MAGNITOGORSK (Interstat) — Admiral Vladivostok will visit Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Arena Metallurg.

Admiral enters with a 4-8 record. Metallurg is 9-4. The teams met recently, with Admiral skating to a 5-2 win at Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In that game, Admiral goaltender Dzhelal-Ad-Din Amirbekov made 36 saves on 38 shots. Mario Grman added an assist, and Nikita Yefremov scored a goal. For Metallurg, Danila Palivko and Stepan Starkov each scored, while Alexander Siryatsky recorded an assist.

Amirbekov is a player to watch for Admiral. He made 36 saves on 38 shots in the recent 5-2 win over Metallurg. Admiral has also earned a 4-3 shootout win at Severstal Cherepovets and a 6-5 shootout loss at SKA Saint Petersburg. Admiral’s schedule has included a 5-3 home loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 2-1 home loss to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a 4-3 shootout loss to CSKA Moscow and a 2-0 home win over Severstal Cherepovets. Admiral also has a 3-2 home loss to Dynamo Moscow, a 2-1 loss at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and a 4-2 win at CSKA Moscow. The club opened its season with a 2-1 shootout loss at Dynamo Moscow.

Metallurg will counter with Palivko, a defenseman who scored in the most recent meeting. Palivko recorded one shot and two penalty minutes in a 2-0 win at Spartak Moscow. He also had two shots and two penalty minutes in a 4-1 loss at Shanghai Dragons, one shot in a 5-1 win at Avangard Omsk, and one shot and one hit in a 4-3 win at Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Earlier, he had two penalty minutes and one hit against Spartak Moscow and one shot and two hits at Ak Bars Kazan.

Metallurg’s recent results include a 2-0 win at Spartak Moscow, a 4-1 loss at Shanghai Dragons, a 5-1 win at Avangard Omsk, a 2-1 home win over Ak Bars Kazan and a 6-2 home win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Metallurg also posted a 3-0 home win over Barys Astana, a 4-3 win at Salavat Yulaev Ufa, a 3-2 home loss to Spartak Moscow, a 3-2 overtime loss at Avangard Omsk and a 3-2 shootout win at Ak Bars Kazan.

Admiral’s recent slate includes a 5-2 win at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a 6-5 shootout loss at SKA Saint Petersburg, a 4-3 shootout win at Severstal Cherepovets and a 5-3 home loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Admiral also lost 2-1 at home to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and 4-3 in a shootout to CSKA Moscow at home.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Metallurg M to defeat Admiral 3-1.