Charles LeClaire-US PRESSWIRE - Presswire
Saturday's KHL schedule features four games involving NHL players, including Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk
There is still no end in sight for the NHL lockout, so the attention of hockey fans is again in Europe where several NHL players make their temporary homes in the KHL.
Saturday's six-game schedule features four matchups that involve NHL players. Highlights include an early tilt involving Metallurg Magnitogorsk, temporary home of Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sergei Gonchar of the Ottawa Senators, as well as a nightcap between HC Lev Praha and SKA St. Petersburg, featuring five NHL players including Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils.
Amur heads to Traktor.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Sergei Gonchar, Ottawa Senators) hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk.
Sibir plays at Avtomobilist.
Avangard Omsk (Nikita Nikitin, Columbus Blue Jackets) plays host to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Seymon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche; Artem Anisimov, Columbus Blue Jackets; Dmity Kulikov, Florida Panthers)
Barys Astana (Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning; Nik Antropov; Winnipeg Jets) welcomes Atlant Mytishchi (Anton Knudobin, Boston Bruins)
HC Lev Praha (Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins; Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers) travels to SKA St. Petersburg (Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets; Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues)
ESPN3 is set to televise several KHL games this season, though none of Saturday's contests is scheduled for broadcast.
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