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Riga “Dinamo” will host Nizhny Novgorod “Neftehimik” – KHL – Hockey

On Tuesday, Riga’s “Dinamo” beat Novosibirsk’s “Sibirj” 4: 1 at home, while “Neftehimik” beat Helsinki’s “Jokerit” 6: 3.

For Rigans this season, this will be the first meeting with the “Neftehimik” team, which has won six games in 16 matches.

Riga’s “Dinamo” account has six victories in regular time in 17 matches this season, which is already one more than in the previous season.

In the history of KHL, the Riga “Dinamo” and “Neftehimik” teams have been active 25 times. We have a bit more wins in regular time – a ratio of 12 to 9.

The Rigans have won the only duel that ended in overtime. In turn, the “bullfighters” were “Neftehimik” hockey players in two out of three times.

At the beginning of the season, Latvian striker Nikolay Yeliseev played great, scoring nine goals in 17 games. So far, in the KHL player’s career as a member of Riga “Dinamo”, he had scored only four goals in 66 games in five seasons.

Swedish goalkeeper Juhan Matsons also plays excellently in the team led by head coach Sergei Zubov, who averaged 93.3% of his opponents’ throws in 14 matches and conceded 1.90 puck.

In the continuation of the season, Riga “Dinamo” will meet with the Moscow region team “Vitjaz” represented by Mika Indrašs on Saturday (starting at 16:00).

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