MINSK (Interstat) — Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod will visit Dinamo Minsk in a Kontinental Hockey League game on Monday at Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus.

Torpedo enters with an 8-3 record. Dinamo Minsk enters with a 4-7 record. Torpedo has won its last two games. Dinamo Minsk has won two of its last three.

Dmitry Shugayev is a player to watch for Torpedo. The goaltender stopped all 29 shots in a 6-0 win at HC Sochi, made 19 saves in a 3-0 win against HC Sochi and turned aside 21 of 23 shots in a 7-2 win at Lada Togliatti. Torpedo’s most recent result was a 6-0 win at HC Sochi. Shugayev earned the win with 29 saves, Mikhail Vorobyov scored two goals, and Vladimir Tkachyov added two assists in that game.

Torpedo’s other results this season include a 3-1 win at Dynamo Moscow, a 3-0 home loss to Salavat Yulaev Ufa, a 3-0 home win over HC Sochi, a 5-1 home win over Avangard Omsk, a 3-2 home loss to CSKA Moscow, a 3-2 home win over Ak Bars Kazan, a 7-2 win at Lada Togliatti, a 3-0 loss at CSKA Moscow and a 1-0 win at Spartak Moscow.

Stanislav Galiyev is a player to watch for Dinamo Minsk. The forward scored twice on six shots in a 4-3 win against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, recorded two shots and one hit in a 1-4 loss to CSKA Moscow, and had one goal, two shots and one hit in a 5-4 win against Lada Togliatti. He also scored in a 3-4 loss at Dynamo Moscow and had one assist each against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Sibir Novosibirsk. In Dinamo Minsk’s most recent game, a 4-3 win against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Galiyev scored twice on six shots. Vasily Demchenko made 33 saves, and Daniil Sotishvili scored twice.

Dinamo Minsk’s other results this season include a 1-4 home loss to CSKA Moscow, a 5-4 home win over Lada Togliatti, a 2-1 loss at Shanghai Dragons, a 4-3 overtime loss at Dynamo Moscow, a 5-3 home win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, a 4-1 home win over Sibir Novosibirsk, a 4-2 loss at Lada Togliatti, a 3-2 shootout loss at Dynamo Moscow and a 4-3 overtime loss to Shanghai Dragons.

The teams have met once this season, with Torpedo taking a 4-3 shootout win at Dinamo Minsk. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

Torpedo will return home to face Severstal Cherepovets in its next game. Dinamo Minsk is scheduled to visit Lokomotiv Yaroslavl next.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Dinamo Minsk 3, Torpedo 2.