Fourth time the charm?

OFFICIALS
Referees: Sergey Belyayev (Voskresensk), Pavel Komarov (Nizhny Novgorod).
Linesmen: Konstantin Gordenko, Viktor Tomilov (both – Ufa).

OPPONENT
LADA Togliatti
Achievements: 2-time Russian Superleague champion (1994, 1995), IHL Cup winner (1995), European Cup winner (1996/97), IIHF Continental Cup winner (2006)
Last season finish: 12th place, VHL
Arena: Lada Arena, capacity – 6000
Head coach: Sergey Svetlov
Team colors: blue, white, red
Team website (in Russian): http://www.hclada.ru/
Team roster (in Russian): http://www.hclada.ru/lada/team/
Team captain: Andrey Nikitenko
Most points in team history: Vladimir Shikhanov – 563 pts (320 G, 243 A)
MHL team: Ladya

CURRENT REGULAR SEASON, TRAKTOR vs. LADA
Games played: 30 vs. 31
Points: 32 vs. 36
Goals scored: 63 vs. 65
Goals allowed: 90 vs. 79
Shots: 902 vs. 780
Shots efficiency%: 6.98 vs. 8.33
PP%: 9.8 vs. 9.9
PK%: 83.9 vs. 85.3
PIM: 341 vs. 327

TEAM LEADERS, TRAKTOR vs. LADA
Goaltenders: Michael Garnett (13 GP, 4 W, GAA 2.61, svs% 90.9) vs. Ilya Yezhov (25 GP, 10 W, GAA 2.17, svs% 93.4)
Points: Anton Glinkin (16), Stanislav Chistov (16) vs. Yury Petrov (16)
Goals: Konstantin Panov (8) vs. Semyon Valuysky (9)
Assists: Anton Glinkin (10), Stanislav Chistov (10) vs. Yury Petrov (11)
D-men points: Deron Quint (12) vs. Peter Podhradsky (8)
+/-: Konstantin Panov (3) vs. Martin Zatovic (8)
Shots: Konstantin Panov (78) vs. Denis Golubev (61)
FO win%: Jan Bulis (54.6) vs. Vasily Streltsov (53.5)
Average TOI: Deron Quint (23:01) vs. Peter Podhradsky (19:44)
Hits: Jan Bulis (81) vs. Dmitry Vorobyov (68)
Shots blocked: Maksim Kondratyev (42) vs. Denis Barantsev (25)
Most PIM: Yevgeny Katichev (48) vs. Fedor Fedorov (28)

5 RECENT LADA GAMES
November 11 (a) vs. Yugra, 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1). Lada goals: Valuysky (Voroboyov), Belousov (Shenfeld, Petrov), Shenfeld (Zatovic, Belousov).
November 13 (a) vs. Traktor, 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0). Lada goal: Golubev (Petrov).
November 17 (h) vs. Traktor, 4:1 (1:0, 3:1, 0:0). Lada goals: Zatovic (Romanov, Shenfeld), Golubev (Hunkes), A. Streltsov (V. Streltsov), Shenfeld (Belousov).
November 20 (a) vs. Vityaz, 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0). Lada goals: Nikitenko (Valuysky, Shenfeld), Belousov (Shenfeld).
November 22 (a) vs. Lokomotiv, 4:2 (1:0, 0:1, 3:1). Lada goals: Chernikov (Petrov, Stulov), Chernikov (Barantsev, Hunkes), A. Streltsov (Fedorov, Romanov), A. Streltsov (Shulakov, V. Streltsov).

HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHES STATS, TRAKTOR vs. LADA
Total:
15 games played
5 Traktor wins in regulation
10 Lada wins in regulation
Goals scored: 32 vs. 46

In Chelyabinsk:
7 games played
3 Traktor wins in regulation
4 Lada wins in regulation
Goals scored: 16 vs. 19

In Togliatti:
8 games played
6 Lada wins in regulation
2 Traktor wins in regulation
Goals scored: 16 vs. 27