CHELYABINSK (Interstat) — Sibir Novosibirsk will visit Traktor Chelyabinsk for a Kontinental Hockey League game on Saturday at Traktor Sport Palace in Traktor Arena. Sibir is the visiting team, and Traktor is the home team. Traktor enters the matchup with a 5-7 record. Sibir enters with a 3-10 record. The game is part of the KHL schedule and will be played in Chelyabinsk.

Sibir is coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Pavel Tyutnev scored and recorded 5 shots on goal, 2 penalty minutes and 2 hits in that game. Darren Dietz added 1 goal and 1 assist with 4 shots on goal, 5 penalty minutes and 2 hits. Anton Kosolapov contributed 2 assists, 3 shots on goal and 2 hits. Tyutnev, a forward, is a player to watch for Sibir. His recent games include 2 shots on goal at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, 2 shots on goal with 2 penalty minutes and 1 hit at Salavat Yulaev Ufa, 5 penalty minutes and 2 hits at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and 5 shots on goal with 1 hit at HC Sochi. He also had 2 shots on goal and 1 hit against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, 2 shots on goal with 4 penalty minutes and 1 hit against Ak Bars Kazan, 1 shot on goal with 2 hits at Dinamo Minsk, 1 shot on goal with 3 hits against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, and 1 shot on goal against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Traktor is coming off a 2-0 home loss to Amur Khabarovsk. Andrei Svetlakov had 5 shots on goal and 2 hits in that game. Mikhail Goryunov-Rolgizer had 5 shots on goal and 3 hits, and Grigory Dronov had 6 shots on goal. Svetlakov, a forward, is a player to watch for Traktor. His recent games include 1 goal with 3 shots on goal, 2 penalty minutes and 1 hit against SKA Saint Petersburg, 2 assists with 1 shot on goal, 4 penalty minutes and 4 hits at Spartak Moscow, and 1 assist with 1 shot on goal and 3 hits at Dynamo Moscow. He also had 1 assist with 3 shots on goal and 2 hits against Amur Khabarovsk, 5 shots on goal with 4 hits against Avangard Omsk, 1 shot on goal with 4 hits against Spartak Moscow, and 3 shots on goal against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Sibir’s upcoming schedule includes Barys Astana, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg. Traktor’s upcoming schedule includes Shanghai Dragons, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Avangard Omsk and Ak Bars Kazan.

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