Amur is playing the 1st of three straight home games.
Salavat is playing the 1st of four straight road games.
Amur is coming into this contest on a horrendous 9-game losing streak.
Salavat is also coming into this contest having won its last game.
Salavat has defeated Amur twice this season by scores of 3-2 and 5-3.
Omark has points in 3 straight games, going 5-0-5 over that span.
Hartikainen has points in 3 straight games, going 3-2-5 over that span.
Amur: Maxim Kondratyev, Marek Langhamer
Amur: Defenseman Maxim Ignatovich will miss this game while serving the 2nd of a 2-game suspension.
Avangard is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Neftekhimik is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Avangard is coming into this contest on a 7-game winning streak.
Neftekhimik is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
Avangard defeated Neftekhimik this season by a score of 6-2.
Shumakov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span.
Avangard: Alexei Emelin, Alexei Bondarov, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov
Neftekhimik: Bulat Shafigullin
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Torpedo is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Dynamo Moscow is coming into this game having won its last contest.
Torpedo is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.
Dynamo Moscow has defeated Torpedo twice this season by scores of 3-2 and 2-1 in OT while having lost to them once 6-4.
Ilyin has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span.
Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov, Kirill Lyamin
Forward Daniil Apalkov is hoping to collect his 200th career KHL point (currently at 199).
Forward Mikhail Varnakov is hoping to collect his 350th career KHL point (currently at 349).
SKA is playing the 3rd of four straight home games.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 1st of five straight road games.
SKA is coming into this game on a 2-game winning streak.
Dinamo Minsk is coming into this game having lost its last game.
SKA defeated Dinamo Minsk earlier this season by a score of 4-1.
SKA: Alexander Barabanov, Anton Burdasov
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott, Oleg Yevenko
Forward Ilya Kablukov is hoping to suit up for his 700th career KHL game (currently at 699).
Defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Dinamo Riga is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Sibir is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Dinamo Riga is coming into this game on a 6-game losing streak.
Sibir is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.
Salak has played 61:12 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile
Sibir: Oleg Piganovich
Dinamo Riga: Forward Andris Dzerins will miss today’s game while serving the 2nd of a 2-game suspension.
Defenseman Alexander Loginov is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).