Salavat is on a 1-game homestand.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Salavat is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.
Dinamo Minsk is coming into this game mired in a 10-game losing streak.
Salavat already defeated Dinamo Minsk earlier this season 3-2 in overtime.
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Pulkkinen, Stefan Elliot
Metallurg is playing the 2nd of four straight home games.
Sibir is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
Metallurg is coming into this game on a 2-game winning streak.
Sibir is coming into this game on a 6-game winning streak.
Sibir defeated Metallurg earlier this season by a score of 3-2 in overtime.
Metallurg: Vladimir Galuzin
Sibir: Nikolai Demidov, Vladislav Naumov
SKA is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
SKA is coming into this contest having lost yesterday’s game.
Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
SKA is playing for the second day in a row.
SKA defeated Dinamo Riga earlier this season by shutting them out 3-0.
SKA: Dinar Khafizullin, Lukas Bengtsson
Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile
Sochi is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Kunlun is playing the 5th of five straight road games.
Sochi is entering this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Kunlun is entering this contest on a 5-game winning streak.
Kunlun defeated Sochi once this season by a score of 3-2.
With a win today, Kunlun would once again set a record for club wins in a row.
Sochi: Nikita Shchitov, Damir Rakhimullin
Kunlun: Victor Bartley, Brayden Jaw, Jake Chelios, Brandon Yip
Kunlun: Forward Garet Hunt will miss this game while serving a 1-game suspension.
Avangard is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Dynamo Moscow is on a 1-game road trip.
Avangard is coming into this game having won its most recent contest.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into this contest on a 5-game winning streak.
Dynamo Moscow defeated Avangard earlier this season by a score of 1-0.