Sibir is playing the 1st of five straight home games.
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 3rd of five straight road games.
Sibir is coming into this contest having won its last game.
Dinamo Minsk is also coming into this contest on a 3-game losing streak.
Sibir defeated Dinamo Minsk earlier this season by a score of 3-2.
Sateri has played 95:12 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Sibir: Oleg Piganovich
Dinamo Minsk: Sergei Kostitsyn, Stefan Elliott, Oleg Yevenko, Nikita Tolopilo, Andrei Pavlenko
Defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Defenseman Alexander Loginov is hoping to suit up for his 500th career KHL game (currently at 499) and also collect his 100th career KHL assist (currently at 99).
Barys is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Avangard is playing the 3rd of three straight road games.
Barys is coming into this contest having won its last game.
Avangard is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Barys has defeated Avangard twice this season, each time by a score of 3-2 while also having lost 3-0.
Barys: Iiro Pakarinen
Avangard: Alexei Emelin, Alexei Bondarov, Alexander Sudnitsin, Maxim Chudinov
Metallurg is playing the 2nd of three straight home games.
Avtomobilist is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
Metallurg is coming into this game on a 2-game losing streak.
Avtomobilist is coming into this game having won its last contest.
Avtomobilist defeated Metallurg this season by a score of 3-2 in OT, but has lost to them twice by scores of 3-0 and 3-2.
Platt has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Avtomobilist: Jakub Kovar, Nikolai Stasenko, Stepan Khripunov
Ak Bars is playing the 1st of two straight home games.
Dinamo Riga is playing the 2nd of two straight road games.
Ak Bars is coming into this game on a 5-game winning streak.
Dinamo Riga is coming into this game on a 8-game losing streak.
Dinamo Riga last defeated Ak Bars in Kazan on December 5th, 2015, by a score 3-2.
Ak Bars: Andrei Pedan, Viktor Tikhonov, Mikhail Fisenko, Daniil Zhuravlyov
Dinamo Riga: Kristaps Zile
Lokomotiv is playing the 2nd of two straight home games.
Jokerit is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Lokomotiv is coming into this game on a 3-game winning streak.
Jokerit is coming into this game on a 4-game losing streak.
Jokerit has defeated Lokomotiv twice this season by scores of 4-3 in OT and 4-1. However, it has also lost to Lokomotiv three times, namely 5-1, 3-2 in OT, and 5-4 in OT. These teams know each other!
Konovalov has played 86:15 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Lander has points in 3 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Tkachev has points in 3 straight games, going 4-1-5 over that span.
Lehtonen has points in 3 straight games, going 1-3-4 over that span.
Jokerit: Henri Ikonen, Oliver Lauridsen
Torpedo is on a 1-game homestand.
Severstal is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak.
Severstal is coming into this contest on a 2-game losing streak.
Torpedo defeated Severstal earlier this season by a score of 4-2.
Torpedo: Mikhail Varnakov
Severstal: Daniil Vovchenko, Kirill Kapustin, Sergei Monakhov
Severstal: Defenseman Vladislav Provolnev will miss this game while serving the 2nd of a 3-game suspension.
Forward Yuri Trubachyov is hoping to suit up for his 600th career KHL point (currently at 599).
Sochi is playing the 3rd of three straight home games.
Vityaz is playing the 1st of two straight road games.
Sochi is coming into this contest having won its last game.
Vityaz is coming into this contest having lost its last game.
Vityaz defeated Sochi earlier this season by an overtime score of 3-2.
Nalimov has played 68:53 straight minutes of shutout hockey.
Varfolomeyev has points in 4 straight games, going 3-1-4 over that span.
Sochi: Nikita Shchitov, Artyom Tomilin, Dmitri Shikin
Vityaz: Yegor Voronkov
Vityaz: Defenseman Jakub Jerabek will miss today’s contest while serving the 3rd of a 5-game suspension.
Forward Yevgeni Artyukhin is hoping to collect his 100th career KHL point (currently at 99).
Spartak Moscow is playing the 3rd of six straight home games.
Dynamo Moscow is playing the 2nd of three straight road games.
Spartak Moscow is coming into this game on a 3-game winning streak.
Dynamo Moscow is also coming into this game on a 3-game winning streak.
Dynamo Moscow has defeated Spartak Moscow twice this season by scores of 3-2 in OT and 3-0.
Rylov has points in 6 straight games, going 7-0-7 over that span.
Shipachyov has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Indrasis has points in 3 straight games, going 1-4-5 over that span.
Dynamo Moscow: Sergei Boikov, Kirill Lyamin
Spartak Moscow: Forward Ilya Arkalov will miss this game while serving a 1-game suspension.
Forward Ilya Zubov is hoping to suit up for his 500th career KHL game (currently at 499).
Defenseman Juuso Hietanen is hoping to collect his 250th career KHL point (currently at 249).