TOGLIATTI (Interstat) — SKA Saint Petersburg will visit Lada Togliatti in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday at Lada Arena. SKA enters with an 8-6 record, while Lada is 1-14. SKA is the visiting team, and Lada is the home team. The game is part of the KHL schedule.

SKA comes off a 2-0 loss at Severstal Cherepovets. Vasily Atanasov is a player to watch. In recent games, Atanasov recorded two goals and six shots on goal at CSKA Moscow, a goal and a shot at Dynamo Moscow, and four shots and four hits at Severstal Cherepovets. He also had an assist and a shot against Admiral Vladivostok, an assist and four shots at Barys Astana, and an assist and three shots at Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Lada enters off a 1-0 loss at Amur Khabarovsk. Andrei Chivilev is a player to watch. He had a goal and an assist at Admiral Vladivostok, a goal and two assists at Dinamo Minsk, and a goal and two assists at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Chivilev also recorded three shots at Amur Khabarovsk, two shots against Shanghai Dragons, and two shots at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

The teams have already met twice this season, with SKA winning both in overtime. SKA took a 2-1 decision after Lada forced extra time, and SKA added a 4-3 overtime win.

SKA’s recent form includes an overtime loss at Dynamo Moscow, a loss at Dinamo Minsk, a home loss to Severstal Cherepovets, and a shootout win over Admiral Vladivostok. Earlier, SKA beat Barys Astana, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Shanghai Dragons, and HC Sochi, and lost to Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow. Lada’s schedule has included overtime losses to Admiral Vladivostok and Ak Bars Kazan, along with defeats to Shanghai Dragons, Avangard Omsk, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Dinamo Minsk, CSKA Moscow, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, and Barys Astana. Lada’s lone win came against Dinamo Minsk.

SKA’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Sibir Novosibirsk, CSKA Moscow, and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, followed by road games at Ak Bars Kazan, Admiral Vladivostok, and Amur Khabarovsk. SKA also has home games scheduled against Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, and Dinamo Minsk.

Lada’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Dynamo Moscow, Shanghai Dragons, HC Sochi, Admiral Vladivostok, and Avangard Omsk. Lada will also travel to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Severstal Cherepovets, and HC Sochi, and will host Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of SKA 2, Lada 0. Interstat’s ELO system gives SKA a 74.4 percent probability to win. The over/under is 5.5.