- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Amur is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
- Avtomobilist is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
- Amur is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
- Avtomobilist defeated Amur once this season by a score of 5-2.
- Dawes not only leads Avtomobilist in scoring with 17-28-45, but also the entire KHL.
- With 13-13-26, forward Golyshev is the highest scoring Russian in Avtomobilist’s line-up.
- Avtomobilist: Georgi Belousov, Vitali Popov, Nikita Tryamkin, Stanislav Yegorshev, Yefim Gurkin, Vyacheslav Litovchenko
- Amur: Jan Kolar, Maxim Kondratyev, Pavel Turbin
- Forward Vyacheslav Ushenin is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
- Jokerit is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Jokerit defeated Lokomotiv earlier this season by a close score of 4-3.
- Salak has played 112:31 straight minutes without conceding a puck.
- Yurtaykin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Lokomotiv: Yegor Korshkov, Pavel Kraskovsky
- Jokerit: Peter Regin, Marko Anttila, Nicklas Jensen, Eemeli Rasanen
- Forward Brandon Kozun is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.
- Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Kunlun is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Severstal is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
- Kunlun is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
- Kunlun has never defeated Severstal in Cherepovets.
- Fontaine has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Severstal: Yevgeni Korotkov, Nikolai Kazakovtsev, Alexander Makarov, Dmitri Kazionov
- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Marc-André Gragnani, Johan Sundstrom
- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
- Salavat is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Dinamo is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
- Salavat is playing the 3rd of seven straight road games.
- Dinamo: Sergei Gimayev, Gunars Skvorcovs
- Salavat: Nikita Li, Vyacheslav Solodukhin
- Forward Lauris Darzins is looking to suit up for his 500th career KHL game.
- Forward Teemu Hartikainen is looking to score his 100th career KHL goal. He currently has 99.