- Sibir is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Metallurg is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Sibir is playing the 2nd of six straight home games.
- Metallurg is playing the 4th of four straight road games.
- Sibir already beat Metallurg once this season by a score of 2-0.
- Peltola has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
- Pakarinen has points in 4 straight games, going 4-04 over that span.
- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich, Sergei Barbashev
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Amur is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
- Amur is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Amur: Jan Kolar, Maxim Kondratyev, Pavel Turbin
- Lokomotiv: Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky
- Forward Andrei Loktionov is looking to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Brandon Kozun is looking to collect his 100th assist in regular season KHL game.
- Goaltender Alexander Salak is seeking his 100th career regular season KHL win.
- Forward Vyacheslav Ushenin is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Forward Tomas Zohorna is looking to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Dynamo Moscow is coming into this contest on a 5-game winning streak.
- Kunlun is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Dynamo is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- Kunlun is playing the 2nd of four straight road games.
- Kunlun has never defeated Dynamo in KHL play.
- Yeremenko has played 119:57 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Shipachyov has points in 5 straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.
- Kagarlitsky has points in 5 straight games, going 1-6-7 over that span.
- Dynamo: Maxim Afinogenov, Patrik Zackrisson, Daniil Tarasov, Miks Indrasis
- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Marc-André Gragnani
- Forward Vyacheslav Kulemin is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- Forward Wojtech Wolski is looking to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.
- Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
- Sochi is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.
- Dinamo is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
- Sochi defeated Dinamo in Riga once earlier this season by a score of 4-1.
- Riga has beaten Sochi only once in nine KHL games!
- Sochi: Dmitri Lugin, Denis Mosalyov, Vadim Khlopotov, Oleg Pogorishny
- Dinamo: Sergei Gimayev, Gunars Skvorcovs
- Forward Linus Videll is looking to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Jokerit is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Spartak is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
- Jokerit is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Jokerit beat Spartak earlier this season 4-3 in OT. The game was held in Tallinn.
- Zapolski has played 103:14 straight minutes without having allowed a goal against.
- Spartak has never defeated Jokerit at home and has just one win against the Helsinki-based club in seven total KHL games.
- Bespalov has played 183:08 straight minutes without a goal against.
- Daugavins has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
- Karsums has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
- Spartak: Maxim Goncharov, Enver Lisin
- Jokerit: Peter Regin, Marko Anttila, Nicklas Jensen, Eemeli Rasanen
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 7-game losing streak.
- Salavat is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
- Slovan is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
- Salavat is playing the 2nd of seven straight road games.
- Salavat beat Slovan earlier this season by a score of 4-1.
- Salavat has scored a grand total of one goal in the last four games!
- Salavat: Nikita Li, Vyacheslav Solodukhin
- Salavat: Forward Anton Burdasov will sit out the 2nd of a 2-game suspension.