Kazan

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg sits on the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference (8th position / 13-2-4-20 85-102), but the hosts are not doing so well recently, as they lost their last three games in this league, including each of the previous two games at “KRK Uralets” (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg – SKA Saint Petersburg 1-5 on 11.12.2014 ; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg – Dinamo Riga 0-3 on 13.12.2014).

Ak Bars Kazan, on the other hand, is among the teams with the biggest potential in the Kontinental Hockey League, so it’s not a surprise, that the visitors are currently atop of the standings in the Eastern Conference, with 23-5-5-6 119-76 after thirty nine games, including 10-5-2-3 67-41 on the road until this moment.

The visitors have won each of the previous three games between these two teams this season (Ak Bars Kazan – Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3-2 on 04.09.2014 ; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg – Ak Bars Kazan 3-5 on 02.10.2014 ; Ak Bars Kazan – Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-1 on 05.10.2014) and I think, that they will win again.