YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Amur Khabarovsk will visit Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sunday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Amur enters with a 4-6 record, while Avtomobilist is 5-6.

Amur forward Alexei Kruchinin is a player to watch. In the most recent meeting against Avtomobilist, Kruchinin recorded two shots on goal. He had one shot on goal and two penalty minutes in a 1-0 win against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, one shot on goal in a 3-1 win against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and three shots on goal in a 0-2 loss to CSKA Moscow.

Avtomobilist goaltender Evgeny Alikin is a player to watch. He made 25 saves on 25 shots in a 3-0 win against Amur in the teams’ most recent meeting. Alikin also made 20 saves on 21 shots in a 3-1 win against Lada Togliatti, 34 saves on 36 shots in a 4-2 win at Spartak Moscow and 16 saves on 19 shots in a 2-5 loss at Severstal Cherepovets. He stopped 18 of 21 shots in a 2-3 loss at Shanghai Dragons, 10 of 11 shots in a 3-5 loss at Dinamo Minsk, 31 of 33 shots in a 5-2 win at Sibir Novosibirsk and 23 of 27 shots in a 3-4 loss to Traktor Chelyabinsk.

In the most recent head-to-head game, Avtomobilist defeated Amur 3-0. Alexander Sharov had one goal and one assist, Jesse Blacker scored one goal, and Alikin earned the win with 25 saves. For Amur, Kruchinin had two shots on goal, Raul Akmaldinov had two shots on goal and one hit, and Yegor Voronkov had two shots on goal and two hits.

Amur’s other recent results this season include a 1-0 win against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 3-1 win against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a 0-2 loss to CSKA Moscow, a 1-4 loss to Severstal Cherepovets, a 4-0 win against Dynamo Moscow, a 3-1 win at Barys Astana, a 0-2 loss at Sibir Novosibirsk, a 1-2 overtime loss at Metallurg Magnitogorsk and a 2-4 loss at Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Avtomobilist’s other recent results include a 3-1 win against Lada Togliatti, a 4-2 win at Spartak Moscow, a 2-5 loss at Severstal Cherepovets, a 2-3 loss at Shanghai Dragons, a 3-5 loss at Dinamo Minsk, a 2-3 overtime loss at Avangard Omsk, a 5-2 win at Sibir Novosibirsk, a 1-3 loss at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 3-4 overtime loss to Traktor Chelyabinsk and a 2-1 win against Dynamo Moscow.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Avtomobilist 2, Amur 1.