TOLYATTI (Interstat) — Admiral visits Lada in a Kontinental Hockey League game on Tuesday at Lada Arena, with the visiting team trying to improve its position in the standings and the home team looking to end a difficult stretch.

Admiral enters with seven wins and 11 losses this season. Lada has two wins and 17 losses. Admiral is coming off a 3-0 loss at Amur, a game in which Libor Sulak led the team with seven shots on goal. Kyle Olson added two shots, and Danila Moiseyev recorded one hit.

Sulak is Admiral’s player to watch. The defenseman has been active in the offensive zone across his recent appearances. He registered seven shots on goal in the loss at Amur and earlier produced one goal and four assists with seven shots in a 5-4 win against Barys Astana. He also had five shots in a 2-0 win against Salavat Yulaev Ufa, one assist and five shots with two hits in a 5-1 loss to Spartak Moscow, three shots in a 3-0 loss at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, one assist and three shots with two penalty minutes and two hits in a 6-5 shootout loss at SKA Saint Petersburg, and three shots with two penalty minutes in a 4-3 shootout win at Severstal Cherepovets.

Lada is coming off a 4-3 home loss to HC Sochi. Nikita Setdikov scored and had seven shots on goal in that game. Alexei Rykmanov also scored, finishing with three shots, two penalty minutes and three hits. Ben King added an assist and one hit.

Setdikov is Lada’s player to watch. He has remained involved in the attack despite the club’s record. In the Sochi game, he scored and put seven shots on net. He had three shots and one hit in a 2-0 loss to Shanghai Dragons, one assist and four shots with one hit in a 2-1 shootout loss to Dynamo Moscow, one hit in a 1-0 win against SKA Saint Petersburg, five shots and two penalty minutes in a 1-0 loss at Amur Khabarovsk, one assist and three shots in a 4-3 overtime loss at Admiral Vladivostok, one shot in a 5-0 loss to Shanghai Dragons, two shots in a 4-1 loss at Avangard Omsk, and two shots in a 3-1 loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Admiral won the most recent meeting between the teams, 4-3 in overtime. Lada will be the home team for the game on Tuesday, while Admiral will be the visitor.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Admiral 2, Lada 1, and the over/under is 4.5.