Amur is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Kunlun is playing the 7th of eight straight road games.
Amur is coming into this game fresh off a victory.
Kunlun is also coming into this game fresh off a win.
Amur has beaten Kunlun 4 times in a row at home.
Alikina pitched a shutout in his last game.
Cracknell leads Kunlun in scoring with 7 assists and 9 points in 12 games.
Amur: Denis Golubev, Kirill Rasskazov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Gleb Koryagin
Kunlun: Alex Riche
Defenseman Valeri Vasilyev is hoping to suit up for his 200th career KHL game (currently at 199).
Barys is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Barys is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
Torpedo is also coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Barys has defeated Torpedo at home 5 times in a row.
Starchenko has points in 5 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.
Barys: Viktor Svedberg, Dustin Boyd, Valeri Orekhov
Torpedo: Mikhail Smolin
Forward Paul Szczechura is hoping to pot his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
Metallurg is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Lokomotiv is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Metallurg is entering this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
Lokomotiv is entering this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Lokomotiv last won a game I Magnitogorsk on October 22nd, 2013, by the score of 2-1 in OT.
Metallurg: Eric O’Dell
Lokomotiv: Nikita Cherepanov
Forward Vladimir Galuzin is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).
Forward Roman Lyubimov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game (currently at 299).
Forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to collect his 700th career regular season KHL point (currently at 698).
Goaltender Alexander Lazushin is hoping to suit up for his 250th career regular season KHL game (currently at 249).
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Traktor is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
Dinamo Minsk is entering the contest fresh off a victory.
Traktor is also entering the contest fresh off a victory.
Pulkkinen has points in 6 straight games, going 4-4-8 over that span.
Shore has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Alexander Pavlovich
Traktor: Nick Bailen, Lukas Sedlak
Forward Alexei Kruchinin is hoping to suit up for his 300th career regular season KHL game (currently at 299).
CSKA is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Vityaz is on a 1-game road trip.
CSKA is coming into this contest on a 7-game winning streak.
Vityaz is coming into this contest on an amazing 9-game winning streak.
With a win today, Vityaz would set its club record for wins in a row.
Samsonov has played 99:16 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
Okulov has points in 5 straight games, going 2-6-8 over that span.
Johansson has played 85:17 straight minutes without allowing a goal against.
Vityaz: Pekka Jormakka, Nikita Komarov, Danila Kvartalnov
Forward Kirill Kaprizov is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 98).
Defenseman Artyom Chmykhov is hoping to suit up for his 100th career KHL game (currently at 99).