ASTANA (Interstat)—Avangard Omsk will visit Barys Astana on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) game at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Avangard has 6 wins and 6 losses. Barys has 7 wins and 5 losses. The game is part of the KHL regular season.

Nikita Serebryakov is the player to watch for Avangard. The goaltender made 42 saves in Avangard’s most recent game, a 1-0 win at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Mikhail Gulyayev scored and Joshua Leivo had an assist in that victory. Serebryakov also stopped 34 shots in a loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, made 16 saves in a win over Lada Togliatti, turned aside 26 shots in a loss at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, made 41 saves in a loss at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, stopped 16 shots in a win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and made 21 saves in a win over Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Logan Day is the player to watch for Barys. The defenseman had three assists in Barys’ most recent game, a 4-3 shootout win at Spartak Moscow. Andrei A. Shutov made 41 saves and Tyce Thompson scored in that win. Day also recorded two assists at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, one assist at Ak Bars Kazan, one assist against SKA Saint Petersburg and one goal in a 5-0 win at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. He has added shots and hits in recent games.

Barys’ other recent results include a 5-4 overtime win at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 4-1 loss at Ak Bars Kazan, a 5-3 home loss to SKA Saint Petersburg, a 6-3 home loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 4-1 win at Dynamo Moscow, a 5-0 win at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a 3-0 loss at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a 6-0 win at Lada Togliatti, a 3-1 home loss to Amur Khabarovsk and an 8-6 home win over Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Barys is next scheduled to host Sibir Novosibirsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg before road games at Sibir Novosibirsk, Amur Khabarovsk and Admiral Vladivostok.

Avangard’s other recent results include a 4-0 loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, a 4-1 home win over Lada Togliatti, a 5-1 home loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a 2-1 overtime win at Spartak Moscow, a 5-1 loss at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, a 2-1 loss at Traktor Chelyabinsk, a 2-1 loss at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a 3-2 overtime home win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, a 3-2 overtime home win over Metallurg Magnitogorsk and a 4-1 home win over HC Sochi. Avangard is next scheduled to host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Traktor Chelyabinsk and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk before road games at Dynamo Moscow, Ak Bars Kazan and Lada Togliatti.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Avangard 3, Barys 2.