Tellqvist leaves the goal again as the puck comes to the Amur zone.

Tellqvist gets back in net as the faceoff is in the neutral zone.

Dinamo can't get the organization over the blueline while Amur play extremely high forecheck and intercept lots of passes.

Amur take the offense to the other side with Jan Mursak entering the zone in the middle and stretching the play to the left deking a defender in front and taking a backhander on Tellqvist, he makes a save.

After the timeout Dinamo take the initiative in search of the second goal to level things again but can't strike precisely. Amur defending.

A high-paced game with lots of battles for each and every puck possession as Dinamo fire from the left post, deflected off Murygin gets to the right circle and the shot is deflected by the defenseman in front who takes the open ice and dives.

Marcel Hossa drives to the right side and into the zone going for the five hole, but Murygin covers it with the stick and stopps the play with his glove.

Dinamo is back at full strength.

Tellqvist is forced to make a couple of saves now as Amur fire from all positions trying to score on the powerplay.

Evgeny Orlov plays a high forecheck and at the boards deep into Dinamo's zone forces a penalty.

Kyle Wilson takes the puck behind the net leaving it on the right post but the shot in the end was deflected low by Murygins's pads coming off Marcel Hossa. And we have a brawl following, but the referees split the players immediately.

Amur had a chance on the opposite side with a shot from the right, though it's deflected aside and behind the net.

Dinamo now have to open up again and need another goal to level so they take the puck aggressively and into the zone firing from the slot, but Murygin deflects aside.

Vitalijs Pavlovs takes a shot after the puck was left for him in the middle on the blueline, taking it to the left circle.

Amur is back at full strength.

Dinamo dominate on the powerplay but Amur successfully clear the danger away from the zone twice.

Marcel Hossa takes a shot from the right circle all alone on a feed from the left board, but gets deflected in the waning moments by Murygin's pads.

A counter for Amur coming over the right, though the shot is deflected by the defenseman in front.

Dinamo is back at full strength.

Dzerins bursts out for a breakaway and gets the feed from the right to the crease but Murygin is first on it.

:38 left on Ozolins' penalty so Amur take the puck up front.

Another shot from Amur coming off the blueline to the right, but the slapper is deflected wide.

Shots just fly coast to coast with both teams eager the score for the lead, but the goalies are the centre now as they make incredible saves.

Tellqvist plays the puck from the zone and to the bluline on the right for Kyle Wilson who decides to take a shot with a man in front and forces Murygin to hold onto it for another faceoff.

No offensive action by either team following the end of the powerplay. The game is mainly in the neutral zone.

Amur is back to full strength as Dinamo didn't generate much on the powerplay, taking just a few dangerless shots.

Amur again take the puck into the zone and try to score to put themselves up again, but Tellqvist makes two quick saves on hard one-timers.

Vitalijs Pavlovs comes to the slot with the puck from the boards at the left, takes a high backhander, but Murygin makes the save without any problems.

Indrasis takes an easy shot from the right at the blueline after receiving a pass from the middle, though it's wide to the left. Action changes between both sides.

Cibulskis was in the battle for the puck with Alexander Yunkov and hit him into the boards while he hit it somehow clumsy and stay on the ice for some time.

A shot on the other side with a sharp angle at the goal line from the left, but Murygin denies it.

Jan Mursak fires from the left circle on the edge but gets denied from Tellqvist who makes a chest save.

Dinamo play completely different hockey in the second period, taking the momentum away and dominating the game.

What should have been a breakaway for Amur with Lugin chasing the puck is a bit too quick for him and the call is icing. Faceoff back deep into the zone.

Dinamo put some pressure in the zone keeping the puck in and firing from the right mainly, but Murygin is able to make some saves.

Amur try to keep possession in the zone behind the net, but Dinamo clear away the danger and Amur are forced to regroup from their zone.

Vitalijs Pavlovs takes the shot on Murygin from the right but the goalie makes an easy save.

Just as we start the second period Dinamo are offside going to the zone.

Dinamo take some offense in the zone and play a bit more physical than before, though Amur's defence allows no nonsense and get the puck out.

One minute to go in the first period.

Ilshat Bilalov takes a shot right off the faceoff deep in Dinamo's zone, but the one-timed slapper is wide to the right.

Jan Mursak dumps the puck but can't get to it on the boards and Dinamo takes another offense with Indrasis dumping and chasing it, though he is boarded and Amur take over.

Amur restart from behind the net and in three touches find themselves before Tellqvist, who makes a save on a slapshot from the right circle.

Circling the net from the right and coming off the left post Amur take another shot low to the near corner, Tellqvist manages to get his pad on it and deflect the puck.

Dmitry Lugin takes the puck into the zone in the middle and on his way to the net dekes out 3 defensemen, but the shot in the end is missed to end the great solo effort.

Shots on goal so far are 16-3 in favour of Amur! It's crazy how they dominate the game in the first period over such a high-quality opponent. You'd never say they're among the 5 last teams in the KHL.

