- Avtomobilist is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Avangard already beat Avtomobilist this season by a score of 3-0
- Nigel Dawes has points in 8 straight games, going 7-6-13 over that span
- Avtomobilist: Georgy Belousov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko
- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo
- Goalie Jakub Kovar is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game
- Teams exchange wins this year, Salavat won by a score of 3-1 and lost 0-1
- Salavat Yulaev won last five home games against Sibir
- Zakhar Arzamastsev has points in 3 straight game, going 4-1-5 over that span
- Salavat: Anton Burdasov
- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich
- Vladimir Tkachyov is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point
- Dinamo is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Dinamo already beat Traktor this year by a score of 3-1
- Evgeny Lisovets has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span
- Christian Thomas has points in 3 straight game, sing 3-2-5 over that span
- Alexander Sudnitsin has 73:21 minutes of shutout hockey
- Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Daniil Gubarev, Richard Gynge, Nikita Nikitin, Igor Polygalov
- Neftekhimik is coming into the contest on a 4-game losing streak
- Dinamo already beat Neftekhimik this season by a score of 4-3
- Last time Neftekhimik got a win in Riga was on 9 December 2011, when visitors won 5-2
- Dinamo: Gunars Skvorcovs
- Ilya Arkalov is hoping to suit up for his 200th KHL game
- Damir Sharipzyanov is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL game
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 13-game losing streak
- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak
- Torpedo already beat Slovan this year by a score of 4-1
- Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov, Pavel Makarenko
- Denis Barantsev is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game
- Dmitry Korobov is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL regular season game
- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak
- Spartak is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Spartak already beat Severstal this year by a score of 3-0
- Spartak forward Maxim Tsyplakov will sit out last game of his suspension
- Spartak has never managed to win in Cherepovets for five years, last win dated back to 22 September 2013 by a score of 4-3 in overtime
- Ilya Zubov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span
- Severstal: Nikolay Kazakovtsev
- Spartak: Mikhail Grigoryev
- Sochi has never managed to win Ak Bars at home rink
- Ak Bars already beat Sochi this season by a score of 5-1
- Robert Rosen has points in 7 straight game, going 3-7-10 over that span
- Eric O’Dell has points in 4 straight game, going 4-3-7 over that span
- Jiri Sekac has points in 3 straight game, going 2-2-4 over that span
- Danis Zaripov has points in 5 straight game, going 2-5-7 over that span
- Sochi: Konstantin Barulin, Dmitry Lugan, Yohann Auvitu, Oleg Pogorishny
- Ak Bars: Anton Lander, Fyodor Malykhin, Dmitry Yudin
- Dynamo is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak
- Jokerit lost 8 consecutive games to Dynamo in KHL
- Dynamo already beat Jokerit this season by a score of 4-0
- Ivan Bocharov has 110:13 minutes of shutout hockey
- Vadim Shipachyov has points in 4 straight game, going 2-3-5 over that span
- Dmitry Kagarlitsky has points in 4 straight game, going 1-4-5 over that span
- Daniil Tarasov has points in 4 straight game, going 3-1-4 over that span
- Jokerit: Marko Anttila, Eemeli Rasanen
- Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov
- Ryan Zapolski is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL regular season game
- Dmitry Kagarlitsky is hoping to suit up for his 400th KHL regular season game