Overview
- Metallurg blanked Sochi 9–0 in Magnitogorsk for its biggest KHL victory, closing with a six-goal third period.
- Goaltender Ilya Nabokov posted his first shutout of the season and 11th of his career, and Robin Press surpassed 200 KHL points.
- The result keeps Metallurg first in the East on 72 points with six straight wins, while Sochi remains on 32 points with three consecutive losses in 10th place in the West.
- In Moscow, Spartak beat Dynamo 5–3 for the club’s 500th KHL win, leveling the season series at 2–2 before 9,078 at VTB-Arena.
- Spartak sits eighth in the West with 51 points and Dynamo fifth with 55; next, Spartak hosts Torpedo and Dynamo hosts Dinamo Minsk on January 17, while Metallurg visits Admiral the same day and Sochi plays SKA on January 16.