Avtomobilist will clinch the first overall ranking in the Eastern Conference if Barys loses in regular time.
- Admiral is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Salavat is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Admiral is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.
- Salavat is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
- Salavat defeated Admiral by a score of 3-1 in the teams’ first meeting of the season, but lost the second meeting 2-1 in OT.
- Omark’s 39 assists are good for 3rd in the KHL behind Gusev (60) and Shipachyov (44).
- Salavat: Pyotr Khokhryakov
- Forward Maxim Mayorov hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game.
- Amur is coming into this contest having won its last game.
- Avangard is coming into this contest having won 2 games in a row.
- Amur is playing the 2nd of five straight home games.
- Avangard is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Avangard has defeated Amur in all three meetings thus far this season, once 4-3 in OT and twice by the score of 3-0.
- Amur has not been able to beat Avangard in the last three games in Khabarovsk.
- Pyanov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
- Nalimov has played 69:28 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Bobkov has played 67:02 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
- Amur: Pavel Turbin, Artyom Zhelezkov, Igor Rudenkov, Alexei Murygin
- Avangard: Karri Ramo, Alexei Emelin
- Forward Kirill Semenov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point.
- Barys is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
- Kunlun is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak..
- Barys is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
- Kunlun is playing the 4th of six straight road games.
- Sibir defeated Barys once this season by a score of 3-1, but also lost to Barys beforehand by a score of 4-1.
- Petersson has points in 4 straight games, going 5-4-9 over that span.
- Cormier has points in 4 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
- Barys: Curtis Valk
- Kunlun: Marc-André Gragnani, Johan Sundstrom, Cory Kane, Josh Nicholls, Oskars Bartulis, Ville Lajunen
- Defenseman Kirill Polokhov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game.
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Sibir is also coming into this contest having lost its last game.
- Neftekhimik is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
- Sibir is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
- Neftekhimik defeated Sibir once this season by a score of 4-3.
- Prince has points in 5 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
- Neftekhimik: Juuso Puustinen (expected to be out until February 19th)
- Sibir: Konstantin Alexeyev, Samvel Mnatsyan, Vladimir Pervushin
- Defenseman Oleg Piganovich is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist.