- Vityaz is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
- CSKA is coming into this contest on a seemingly never-ending 18-game winning streak.
- Vityaz is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
- CSKA is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
- Ortio has played 117:39 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
- CSKA beat Vityaz earlier this season 3-1.
- Sorokin has played 71:34 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
- Vey has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
- Tolchinsky has points in 3 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
- Vityaz: Pavel Chernov
- CSKA: Mat Robinson
- Defenseman Mikhail Pashnin is hoping to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- SKA is coming into this contest on a 5-game winning streak.
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 10-game losing streak.
- SKA is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
- Slovan is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
- SKA beat Slovan earlier this season by scores of 7-0.
- Cerveny has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Kuzmenko has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
- Datsyuk has points in 5 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
- Hellberg has played 141:58 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Spartak is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh of a loss.
- Spartak is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
- Jokerit is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
- This is the 3rd game between these teams this season. Spartak won the first 5-1 while Jokerit won the second 4-3 in OT.
- Zubov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
- Spartak: Maxim Goncharov, Mikhail Grigoryev
- Jokerit: Peter Regin, Marko Anttila, Eemeli Rasanen
- Defenseman Dmitry Vishnevsky is hoping to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game.
- Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Salavat is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Sochi is playing the 5th of five straight home games.
- Salavat is playing the 6th of seven straight road games.
- Rosen has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Sochi: Konstantin Barulin, Dmitri Lugin, Denis Mosalyov, Oleg Pogorishny, Yohann Auvitu
- Salavat: Nikita Li, Vyacheslav Solodukhin
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Minsk is playing the 4th of a 6-game homestand.
- Riga is playing the 2nd of a 4-game road trip.
- Darzins has points in 4 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.
- Riga: Gunars Skvorcovs