- Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Ak Bars is also coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Traktor is playing the 6th of six straight home games.
- Ak Bars is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
- Ak Bars beat Traktor earlier this season by a score of 5-3.
- Galiev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
- Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Richard Gynge, Igor Polygalov, Nikita Nikitin, Alexander Shinin
- Ak Bars: Anton Lander
- Forward Semyon Kokuyov is looking to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.
- Forward Igor Isayev is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
- Defenseman Nick Bailen is looking to collect his 100th career KHL assist.
- Forward Justin Azevedo is looking to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game.
- Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Spartak is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Neftekhimik beat Spartak earlier this season by a score of 4-1.
- Goaltender Nikita Bespalov is shooting for his 50th career victory in the KHL.
- Forward Alexander Khokhlachev is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- Avangard is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Vityaz is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Avangard is playing the 1st of four straight home games.
- Vityaz is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
- Avangard defeated Vityaz earlier this season 6-0.
- Bobkov has played 103:33 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Medvedev has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
- Shirokov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span.
- Franson has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo
- Vityaz: Pavel Chernov
- Forward Sergei Shirokov is hoping to collect his 300th career regular season KHL point.
- Forward Alexander Yevseyenkov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.
- Forward Gennadi Stolyarov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL assist.