- Admiral is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Admiral is playing the 2nd of eight straight home games.
- Lokomotiv is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Lokomotiv defeated Admiral in their previous meet-up by a score of 4-0.
- Vikharev has points in 4 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Admiral: Timur Taratunin
- Lokomotiv: Petri Kontiola, Pavel Kraskovsky
- Lokomotiv: Artur Kayumov is serving the 12th of a 13-game suspension.
- Forward Yuri Petrov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.
- Forward Daniil Apalkov is hoping to collect his 100th career regular season KHL assist.
- Amur is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
- Amur is playing the 1st of six straight home games.
- Severstal is playing the 2nd of seven straight road games.
- Kodola has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
- Markovin has points in 4 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
- Trubachev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Amur: Jan Kolar (expected back on January 15th), Pavel Turbin, Anton Lazarev, Yegor Zhuravlyov
- Severstal: Konstantin Korneyev, Sergei Kuptsov
- Forward Vyacheslav Ushenin is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- Forward Alexander Gorshkov is looking to collect his 100th career regular season KHL point.
- Forward Yevgeni Lapenkov is looking to score his 100th career regular season KHL goal.
- Goaltender Dominik Furch is hoping to gain his 100th career KHL victory.
- Kunlun is coming into this contest fresh off a victory.
- Jokerit is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Kunlun is playing the 1st of seven straight home games.
- Jokerit is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Jokerit defeated Kunlun earlier this season by a score of 6-3.
- N. Jensen has points in 5 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
- Kunlun: Krisjanis Redlihs, Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Blake Parlett, Marc-André Gragnani, Veli-Matti Savinainen, Josh Nicholls
- Jokerit: Marko Anttila, Max Warn
- Defenseman Oliver Lauridsen is hoping to suit up for his 100th career game in the KHL.
- Forward Jesse Joensuu is hoping to suit up for his 200th career regular season KHL game.
- Sibir is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
- Salavat is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Sibir is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Salavat is playing the 1st of six straight road games.
- Sibir and Salavat have faced off three times this season. Sibir took the first two games 1-0 and 2-1 in OT while Salavat won the third 3-1.
- Omark has points in 4 straight games, going 3-6-9 over that span.
- Burdasov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.
- Tkachev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-4-6 over that span.
- Khokhryakov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Gleb Zyryanov, Nikolai Demidov
- Forward Dmitry Kugryshev is hoping to score his 100th overall KHL goal.
- Defenseman Alexei Semyonov is looking to suit up for his 400th career regular season KHL game.
- Barys is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Barys is playing the 3rd of five straight home games.
- Sochi is playing the 2nd of four straight road games.
- Barys defeated Sochi earlier this season by a score of 3-0.
- Sochi: Dmitri Lugin, Oleg Pogorishny, Yohann Auvitu, Nikita Shchitov, Stepan Starkov
- Forward Denis Mosalyov is hoping to collect his 200th point in the KHL.
- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 7-game winning streak.
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Metallurg is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Metallurg has defeated Neftekhimik twice this season by scores of 4-3 in OT and 4-2.
- Metallurg has won its last six home games against Neftekhimik.
- Shiksatdarov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Kulemin has points in 5 straight games, going 3-5-8 over that span.
- Mozyakin has points in 3 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
- Ellison has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Avangard is coming into this contest having lost its last contest.
- Spartak is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Avangard is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Spartak is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
- Avangard shut out Spartak earlier this season 4-0.
- Shirokov has points in 4 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
- Franson has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo
- Spartak: Alexander Khokhlachev (expected to be out until January 23rd)
- Defenseman Alexei Bondarev is hoping to suit up for his 500th career regular season KHL game.
- Goaltender Nikita Bespalov is shooting for his 50th career victory in the KHL.
- Torpedo is also coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Dynamo Moscow is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Torpedo is playing the 2nd of two straight home ad games.
- Dynamo is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
- Dynamo has defeated Torpedo twice this season, 4-3 in OT and 3-2.
- Calof has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Torpedo: Pavel Makarenko, Mathew Bodie, Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov, Pavel Makarenko (expected to be out until January 21st)
- Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov, Miika Koivisto, Ivan Muranov, Daniil Tarasov
- SKA is coming into this contest on a 7-game winning streak.
- Vityaz is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
- SKA is playing the 1st of six straight home games.
- Vityaz is playing the 3rd of five straight road games.
- Vityaz last defeated SKA in St. Petersburg on January 10th, 2011, by a tight score of 5-4 in OT.
- SKA defeated Vityaz earlier this season 6-0.
- Shestyorkin has played 172:00 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Prokhorkin has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
- Khafizullin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-3-3 over that span.
- Kuzmenko has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Yakupov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Gusev has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
- Aaltonen has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Semin has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- SKA: Vasili Tokranov, Patrik Hersley
- Vityaz: Igor Saprykin
- Forward Nikolai Prokhorkin is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point and score his 100th career KHL goal.
- 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.
- CSKA is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- CSKA is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
- Dinamo is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
- CSKA defeated Dinamo earlier this season by a score of 3-0.
- Dinamo last defeated CSKA in Moscow on November 5th, 2010, by a score of 5-2.
- Sorokin has played 85:41 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Pulkkinen has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
- CSKA: Nikita Nesterov
- Dinamo Minsk: Dmitry Buinitsky, Alexander Pavlovich
- Forward Sergei Andronov is looking to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Forward Quinton Howden is looking to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
- Forward Andrei Stepanov is looking to suit up for his 400th career KHL game.
- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Traktor is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Dinamo is playing the 1st of five straight home games.
- Traktor is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Traktor defeated Dinamo earlier this season by a close score of 1-0.
- Overall, Dinamo Riga has lost its last 9 games against Traktor.
- Videll has points in 4 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Darzins has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1
- over that span.
- Dzierkals has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
- Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Richard Gynge, Nikita Nikitin, Igor Polygalov (expected to be out until January 18th), Alexander Shinin (expected to be out until April 30th)
- Defenseman Nick Bailen is looking to collect his 100th career KHL assist.
- Forward Alexander Rybakov and defenseman Yevgeny Ryasensky are each hoping to suit up for their 500th career KHL game.
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Slovan is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
- Avtomobilist is playing the 2nd of four straight road games.
- Avtomobilist defeated Slovan earlier this season 3-2 in OT.
- Slovan: Andrei Meszaros (expected to be out until April 9th)
- Avtomobilist: Vitali Popov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko