KHL 5 September 2018

5 September 2018

Jokerit Helsinki vs. Amur Khabarovsk

Having scored as many goals as rarely ever in matches in recent seasons, Jokerit are waiting get into the act with Amur with a smile on their faces. Amur for their part, have lost their first game on the Western road trip away at Spartak Moscow, so they will be keen to make up for this:

5N9309 SVO 1230-1435 HEL B735 (04/09/18)

5N9310 HEL 1100-1445 AER B735 (06/09/18)

5N9120 AER 1600-1830 DME B735 (06/09/18, ferry flt)

HC Sochi vs. Kunlun Red Star

A loss in their season opener means that both teams are still desperate to get going this term. Sochi at least got to grab one point for a shootout loss against Admiral, but the Bolshoi faithful would surely have hoped for more against the opposition from the Far East. Kunlun had a bright start against Jokerit, but was pegged back during a second and third periods, where the Chinese could not quite close the floodgates against an inspired Jokerit:

SVR3224 HEL 0025-0355 AER A320 (04/09/18)

SVR9422 AER 2335-0150(+1) DME A319 (05/09/18)

Ak Bars Kazan vs. Vityaz Podolsk

The jury is probably still out on Ak Bars, following a humiliating loss against championship favourites SKA and a laboured 2-0 win over Dinamo Minsk in the second match of the season. Vityaz meanwhile had to survive an even tighter match, winning by the smallest of small margins away at Neftekhimik, 1-0 thanks to a goal from Nikita Komarov very early in the third period:

YC9427 NBC xxxx-xxxx KZN SU95 (03/09/18)

YC9427 KZN 2300-2350 GOJ SU95 (05/09/18)

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk vs. Barys Astana

The Kazakh team once again flies from game to game with Sunkar Air and one of their old Boeing 737-300s:

KAM 1170 TSE 1600-1500 NBC B733 UP-B3717 (04/09/18)

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod vs. Dinamo Minsk

A consequence of Torpedo's shift back to the Eastern Conference can be seen in the layout of the road trips for the visitors already. The Minsk team will travel significantly further East after the game at Nagorny:

BRU8741 KZN 0001-0040 GOJ B735 EW-250PA (04/09/18)
BRU8741 GOJ 2330-0030(+1) NBC B735 EW-250PA (05/09/18)