MINSK (Interstat) — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl will visit Dinamo Minsk in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday at Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus.

Lokomotiv enters the matchup with a 9-2 record. The visiting team has won nine of its first 11 games and is coming off a 3-1 home win over Sibir Novosibirsk. In that game, Artyom V. Kuzin recorded one goal, three shots on goal and one hit. Alexander Radulov and Rushan Rafikov each recorded one goal and one assist for Lokomotiv.

Kuzin is a player to watch for Lokomotiv. In a recent win over Avangard Omsk, he recorded one goal and five shots on goal. He also had an assist and two hits in a victory against Traktor Chelyabinsk. Kuzin has added shots on goal in games against CSKA Moscow, Severstal Cherepovets, Admiral Vladivostok and Barys Astana, and he has contributed hits in several other appearances. He has recorded at least one shot on goal in eight of his past 10 games.

Lokomotiv’s other wins this season include victories over CSKA Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Avangard Omsk, Severstal Cherepovets and Shanghai Dragons. Its two losses came against Barys Astana and Amur Khabarovsk. The team has allowed one goal or fewer in several victories, including a 2-1 win at Sibir Novosibirsk and a 2-1 win at Admiral Vladivostok.

Dinamo Minsk enters with a 3-7 record. The home team has won three of its first 10 games and is coming off a 4-1 loss to CSKA Moscow. Xavier Ouellet was among the most productive players for Dinamo Minsk in that game, recording one assist, four shots on goal and one hit. Daniil Sotishvili scored, and Jake Bischoff added two shots on goal and two hits.

Ouellet is a player to watch for Dinamo Minsk. The defenseman scored one goal in a win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and recorded one assist in a victory against Lada Togliatti. He also has recorded shots, penalty minutes and hits in several recent games, including three shots and four penalty minutes at Shanghai Dragons and four shots and one hit against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He has recorded at least one shot on goal in eight of his past 10 games.

Dinamo Minsk’s wins this season have come against Sibir Novosibirsk, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Lada Togliatti. The team has also played several close games, including overtime and shootout decisions against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Shanghai Dragons and Dynamo Moscow. Minsk-Arena will host the matchup, with Lokomotiv as the visiting team and Dinamo Minsk as the home team.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Lokomotiv 3, Dinamo Minsk 1.