Dinamo are back to full strength.

Sotnieks is back so it's a single powerplay for Amur.

Amur commit a mistake in the zone as Loginov's pass to the left is inaccurate and goes out but they quickly get back in.

Right off the faceoff Loginov takes the shot from the left, gets deflected by defence and the puck leaves the zone.

Dinamo try to take it into the zone but Amur play solid defense at the blueline and a high forecheck, deflect the puck to deep into Dinamo zone and the Latvians will have to regroup.

Mikhail Fisenko takes another shot on Tellqvist from the right side coming towards the goal line ad having a sharp angle, gets denied. Great performance by Amur dominating the game in the opening period.

Amur take the puck in the zone and it's left at the blueline for Vladimir Loginov who can't get the feed to behind the net being deflected off Dinamo's defeseman.

Mikael Tellqvist saves his team once again in the opening minutes as Amur continue to put pressure on the offense.

Andrei Stepanov gets the puck in the neutral zone on the left deking out Mat Robinson with one touch and going in, taking a backhander on Tellqvist from a sharp angle, but gets stoned cold.

Amur continue to dominate as they take the momentum in the game, firing from all holes, and Dinamo are forced to defend desperately.

The first shot of the game is taken by Oskars Cibulskis from the left circle, but Murygin catches it with the glove in the upper right corner, easy save.

Dinamo take the puck down the ice over the right and get it to the slot for a tip in, but the feed is missed in the middle from the oncoming skater.

Alexander Yunkov takes the puck up front on the right wing but gets denied going behind the net and Dinamo can restart.

So far Dinamo tried to enter the zone three times on the right, but each time they got denied from Amur.

We're off and running in Khabarovsk as Dinamo wins the opening faceoff and try to build up from it at once.

Starting lineups:

Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Yeryomin) – Reese, Mursak, Bilalov, Petruzalek, Kryukov – Sedunov, Loginov, Korotkov, Yunkov, Orlov – Yezhov, Tarasov, Lugin, Litovchenko, Bykov – Fisenko, Stepanov, Smurov, Teryayev

Dinamo Riga: Tellqvist (Cimermanis) – Ozolins, Wilson, Cibulskis, Pavlovs, Hossa – Kuzmenkovs, Nizivijs, Robinson, Cipulis, Pujacs – Redlihs, Sotnieks, Skvorcovs, Dzerins, Meija – Siksnis, Szczechura, Siksna, Indrasis, Bukarts

Referees: Gusev, Sergeyev – Putilin, Nazarov.

Dinamo are out on the ice, Amur are slowly hitting the ice as we get ready for the national anthems.

The game starts at 10:00 CET, 12:00 MSK, 04:00 EDT.

Surely the favourite on the paper and going to the game, but can they prove it on the ice? They're a great talented side, while Amur is hungry for wins in regulation. This can only prove to be an interesting matchup, so make sure you don't miss it.

Dinamo Riga are up to a fantastic start, recording 18 points after 9 games. After last season's ending dead last, this is a huge boost for the Latvian side. Their record is currently 5-2-2, the losses coming at CSKA Moscow, then against Ak Bars and in the last game against Torpedo. Before that game they beat Dynamo Moscow and Vityaz.

Offensive-wise Kyle Wilson (5G, 2A) and Marcel Hossa (3G, 4A) both have 7 points, while Paul Szczechura (5G, 1A) and Vitalijs Pavlovs (1G, 5A) follow with 6.

On defense Mat Robinson sets up goals more often than not, adding 5 assists to his 2 goals, while Sandis Ozolins has a point less on a record of 1G, 5A.

Mikael Tellqvist sitts at high 93.7 SVS% and 1.41 GAA out of 7 games, while Jakub Sedlacek stood in the crease for two games, 90.7 SVS% and 2.50 allowing in on average.

Today's hosts are currently sitting in the last place of the East, behind Admiral, another new face in the league alongside Medvescak Zagreb, just a point above being the worst in the league as Slovan and Dinamo Minsk on the West both have 4 points. Amur still haven't won a game in regulation and have a record of 0-4-3 in 7 games. The only positive result for them came against Ufa in overtime, but then they had 3 consecutive lossess entering the home series.

Alexander Yunkov is their most efficient man with 5 points (3G, 2A), the others following with 3, while their top scoring defenseman is Vladimir Logionov with 5 points as well (1G, 4A).

Amur's goalies split the time spent between the pipes, Mika Jarvinen standing in there for 4 games recording 91 SVS% and 2.83 GAA. Alexei Murygin stands at 88.7 SVS% andallows 3.94 on average.

Good morning hockey fans! The game will start within the next hour, still early in the morning. The host city, Khabarovsk, is a far eastern Russian city and thus due to time difference the game starts early.

Welcome. Game starts at 10:00 CET, 12:00 MSK, 04:00 EDT.