- Salavat Yulaev is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
- Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Traktor defeated Salavat Yulaev last week by 4-2 score.
- Calof has points in 3 straight games, going 2-3-5 over that span.
- Hyka has points in 4 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
- Bailen has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Salavat Yulaev: Teemu Hartikainen, Pyotr Khokhryakov
Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Christian Thomas.
- Lokomotiv is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Metallurg is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Metallurg defeated Lokomotiv this season by 5-3 score.
- Koshechkin has 88:16 minutes of shutout streak.
Lokomotiv: Artyom Ilyenko, Andrei Markov, Jacub Nakladal
Metallurg: Ivan Vereshchagin, Brandon Kozun
Lokomotiv: Staffan Kronwall 1/2
- Lokomotiv forward Daniil Apalkov is looking for his 200th KHL point (currently at 199).
- Metallurg goalie Vasily Koshechkin is hoping to gain his 80th KHL shutout (currently at 79).
- Metallurg defenseman Maxim Matushkin is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
- Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Avtomobilist is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
- Torpedo defeated Avtomobilist this season by 4-3 score.
Torpedo: Kirill Urakov
Avtomobilist: Artyom Gareyev, Anatoly Golyshev, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Kucheryavenko, Geoff Platt
- Avtomobilist forward Andrei Obidin is set to play his 100th KHL game (currently at 99).
- HC Sochi is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
- Dinamo Minsk is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
- Teams exchanged with wins this season 5-4 for Sochi and 2-1 OT for Dinamo.
Sochi: Nikita Shchitov
Dinamo: Marc-Andre Gragnani, Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott
- Dinamo forward Andrei Kostitsyn is hoping to score his 100th KHL regular season goal (currently at 99).