Amur is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak.
Ak Bars is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Ak Bars defeated Amur this season by 3-1 score.
Amur: Tomas Zohorna, Maxim Kondratyev.
Ak Bars: Artyom Lukoyanov, Andrei Pedan, Viktor Tikhonov.
Kunlun Red Star is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Sibir is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak.
Sibir defeated Kunlun twice this season by 3-2 SO, 4-3 scores.
Milovzorov has points in 3 straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Kunlun Red Star: David Bondra, Brayden Jaw, Alex Riche.
Sibir: Oleg Piganovich.
Both teams are coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Barys defeated Salavat this season by 2-1 score.
Hartikainen has points in 7 straight games, going 7-3-10 over that span.
Barys: Iiro Pakarinen, Viktor Svedberg.
Salavat Yulaev: Mikhail Pashnin.
Salavat Yulaev: Grigory Panin will sit 1st of four games of his suspension.
Salavat defenseman Alexei Semynov is set to play his 500th KHL game (currently at 499).
Traktor is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Metallurg is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Teams exchanged with wins this season, Traktor won 1-0 and lost 2-5.
Bailen has points in 4 straight games, going 1-5-6 over that span.
Traktor: Sergei Konkov, Nikita Shcherbak.
Metallurg forward Sergei Mozyakin is hoping to score his 400th KHL goal (currently at 399).
Traktor forward Anton Glinkin is hoping to score his 100th KHL goal (currently at 99).
Severstal is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Avtomobilist is coming into this on a 2-game winning streak.
Avtomobilist defeated Severstal this season by 3-2 SO score.
Kovar has 61:49 minutes of shutout hockey.
Dawes has points in 9 straight games, going 3-8-11 over that span.
Golyshev has points in 3 straight games, going 2-2-4 over that span.
Severstal’s last home win against Avtomobilist happened on September 15, 2015 by 4-1 score.
Yakimov has points in 3 straight games, going 3-0-3 over that span.
Morozov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Severstal: Adam Liska
Avtomobilist: Alexander Kucheryavenko
Avtomobilist forward Nigel Dawes is hoping to collect his 450th KHL regular season point (currently at 448).
Torpedo is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Sochi is coming into this contest on a 2-game winning streak.
Teams exchanged with wins this season, Torpedo won 4-1 and lost 4-5.
Torpedo: Sergei Goncharuk.
Sochi: Vladislav Kaletnik, Malte Stromwall, Artyom Tomilin, Dmitry Shikin, Nikita Shchitov.
Vityaz is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Jokerit is coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
Jokerit defeated Vityaz this season by 4-1 score.
Vityaz lost four straight games to Jokerit with the same score 1-4.
Jensen has points in 10 straight games, going 9-7-16 over that span.
Vityaz: Evgeny Mons, Alexander Semin.
Jokerit: Henri Ikonen, Oliver Lauridsen.
Vityaz forward Evgeny Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point (currently at 99).
Jokerit forward Petri Kontiola is looking to collect his 250th KHL assist (currently at 248).
SKA is coming into this contest fresh off a win.
Dinamo is coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
SKA defeated Dinamo three times this season by 3-0, 4-3 SO and 5-3 scores.
SKA: Alexander Barabanov, Anton Burdasov.
Dinamo: Kristaps Zile.
SKA: Sergei Plotnikov will sit 1st of 2 games of his suspension.
SKA forward Vladimir Tkachyov is looking to collect his 100th KHL assist (currently at 99).
Both teams are coming into this contest fresh off a loss.
CSKA defeated Dinamo this season by 5-2 score.
Dinamo’s last win in Moscow against CSKA happened on November 5, 2010 by 5-2 score.
Johansson has 127:09 minutes of shutout hockey.
Karpizov has points in 5 straight games, going 5-4-9 over that span.
Slepyshev has points in 5 straight games, going 3-4-7 over that span.
Spooner has points in 5 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
CSKA: Mikhail Grigorenko, Andrei Svetlakov, Ivan Telegin.
Dinamo: Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott.