AI SPORTSANALYTICSA rolling streak hosts an eight-match curse — Lada finally ride a win into Yaroslavl.
The form lines set the frame: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: W-W-W in the last 3 games, capped by a 6-2 home rout of Sochi; Lada Togliatti: W-L-L in the last 3 games, though the freshest entry is their 3-2 win over Avangard Omsk. When these two meet at Arena 2000 on Monday, a rolling home streak welcomes a visitor with a new lease on life.
The head-to-head dwarfs the form table: Lokomotiv have swept all eight of the last meetings, two by 3-2 and two more by 2-1. The most recent, in Togliatti in March, finished 4-2. Monday hands Lada their next chance to break a run that has become one of the fixture's defining facts.
Ice hockeyBoth sides come in off wins, but the last eight meetings give Minsk the historical edge heading into Sunday.
Ice hockeyA three-game winning home side meets a Metallurg outfit that leads the recent head-to-head at UMMC Arena.
Ice hockeyTwo goals from Matthew Schaefer, the last at minute 61, decided a game in which no lead ever stretched beyond one.