NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Salavat Yulaev will visit Sochi on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome, with the visitors carrying a 6-3 record and the hosts at 1-8.

Salavat Yulaev enters after a 3-0 win at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Semyon Vyazovoi made 27 saves in the shutout, Yaroslav Tsulygin scored, and Yegor Suchkov added two assists. The result extended Salavat Yulaev’s record to 6-3.

Vyazovoi is the player to watch for Salavat Yulaev. In his previous start, he stopped 41 of 42 shots in a 3-1 win at Dynamo Moscow. He also made 23 saves in a 4-3 loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk, 19 saves in a 3-1 win over Spartak Moscow, 19 saves in a 2-0 win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, 34 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss to Ak Bars Kazan, 41 saves in a 4-0 win at Avangard Omsk and 24 saves in a 3-2 win at Severstal Cherepovets.

Sochi enters after a 4-1 loss at Shanghai Dragons. Viktor Baldayev scored, while Dmitry Ovchinnikov and Vladislav Kara each recorded an assist. Sochi’s lone win this season came at home against Ak Bars Kazan.

Baldayev is the player to watch for Sochi. The defenseman had two shots and two hits in the loss at Shanghai Dragons. He also recorded one shot, two penalty minutes and two hits at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod; three shots and six hits against Sibir Novosibirsk; one shot and five hits against Ak Bars Kazan; one hit against CSKA Moscow; three hits against SKA Saint Petersburg; and three shots and three hits at Avangard Omsk.

Salavat Yulaev’s other results this season include a 3-1 win at Dynamo Moscow, a 4-3 loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a 3-1 win over Spartak Moscow, a 2-0 win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 4-3 overtime loss to Ak Bars Kazan, an 8-6 loss at Barys Astana, a 4-0 win at Avangard Omsk and a 3-2 win at Severstal Cherepovets.

Sochi’s other results this season include a 3-1 loss at Severstal Cherepovets, a 3-0 loss at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, a 5-1 loss to Sibir Novosibirsk, a 4-0 loss to CSKA Moscow, a 1-0 loss to SKA Saint Petersburg, a 4-1 loss at Avangard Omsk and a 5-1 loss at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Salavat Yulaev’s next games include a home meeting with Sibir Novosibirsk and a road game at CSKA Moscow. Sochi’s next games include a home game against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and two home games against Spartak Moscow.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Salavat Yulaev 2, Sochi 1.