OMSK (Interstat)—Avangard hosts Lada on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Omsk Arena. Avangard is the home team, and Lada is the visiting team.

Avangard enters with a 4-5 record. Lada comes in at 1-10. Lada’s record includes one win and 10 losses, while Avangard’s includes four wins and five losses. The teams meet for the first time this season and are scheduled to meet again later this season.

Dmitry Kugryshev is a player to watch for Lada. In Lada’s most recent game, a 3-1 loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Kugryshev scored one goal and recorded five shots on goal. Riley Sawchuk had one assist, three shots on goal and one hit, while Evgeny Groshev added one assist, one shot on goal and two hits. Kugryshev also had two shots on goal at Dinamo Minsk, one against CSKA Moscow, four at Ak Bars Kazan, one against Dinamo Minsk, two against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, three at Severstal Cherepovets and three at SKA Saint Petersburg over his recent outings.

Kirill Adamchuk is a player to watch for Avangard. In Avangard’s most recent game, a 5-1 loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Adamchuk scored one goal and finished with four shots on goal and one hit. Gleb Burlaka had one shot on goal, and Joseph Cecconi added two shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits. Adamchuk previously recorded three hits at Spartak Moscow, one shot on goal and five hits at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, two penalty minutes and three hits at Traktor Chelyabinsk, one shot on goal and five hits at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, four shots on goal and one hit against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, three shots on goal and three hits against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, one shot on goal and two hits against HC Sochi, and two penalty minutes and two hits against Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

Lada’s other recent results include a win over Dinamo Minsk and losses to Dinamo Minsk, CSKA Moscow, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Ak Bars Kazan, Barys Astana, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, SKA Saint Petersburg and Severstal Cherepovets. Avangard has recent wins over Spartak Moscow, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and HC Sochi, along with losses to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

After Friday, Lada is scheduled to host Shanghai Dragons, visit Admiral Vladivostok and Amur Khabarovsk, then return home to face SKA Saint Petersburg and Dynamo Moscow. Avangard is set to travel to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Barys Astana before home games against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Avangard to defeat Lada 3-0.