- Admiral is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- SKA is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Admiral is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
- SKA is playing the 3rd of seven straight road games.
- Glazachev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
- Vikharev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Dyakov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span.
- Voronin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- SKA defeated Admiral in their first contest this season by a whopping score of 8-2.
- Shestyorkin has played 60:00 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
- Gusev has points in 5 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.
- Admiral: Nikita Sirotkin, Timur Taratunin, Alexander Mereskin
- SKA: Vasili Tokranov, Patrik Hersley
- Forward Alexander Chernikov is looking to collect his 200th career KHL point.
- Defenseman Dinar Khafizullin is hoping to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game.
- Forward Nikolai Prokhorkin is looking to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.
- Forward Alexander Barabanov is looking to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.