NOVOSIBIRSK (Interstat) — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl will visit Sibir Novosibirsk on Sunday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Ice Sports Palace Sibir in Sibir Arena.

Lokomotiv enters with a 7-2 record. Sibir is 2-6. Lokomotiv’s most recent result was a 3-1 loss at Amur Khabarovsk. Ilya E. Nikolayev scored and had one shot on goal in that game. Georgy Ivanov had one shot on goal and one hit, and Yegor Surin recorded six shots on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit.

Nikolayev, a player to watch for Lokomotiv, has two goals, eight shots on goal, two penalty minutes and 10 hits over his past seven games. He scored at Amur Khabarovsk and at Traktor Chelyabinsk. He had two shots on goal against Severstal Cherepovets and one shot on goal in each of several other appearances. Lokomotiv’s other recent results include a 2-1 win at Admiral Vladivostok, a 5-0 home loss to Barys Astana, a 2-1 home win over Avangard Omsk, a 4-1 win at Traktor Chelyabinsk, a 3-2 win at CSKA Moscow, a 2-1 overtime home win over Severstal Cherepovets, a 3-1 home win over Shanghai Dragons and a 5-1 home win over Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Sibir’s most recent result was a 3-2 shootout loss to Ak Bars Kazan at home. Sergei S. Popov scored and had three shots on goal, Alexander Yaremchuk had an assist and three shots on goal, and Mikhail Orlov scored and added two shots on goal and one hit. Orlov, a defenseman and a player to watch for Sibir, has one goal, eight shots on goal and one hit over his past three games. He had four shots on goal at Barys Astana and two shots on goal at Ak Bars Kazan.

Sibir’s other recent results include a 5-1 win at HC Sochi, a 4-1 loss at Dinamo Minsk, a 3-0 home loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 5-2 home loss to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, a 2-0 home win over Amur Khabarovsk, a 7-1 loss at Barys Astana and a 4-3 shootout loss at Ak Bars Kazan. Sibir’s 2-6 record includes a road win at HC Sochi and a home win over Amur Khabarovsk. Lokomotiv’s 7-2 record includes wins at Admiral Vladivostok, at Traktor Chelyabinsk, at CSKA Moscow, over Avangard Omsk, over Severstal Cherepovets, over Shanghai Dragons and over Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Lokomotiv 3, Sibir 2.