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OFFICIALS
Referees: Sergei Kulakov (Tver), Pavel Komarov (Niznhy Novgorod).
Linesmen: Andrei Matyusha (Barnaul), Jakov Paley (Magnitogorsk).

OPPONENT
NEFTEKHIMIK Nizhnekamsk
Founded in: 1968
Highest achievement: 6th place (2001)
Last season finish: 25th place
Head coach: Vladimir Krikunov
Arena: Neftekhimik Sports Palace, capacity – 5500
Colors: blue, white, black
Team captain: Maksim Rybin
Best goalscorer in team history: Rinat Kasyanov – 92 G, 150 A (242 points)
Most GP in team history: Rinat Kasyanov – 460
MHL team: Reaktor
Team website (in Russian): http://www.hcneftekhimik.ru/
Team roster (in Russian): http://www.hcneftekhimik.ru/neftehimik/players/

CURRENT REGULAR SEASON, TRAKTOR vs. NEFTEKHIMIK
Games played: 51 vs. 52
Points: 70 vs. 58
Goals scored: 120 vs. 143
Goals allowed: 135 vs. 175
Shots: 1496 vs. 1637
Shots efficiency%: 8.02 vs. 8.74
PP%: 16.5 vs. 15.2
PK%: 86.4 vs. 75.7
PIM: 538 vs. 605

TEAM LEADERS, TRAKTOR vs. NEFTEKHIMIK
Goaltenders: Michael Garnett (31 GP, 14 W, GAA 2.28, svs% 92.3) vs. Aleksandr Sudnitsyn (30 GP, 10 W, GAA 3.11, svs% 91.2)
Points: Anton Glinkin (37) vs. Dan Sexton (42)
Goals: Andrei Popov (18) vs. Dan Sexton (17)
Assists: Anton Glinkin (24) vs. Dan Sexton (25)
D-men points: Deron Quint (23) vs. Teemu Eronen (21)
+/-: Konstantin Panov (7) vs. Dan Sexton (15)
Shots: Konstantin Panov (121) vs. Yegor Milovzorov (169)
FO win%: Francis Pare (58.5) vs. Matt Anderson (56.4)
Average TOI: Deron Quint (22:56) vs. Yevgeni Ryasensky (21:36)
Hits: Jan Bulis (92), Oleg Piganovich (92) vs. Maksim Rybin (179)
Shots blocked: Maksim Kondratyev (71) vs. Maksim Berezin (37)
Most PIM: Yevgeni Katichev (48), Jan Bulis (48) vs. Maksim Rybin (50)

5 LATEST NEFTEKHIMIK GAMES
January 20 (a) vs. HC Sochi, 3:2 SO (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0). Neftekhimik goals: Eronen (Sexton), Yevseyenkov (Kulikov, Nikulin), Mnikhovich.
January 22 (a) vs. Dynamo Moscow, 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1).
January 26 (h) vs. Traktor, 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0). Neftekhimik goals: Kulikov (Y. Alshevsky), Milovzorov (S. Alshevsky), Kulikov (Berezin, Milovzorov), Milovzorov (Ryasensky, Ivanov).
January 29 (h) vs. Lada, 4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0). Neftekhimik goals: Y. Alshevsky (Kulikov, Yevseyenkov), Ryasensky (S. Alshevsky), Anderson (Zhukov), Milovzorov.
February 1 (a) vs. Lada, 2:6 (1:0, 0:5, 1:1). Neftekhimik goals: Grigorenko, Rybin (Nikulin, Zhukov).

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

Total:
31 games played
11 Traktor wins in regulation
1 Traktor win in OT
3 Traktor wins in shootouts
13 Neftekhimik wins in regulation
2 Neftekhimik wins in OT
1 draw
Goals scored: 89 vs. 91

In Chelyabinsk:
14 games played
6 Traktor wins in regulation
1 Traktor win in OT
1 Traktor win in shootouts
5 Neftekhimik wins in regulation
1 draw
Goals scored: 46 vs. 42

In Nizhnekamsk:
17 games played
5 Traktor wins in regulation
2 Traktor wins in shootouts
8 Neftekhimik wins in regulation
2 Neftekhimik wins in OT
Goals scored: 43 vs. 49