- Sibir is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
- Sibir last time defeated Torpedo on home ice happened October 19, 2015 by 4-1 score.
- Torpedo defeated Sibir this season by 6-2 score.
- Zhafyarov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
- Genoway has points in 3 straight games, going 0-5-5 over that span.
- Rattie has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Sibir: Vladislav Naumov
- Sibir defenseman Nikolai Demidov is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
- Sibir defenseman Oleg Piganovich is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
- Topredo defenseman is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
- Barys is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Ak Bars is coming into this contest on 4-game winning streak.
- Ak Bars defeated Barys this season by 3-2 score.
- Azevedo has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
- Kara has points in 4 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg.
Ak Bars: Dmitry Voronkov, Oleg Li, Vladimir Tkachyov.
- Salavat is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Amur is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Salavat defeated Amur this season by 3-2 score.
- Metsola has 68:01 minutes of shutout hockey.
Amur: Artyom Zhelezkov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Danil Fayzullin.
- Amur forward Anton Lazarev is set to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).
- Salavat forward Linus Omark and Teemu Hartikainen are still hoping to beat Alexander Radulov’s point record for the club (Omark and Radulov are tied at 299, Hartikainen has 298).
- Neftekhimik is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
- Kunlun Red Star is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Shiksatdarov has points in 7 straight games, going 4-4-8 over that span.
- Kunlun Red Start three times defeated Neftekhimik this season by 4-3 SO, 2-1, 2-1 OT scores.
Neftekhimik: Bulat Shafigullin.
KRS: Brayden Jaw, Brandon Yip, Alex Riche, Jake Chelios.
- Neftekhimik goalie Konstantin Barulin is hoping to gain his 250th KHL win (currently at 249).
- Vityaz is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
- Dinamo Riga is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
- Teams exchanged with wins this season by 2-1 and 0-4 scores.
- Darzins has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Vityaz: Ilya Ezhov.
- Vityaz defenseman Igor Golovkov is set to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).
- Vityaz forward Evgeny Artyukhin is still looking for his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).
- Vityaz defenseman Ville Lajunen is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
- SKA is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.
- Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- SKA defeated Severstal this season by 2-1 SO score, extending winning streak to 24 games.
- Plotnikov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
SKA: Lukas Bengtsson, Vasily Tokranov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi, Nail Yakupov
Severstal: Daniil Vovchenko
- HC Sochi is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Lokomotiv defeated HC Sochi twice this season by 2-1, 1-0 scores.
- Lander has points in 4 straight games, going 6-2-8 over that span.
- Sannikov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
HC Sochi: Nikita Shchitov.
Lokomotiv: Andrei Markov.
- Lokomotiv forward Stepane Da Costa is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
- Lokomotiv forward Daniil Apalkov is looking for his 200th KHL point (currently at 199).
- Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Dynamo is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak.
- Jokerit defeated Dynamo this season by 2-1 OT score.
- Jaskin has points in 11 straight games, going 8-15-23 over that span.
- Hietanen has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Tarasov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Jokerit: Niklas Jensen.
Dynamo: Sergei Boikov, Vyacheslav Kulyomin.
- Dynamo defenseman Kirill Lyamin is hoping to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).