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OFFICIALS
Referees: Yuri Oskirko (Yaroslavl), Aleksandr Cherenkov (Moscow).
Linesmen: Yuri Ivanov, Aleksandr Nesterov (both – Saint-Petersburg).

OPPONENT
AVTOMOBILIST
Founded in 2006
Arena: Uralets Arena, capacity – 5570
Best result in KHL: 1st round of playoffs (2010, 2014)
Head coach: Anatoli Yemelin
Colors: red, white, black
Best goalscorer in team history: Andrei Subbotin – 186 pts (75 G, 111 A)
Most games played in history: Andrei Subbotin – 349 GP
Captain: Eduard Lewandowski
Website (in Russian): www.hc-avto.ru
Roster (in Russian): http://www.hc-avto.ru/players/
MHL team: Avto

CURRENT REGULAR SEASON, AVTOMOBILIST vs. TRAKTOR
Games played: 21 vs. 23
Points: 20 vs. 25
Goals scored: 44 vs. 49
Goals allowed: 59 vs. 72
Shots: 582 vs. 689
Shots efficiency%: 7.56 vs. 7.11
PP%: 14.4 vs. 8.2
PK%: 85.3 vs. 81.2
PIM: 333 vs. 258

TEAM LEADERS, AVTOMOBILIST vs. TRAKTOR
Goaltenders: Jakub Kovar (21 GP, 5 W, svs% 91.6, GAA 2.40) vs. Michael Garnett (6 GP, 2 W, svs% 91.6, GAA 2.48)
Points: Jakub Petruzalek (14) vs. Anton Glinkin (12)
Goals: Aleksandr Bumagin (7) vs. Stanislav Chistov (5), Konstantin Panov (5), Anton Glinkin (5)
Assists: Jakub Petruzalek (10) vs. Anton Glinkin (7), Deron Quint (7)
D-men points: Filipp Metlyuk (8) vs. Deron Quint (11)
+/-: Gilbert Brule (1), Aleksei Yefimov (1), Yevgeni Solomonov (1) vs. Aleksei Zavarukhin (3)
Shots: Gilbert Brule (57) vs. Deron Quint (58)
Hits: Nikita Tryamkin (34) vs. Jan Bulis (65)
Shots: Dmitri Megalinsky (44) vs. Maksim Kondratyev (30)
FO win%: Gilbert Brule (62.2) vs. Jan Bulis (57.8)
Avg TOI: Sami Lepistö (20:06) vs. Deron Quint (23:23)
PIM: Eduard Lewandowski (39) vs. Yevgeni Katichev (32)

5 MOST RECENT AVTOMOBILIST GAMES
October 13 (h) vs. Yugra, 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0). Avtomobilist goal: Metlyuk (Golyshev).
October 19 (a) vs. Severstal, 2:3 SO (1:0, 0:2, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1). Avtomobilist goals: Viklund (Petruzalek, Simakov), Rybakov (Krysanov, Tryamkin).
October 21 (a) vs. Torpedo, 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:1). Avtomobilist goals: Viklund (Petruzalek), Mikhnov.
October 23 (a) vs. CSKA, 1:2 (1:0, 0:2, 0:0). Avtomobilist goal: Bumagin.
October 29 (h) vs. Neftekhimik, 3:0 (0:0, 3:0, 0:0). Avtomobilist goals: Brule (Viklund, Petruzalek), Lazarev (Lepistö, Simakov), Rybakov (Metlyuk, Bumagin).

HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHES STATS, TRAKTOR vs. AVTOMOBILIST

Total:
17 games played
7 Traktor wins in regulation
2 Traktor wins in OT
3 Avtomobilist wins in regulation
5 Avtomobilist wins in shootouts
Goals scored: 44 vs. 40

In Chelyabinsk:
8 games played
4 Traktor wins in regulation
1 Traktor win in OT
3 Avtomobilist wins in shootouts
Goals scored: 26 vs. 17

In Yekaterinburg:
9 games played
3 Traktor wins in regulation
1 Traktor win in OT
3 Avtomobilist wins in regulation
2 Avtomobilist win in shootouts
Goals scored: 18 vs. 23