NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod will visit HC Sochi on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Torpedo enters with a 7-3 record. Sochi is 2-8.

Torpedo is coming off a 3-1 victory at Dynamo Moscow. That win followed a 3-0 home loss to Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Denis Kostin made 32 saves on 33 shots in the win over Dynamo Moscow. Sergei Goncharuk had a goal and an assist, and Mikhail Vorobyov added two assists. Kostin, a player to watch for Torpedo, has won five of his past eight decisions. He has made 198 saves on 213 shots over that stretch, allowing three goals or fewer in each of those games. He opened the season with a 29-save shutout at Spartak Moscow and later had 23 saves in a 4-3 shootout win at Dinamo Minsk. He also made 24 saves in a 3-0 loss at CSKA Moscow, 23 saves in a 3-2 win against Ak Bars Kazan, 26 saves in a 3-2 loss to CSKA Moscow, 17 saves in a 5-1 win against Avangard Omsk and 24 saves in a 3-0 loss to Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

Sochi is coming off a 6-3 home win against Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Yegor Petukhov recorded two goals and an assist, Matvei Guskov had a goal and two assists, and Gage Quinney finished with a goal and an assist. Guskov, a player to watch for Sochi, has one goal and four assists over his past seven games. He has 16 shots on goal and 17 hits in that span. He had two assists against Ak Bars Kazan, four shots against SKA Saint Petersburg and six hits at Severstal Cherepovets. He also recorded two penalty minutes at Shanghai Dragons and three hits against Sibir Novosibirsk.

Torpedo won the most recent meeting between the teams 3-0. Torpedo also has wins this season against Avangard Omsk, Ak Bars Kazan, Lada Togliatti, Dinamo Minsk and Spartak Moscow. Sochi has wins against Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Ak Bars Kazan. Sochi’s losses include games against Shanghai Dragons, Severstal Cherepovets, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Sibir Novosibirsk, CSKA Moscow, SKA Saint Petersburg, Avangard Omsk and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Torpedo’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to Dinamo Minsk and a home game against Severstal Cherepovets. Sochi will host Spartak Moscow in its next two games before visiting Ak Bars Kazan. Both teams have played 10 games this season.

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