The match between the two teams in Nizhny Novgorod is scheduled for 6 pm, it will be broadcast live on the channel “TV3 Sport 2”.
After this duel, Rigans will have one game left this year, which will be scheduled for December 30 with Moscow’s “Spartak”. “Dinamo” will start 2021 with four home games in a row.
Last Monday, the Rigans played their last home game of the year, in which they gave way to the “Sochi” team with 5: 6 overtime, which was once 1: 4. Earlier, the “Dynamics” at home conceded 1: 4 to the St. Petersburg SKA, but with 4: 6 acknowledged the superiority of Nizhny Novgorod’s “Torpedo”. In the last match, “Dinamo” played a two-goal deficit and in extra time, Minsk “Dinamo” gave in 2: 3.
For the Riga unit, the loss against Minsk’s “Dynamo” was the fifth failure in a row. This month, Dinamo’s only victory was unexpectedly won against SKA, which lost to the bulls 3: 4.
Meanwhile, the Spartak team’s victory alternates with a loss. In the last five matches, the Muscovites have once won, but once lost, the Nursultan “Barys”, the Sochi and Riga “Dinamo” teams have also been defeated, but another failure has been experienced against Cherepovets’ “Severstall”.
The two clubs last met on December 15, when Torpedo had a 6: 4 lead. So far, it has been the only meeting of both clubs this season, but last year the victories in two matches were split in half. In the first match, the Rigans were superior with 3: 0, but in the answer duel “Torpedo” won with 5: 2.
In total, in the KHL championship, the two units met 34 times, of which “Dinamo” hockey players proved to be superior in 13 cases.
The Riga club with 17 points in 37 matches ranks last among 11 Western conference clubs and is the weakest team in the whole league, while “Torpedo” with 43 points in 39 games in the Eastern conference is in the seventh position.
Riga “Dinamo” no longer includes goalkeepers Ilya Proskurjakov and Zein Makintair, but on Thursday another Russian goalkeeper Ivan Nalimov joined the team. The goalkeeper Jānis Voris, as well as the attackers Nikolajs Jeļisejevs and Andris Džeriņš also joined the ranks of the unit on Saturday.
Stanislav Galimov, Jordan Murray and Tony Sund remained in Riga due to injury and illness. Defender Miks Tumānovs and forwards Kārlis Bucenieks, Deniss Fjodorovs, Gustavs Millers, Rūdolfs Polcss, Glebs Prohorenkovs, Patriks Zabusovs remained in the ranks of the Russian Youth Hockey League (MHL) unit “Rīgas”.
Last season, “Dinamo” took the penultimate place in the Western Conference and in the entire league, not qualifying for the Gagarin Cup for the sixth year in a row.
The following hockey players will be at the disposal of the head coach of the “Dinamo” team Pēteris Skudras and his assistants:
goalkeepers – Ivans Naļimovs, Bruno Brūveris, Reinis Liepiņš;
guards – Jānis Jaks, Matthew Majone, Roberts Mamčics, Ernests Ošenieks, Rīss Skārlets, Kristaps Sotnieks), Kristaps Zīle;
attackers – Daniels Bērziņš, Rihards Bukarts, Roberts Bukarts, Lauris Dārziņš, Mārtiņš Dzierkals, Jevgenijs Gračovs, Emīls Ģēģeris, Miks Indrašis, Dāvids Levins, Jaisis Lipons, Deniss Paršins, Gunārs Skvorcovs, Gennady Stoar
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