- Admiral is coming into this contest fresh off a loss;
- Metallurg is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak;
- Admiral defeated Metallurg this season by 4-3 OT score;
- Bakos has points in 4 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span;
Admiral: Alexander Ugolnikov;
Metallurg: Ivan Vereshchagin, Brandon Kozun;
- Metallurg defenseman Evgeny Biryukov is set to play his 750th KHL game (currently at 749);
- Metallurg forward Evgeny Timkin is set to play his 600th KHL game (currently at 599);
- Avangard is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak;
- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest fresh off a loss;
- Teams exchanged wins this season, Avangard won 3-1, Avtomobilist grabbed 3-2 OT win;
- Voynov has points in 4 straight games, going 0-4-4 over that span;
- Andrighetto has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span;
- Dawes has points in 5 straight games, going 6-1-7 over that span; in last game he beat club’s record for most straight games with goals (current record at 5 games);
- Litovchenko has points in 4 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span;
Avangard: Alexei Emelin, Denis Zernov, Artyom Manukyan, Roman Manukhov, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov;
Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko, Evgeny Mozer;
- Avangard forward Sergei Shirokov is set to play his 550th KHL game (currently at 549);
- Avangard forward Sergei Shumakov is set to play his 400th KHL game (currently at 399);
- Spartak is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak;
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak;
- Dinamo Minsk defeated Spartak this season by 5-4 score;
- Spooner has points in 5 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span;
Spartak: Alexei Grishin, Evgeny Kulik;
Dinamo Minsk: Marc-Andre Gragnani, Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott;
- Spartak captain Anatoly Nikontsev is still hoping to score his 100th KHL goal (currently at 99).