NOVOSIBIRSK (Interstat) — Salavat Yulaev will visit Sibir Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Ice Sports Palace Sibir in Sibir Arena.

Salavat Yulaev enters the matchup with a 6-6 record. Sibir is 3-9. Salavat Yulaev is coming off a 3-1 loss at CSKA Moscow. Devin Brosseau scored, Yaroslav Tsulygin recorded four shots on goal and two hits, and Vadim Shipachyov added one shot on goal. Salavat Yulaev has also earned wins this season against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Avangard Omsk.

Sibir dropped a 3-2 decision at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in its most recent game. Semyon Koshelev had one assist and five shots on goal. Yegor Korshkov scored and totaled four shots on goal and one hit. Arkhip Nekolenko added one assist. Sibir’s wins this season have come against Salavat Yulaev, HC Sochi and Amur Khabarovsk.

The teams’ most recent meeting ended in a 4-2 Sibir win at Salavat Yulaev. Sibir has lost three of its past four games. Salavat Yulaev has won six of its first 12 games. The game is the first of a road trip for Salavat Yulaev.

Tsulygin is a player to watch for Salavat Yulaev. The defenseman had four shots on goal and two hits at CSKA Moscow. In the previous meeting with Sibir, he scored one goal and recorded four shots on goal and two hits. He also had a goal, two shots on goal, four penalty minutes and three hits in a win at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. At Dynamo Moscow, he had one shot on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit. He added an assist against Spartak Moscow, three shots on goal against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, and three shots on goal and three hits against Ak Bars Kazan.

Korshkov is a player to watch for Sibir. The forward scored and had four shots on goal and one hit in the most recent game against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Against Salavat Yulaev earlier this season, he had one assist, two shots on goal and three hits. He recorded three hits against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, four hits against Ak Bars Kazan, and one shot on goal and three hits at HC Sochi. He also had an assist and two hits at Dinamo Minsk and two penalty minutes and one hit against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Salavat Yulaev will play at Metallurg Magnitogorsk next, then return home for games against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Sibir. Sibir will travel to Traktor Chelyabinsk and Barys Astana before visiting Salavat Yulaev.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Salavat Yulaev 2, Sibir 1.