Barys is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
CSKA is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
Barys is coming into this game on a 4-game losing streak.
CSKA is coming into this game having lost its last contest.
Barys defeated CSKA earlier this season by a score of 3-1.
Dietz has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Barys: Viktor Svedberg, Iiro Pakarinen, Talgat Zhailauov
CSKA: Sergei Andronov
Forward Kirill Kaprizov is hoping to suit up for his 300th career KHL game (currently at 299).
Traktor is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Avtomobilist is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Traktor is coming into this game fresh off a victory.
Avtomobilist is also coming into this game fresh off a victory.
Avtomobilist defeated Traktor earlier this season by a score of 3-0.
Traktor: Nick Bailen, Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas, Andrei Popov, Andrew Calof, Alexei Kruchinin, Tomas Hyka
Avtomobilist: Yevgeni Mozer, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Artyom Gareyev
Forward Vyacheslav Litovchenko is hoping to suit up for his 400th career KHL game (currently at 399).
Vityaz is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Severstal is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
Vityaz is entering this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
Severstal is entering this contest on a 6-game losing streak.
Vityaz beat Severstal earlier this season by a score of 4-1.
Aaltonen has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Vityaz: Danila Kvartalnov, Pavel Koltygin
Severstal: Yegor Yakovlev
Forward Yevgeni Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).
SKA is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Lokomotiv is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
SKA is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Lokomotiv is coming into this contest with a win in its last game.
Lokomotiv defeated SKA earlier this season by an overtime score of 4-3.
Da Costa has points in 4 straight game, going 2-2-4 over that span.
SKA: Dinar Khafizullin, Lukas Bengtsson
Lokomotiv: Staffan Kronwall
Forward Alexander Polunin is looking forward to suiting up for his 200th career KHL game (currently at 199).
Spartak Moscow is playing the 4th of four straight home games.
Admiral is playing the 3rd of four straight road games.
Spartak Moscow is coming into this contest on a 6-game winning streak.
Admiral is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
Admiral defeated Spartak Moscow earlier this season by a score of 3-2.
With a win today, Spartak Moscow would set a new club record for wins in a row.
Khokhlachev has points in 5 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span. He has goals in 4 straight games, which ties a club KHL record.
Kuteikin has points in 3 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span.
Spartak Moscow: Yevgeni Kulik, Alexei Grishin
Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov
Goaltender Julius Hudacek is hoping to gain his 50th career KHL victory (currently at 49).
Forward Anatoli Nikontsev is hoping to score his 100th career KHL goal (currently at 99).
Jokerit is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 1st of three straight road games.
Jokerit is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Torpedo is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
Torpedo has defeated Jokerit twice already this season by scores of 6-5 and 4-3, both in overtime.
Jokerit: Steve Moses, Nicklas Jensen
Torpedo: Anton Volchenkov, Anders Lindback, Paul Szczechura
Neftekhimik is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Ak Bars is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
Neftekhimik is coming into this game having won 7 in a row.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Ak Bars has defeated Neftekhimik twice already this season, 4-1 and 3-2.
With a win today, Neftekhimik would once again set a new club record for wins in a row.
Bilyalov has played an incredible 145:25 straight minutes of KHL hockey without allowing a goal against.
Neftekhimik: Rafael Bikmullin
Ak Bars: Vladimir Tkachyov, Dmitri Voronkov, Artyom Lukoyanov
Forward Jonas Enlund is hoping to score his 100th career regular season KHL goal (currently at 99).