Big game day with contests in four countries.
17:00 Avtomobilist (34-7-1) vs. Avangard (28-12-3)
About the game
- Avtomobilist is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Avangard already beat Avtomobilist this season by a score of 3-0
- Nigel Dawes has points in 8 straight games, going 7-6-13 over that span
Injury list
- Avtomobilist: Georgy Belousov, Stanislav Yegorshev, Vyacheslav Litovchenko
- Avangard: Yegor Martynov, Karri Ramo
Milestone alert
- Goalie Jakub Kovar is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game
17:00 Salavat Yulaev (22-14-6) vs. Sibir (14-23-4)
About the game
- Teams exchange wins this year, Salavat won by a score of 3-1 and lost 0-1
- Salavat Yulaev won last five home games against Sibir
- Zakhar Arzamastsev has points in 3 straight game, going 4-1-5 over that span
Injury list
- Salavat: Anton Burdasov
- Sibir: Samvel Mnatsyan, Oleg Piganovich
Milestone alert
- Vladimir Tkachyov is hoping to collect his 100th KHL point
17:00 Traktor (18-19-3) vs. Dinamo Minsk (12-24-2)
About the game
- Dinamo is coming into the contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Dinamo already beat Traktor this year by a score of 3-1
- Evgeny Lisovets has points in 3 straight games, going 1-2-3 over that span
- Christian Thomas has points in 3 straight game, sing 3-2-5 over that span
- Alexander Sudnitsin has 73:21 minutes of shutout hockey
Injury list
- Traktor: Anton Glinkin, Daniil Gubarev, Richard Gynge, Nikita Nikitin, Igor Polygalov
18:00 Dinamo Riga (16-19-4) vs. Neftekhimik (15-22-5)
About the game
- Neftekhimik is coming into the contest on a 4-game losing streak
- Dinamo already beat Neftekhimik this season by a score of 4-3
- Last time Neftekhimik got a win in Riga was on 9 December 2011, when visitors won 5-2
Injury list
- Dinamo: Gunars Skvorcovs
Miletone alert
- Ilya Arkalov is hoping to suit up for his 200th KHL game
- Damir Sharipzyanov is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL game
19:00 Slovan (10-29-3) vs. Torpedo (20-15-7)
About the game
- Slovan is coming into this contest on a 13-game losing streak
- Torpedo is coming into this contest on a 4-game losing streak
- Torpedo already beat Slovan this year by a score of 4-1
Injury list
- Torpedo: Mathew Bodie, Anton Volchenkov, Stanislav Galimov, Pavel Makarenko
Milestone alert
- Denis Barantsev is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL game
- Dmitry Korobov is hoping to suit up for his 300th KHL regular season game
19:30 Severstal (10-28-4) vs. Spartak (21-14-6)
About the game
- Severstal is coming into this contest on a 5-game losing streak
- Spartak is coming into this contest on a 3-game winning streak
- Spartak already beat Severstal this year by a score of 3-0
- Spartak forward Maxim Tsyplakov will sit out last game of his suspension
- Spartak has never managed to win in Cherepovets for five years, last win dated back to 22 September 2013 by a score of 4-3 in overtime
- Ilya Zubov has points in 4 straight games, going 3-3-6 over that span
Injury list
- Severstal: Nikolay Kazakovtsev
- Spartak: Mikhail Grigoryev
19:30 HC Sochi (19-17-6) vs. Ak Bars (30-9-4)
About the game
- Sochi has never managed to win Ak Bars at home rink
- Ak Bars already beat Sochi this season by a score of 5-1
- Robert Rosen has points in 7 straight game, going 3-7-10 over that span
- Eric O’Dell has points in 4 straight game, going 4-3-7 over that span
- Jiri Sekac has points in 3 straight game, going 2-2-4 over that span
- Danis Zaripov has points in 5 straight game, going 2-5-7 over that span
Injury list
- Sochi: Konstantin Barulin, Dmitry Lugan, Yohann Auvitu, Oleg Pogorishny
- Ak Bars: Anton Lander, Fyodor Malykhin, Dmitry Yudin
19:30 Jokerit (26-9-5) vs. Dynamo Moscow (21-18-3)
About the game
- Dynamo is coming into this contest on a 4-game winning streak
- Jokerit lost 8 consecutive games to Dynamo in KHL
- Dynamo already beat Jokerit this season by a score of 4-0
- Ivan Bocharov has 110:13 minutes of shutout hockey
- Vadim Shipachyov has points in 4 straight game, going 2-3-5 over that span
- Dmitry Kagarlitsky has points in 4 straight game, going 1-4-5 over that span
- Daniil Tarasov has points in 4 straight game, going 3-1-4 over that span
Injury list
- Jokerit: Marko Anttila, Eemeli Rasanen
- Dynamo: Andrei Alexeyev, Maxim Afinogenov
Milestone alert
- Ryan Zapolski is hoping to suit up for his 100th KHL regular season game
- Dmitry Kagarlitsky is hoping to suit up for his 400th KHL regular season game