NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl will visit HC Sochi in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday at Bolshoy Ice Dome.

Lokomotiv enters with an 11-4 record. Sochi is 3-11. The visitors are coming off a 5-2 loss at Severstal Cherepovets in their most recent game. Giovanni Fiore scored and recorded five shots on goal and four hits in that defeat. Artyom V. Kuzin added one shot, two penalty minutes and three hits, while Matvei Kotkov scored on his lone shot.

Fiore, a forward, is the player to watch for Lokomotiv. In recent games, he has produced goals, assists, shots and physical play. He had a goal and five shots on goal against Severstal Cherepovets, an assist, two shots, two penalty minutes and one hit against Sibir Novosibirsk, and a goal and three shots at Sibir Novosibirsk. He also has posted shots on goal against Dinamo Minsk, Ak Bars Kazan, Amur Khabarovsk, Admiral Vladivostok and Barys Astana.

Lokomotiv’s other recent results include a 6-1 home win over Dinamo Minsk, a 2-0 win at Ak Bars Kazan, a 4-3 loss at Dinamo Minsk, a 3-1 home win over Sibir Novosibirsk and a 2-1 win at Sibir Novosibirsk. The team also has wins at Admiral Vladivostok and Traktor Chelyabinsk and a home win over Avangard Omsk. Losses have come at Amur Khabarovsk and at home to Barys Astana.

Sochi is seeking consecutive wins after a 3-2 victory at Ak Bars Kazan in its most recent game. Damir Shaimardanov made 30 saves on 32 shots in that win. Artur Gizdatullin recorded a goal, two shots and two penalty minutes, and Timur Khafizov added a goal, three shots and three hits.

Shaimardanov, a goaltender, is the player to watch for Sochi. He stopped 27 of 29 shots in a loss to Spartak Moscow before his 30-save effort against Ak Bars Kazan. Sochi’s recent slate also includes losses to Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Shanghai Dragons, Severstal Cherepovets, Sibir Novosibirsk and CSKA Moscow, along with a 6-3 home win over Salavat Yulaev Ufa and a home win over Ak Bars Kazan.

Lokomotiv’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Dynamo Moscow and Severstal Cherepovets before a rematch with Sochi. Sochi will host Shanghai Dragons and Dinamo Minsk before road games at Lada Togliatti, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Lokomotiv.

The game is set for Bolshoy Ice Dome. Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Lokomotiv 3, Sochi 1. The over/under for the game is 5.5.