MOSCOW (Interstat) — CSKA Moscow will host Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at CSKA Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.

CSKA enters the matchup with a 9-3 record, while Salavat Yulaev is 6-5. Salavat Yulaev will be the visiting team, and CSKA will be the home team. CSKA has won its past four games against Dynamo Moscow, Dinamo Minsk, SKA Saint Petersburg and Lada Togliatti. Salavat Yulaev has dropped its past two games against Sibir Novosibirsk and HC Sochi. Before that skid, Salavat Yulaev beat Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Salavat Yulaev will try to avoid a third straight loss, while CSKA will seek a fifth straight win.

Alexander Zharovsky is a player to watch for Salavat Yulaev. The forward has recorded two goals and six assists over his past 10 games, with 18 shots on goal, 10 penalty minutes and four hits. He has points in six of those games. In Salavat Yulaev’s most recent game, a 4-2 loss to Sibir Novosibirsk, Zharovsky had one goal, one assist and three shots on goal. Maxim Zagrebin added one assist and three shots on goal, while Yaroslav Tsulygin scored one goal and recorded four shots on goal and two hits. Zharovsky also had a goal and an assist against Barys Astana, two assists against Avangard Omsk, an assist against Dynamo Moscow, an assist against Metallurg Magnitogorsk and an assist against HC Sochi during the stretch. He also had one shot on goal and one hit against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

Alexander Samonov is a player to watch for CSKA. The goaltender has won each of his past five starts, making 111 saves on 121 shots in that stretch. In CSKA’s most recent game, a 4-3 shootout win over Dynamo Moscow, Samonov made 29 saves on 32 shots. Prokhor Poltapov had one goal and one assist with three shots on goal, and Dmitry Buchelnikov added one goal, one assist, one shot on goal and one hit. Samonov stopped 29 of 34 shots against SKA Saint Petersburg, 15 of 15 against Amur Khabarovsk, 23 of 25 against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and 15 of 15 against HC Sochi during his winning streak.

Salavat Yulaev is scheduled to visit Sibir Novosibirsk in its next game. CSKA is scheduled to visit Dynamo Moscow in its next game. Salavat Yulaev will then play at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, host Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and host Sibir Novosibirsk. CSKA will then host Dynamo Moscow, host Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and visit Spartak Moscow.

The Interstat game simulator projects a final score of CSKA Moscow 3, Salavat Yulaev Ufa 1.