After a few days "off", the KHL is back on Monday with four matches, one of them being a postponed fixture from earlier this season, where COVID-19 struck in or around the Jokerit camp. While the league has made it clear that further called off games in Helsinki may lead to forfeitures, apparently there are also contingency plans to have Jokerit playing matches somewhere in Russia. Other travelling teams for 21 December are Barys Nur-Sultan, Avangard Omsk (just within Moscow Oblast though, so no flight) and HC Sochi.
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod vs. Barys Nur-Sultan
Two neighbors in the Eastern Conference table meet at Nagorny Arena, and while Torpedo has more points, Barys has no less than four matches in hand against their opponents. Barys arrive from their previous fixture away at Kunlun (in Mytishchi) with S7 Airlines:
SBI8401 DME 2130-2245 GOJ B738 (19/12/20)
Vityaz Podolsk vs. Jokerit Helsinki
It's just a short road trip for Jokerit this time, flying out to Moscow Oblast for a couple of matches. The first one is at Vityaz, who are still battling for contention in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. Their target would rather be Spartak though, and not Jokerit, who still have up to six games in hand against all Western opposition. Jokerit, as usual, travels to Moscow with Finnair:
AY7501 HEL 1500-1740 SVO A319 OH-LVL (20/12/20)
AY7502 SVO 2355-0020(+1) HEL A319 (22/12/20)
Dinamo Riga vs. HC Sochi
If you think Sochi is in a bad place hockey-wise, look at Dinamo Riga. Just five regulation wins out of 35 matches means that they are far off the pace and in last place in the Western Conference. Constant changes to their squad don't help and whether Peteris Skudra is a calming influence behind the boards may be a question of its own. Sochi will arrive from the Black Sea with S7 Airlines:
SBI8461 AER 1445-1620 RIX B738 (20/12/20)
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