- Admiral is coming into this contest having lost seven games in a row.
- Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest fresh off a loss in its last game.
- Admiral is playing the 1st of three straight home games. Spartak is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Spartak already defeated Admiral once this season, at home, by a score of 3-1.
Admiral: Mikhail Patrikeyev, Nikita Sirotkin
- Stepan Zakharchuk will miss this game, the 15th contest of a 15-game suspension.
- Amur is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Amur is playing the 1st of four straight home games. Dinamo is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
- Amur already defeated Dinamo once this season by a score of 6-3.
- Dinamo last won a game in Khabarovsk on December 6th, 2013 by a score of 3-2 in OT.
Dinamo Minsk: Alexander Kitarov
- Forward Tomas Zohorna is looking to suit up for his 200th career KHL game.
- Forward Vyacheslav Ushenin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Forward Igor Rudenkov is looking to suit up for his 100th career regular season KHL game.
- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Sochi is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Severstal is playing the 1st of four straight home games. Sochi is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
- On November 16th, Sochi beat Severstal 2-0 on home ice.
- Barulin has played 98:07 straight minutes without giving up a goal against.
Sochi: Alexander Akmaldinov, Dmitri Arkhipov, Kirill Kapustin, Sean Collins, Dmitri Lugin, Denis Mosalyov, Oleg Pogorishny
Severstal: Valery Vasilyev, Nikolai Kazakovtsev, Matej Stransky, Carter Ashton
- Forward Damir Rakhimullin is serving the first of a 2-game suspension.
- Yuri Trubachev is looking to collect his 200th career point in the KHL.
- Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Avangard is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Torpedo is playing the 7th of seven straight home games. Avangard is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
Torpedo: Pavel Shenfeld
Avangard: Kari Ramo
- Defenseman Yegor Martynov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Forward Semyon Koshelev is looking to suit up for his 100th career regular season KHL game.
- CSKA is coming into this contest on a 9-game winning streak.
- Slovan is entering this contest having lost its last game.
- CSKA is playing the 1st of four straight home games. Slovan is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
- In a game held in Vienna, Austria earlier this season, CSKA crushed Slovan by a score of 9-0.
- Ilya Sorokin has played 180:30 straight minutes without allowing a goal against. The current regular season record is held by 22-year old Igor Shestyorkin (208:30 minutes).
- Vey has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Defenseman Ivan Svarny is looking to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Greg Scott is looking to suit up for his 100th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.