TOLYATTI (Interstat) — Lokomotiv Yaroslavl will be the visiting team against Lada in a Kontinental Hockey League game Friday at Lada Arena. Lokomotiv carries a 16-6 record into the game, while Lada is 4-19. The teams met most recently, and Lada won 1-0.

Daniil Isayev is the player to watch for Lokomotiv. The goaltender made 31 saves on 32 shots in a 4-1 win at Spartak Moscow. He stopped all 24 shots in a 1-0 win against Severstal Cherepovets. He made 23 saves on 24 shots in a 2-1 win against Dynamo Moscow. He had 22 saves on 23 shots in a 0-1 loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and 12 saves on 16 shots in a 2-5 loss at Severstal Cherepovets. He also made 24 saves on 25 shots in a 6-1 win against Dinamo Minsk.

In Lokomotiv’s most recent game, a 4-1 win at Spartak, Isayev made 31 saves. Rushan Rafikov and Danil Romantsev each had one goal and one assist. Rafikov had two shots, and Romantsev had two shots and two penalty minutes.

Andrei Altybarmakyan is the player to watch for Lada. He scored in Lada’s 1-0 win at Lokomotiv and had two shots in that game. He had two assists and three shots in a 3-2 overtime win against Avangard Omsk. He recorded two shots and three hits in a 0-5 loss at Salavat Yulaev Ufa. He also had a goal and two shots in a 3-4 loss to HC Sochi and two shots in a 0-2 loss to Shanghai Dragons. He had three shots and one hit in a 1-0 win against SKA Saint Petersburg.

Lada’s most recent game was a 0-5 loss at Salavat Yulaev. Pavel Kudryavtsev had two shots, two penalty minutes and one hit, while Altybarmakyan had two shots and three hits. Dmitry Kugryshev also appeared in the game.

Lokomotiv’s other recent results include a 6-2 win against Sochi, a 1-0 win against Severstal, a 2-1 overtime win against Dynamo Moscow, a 0-1 loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 6-3 win at Sochi, a 2-5 loss at Severstal, a 6-1 win against Dinamo Minsk, a 2-0 win at Ak Bars and a 3-4 loss at Dinamo Minsk.

Lada’s other recent results include a 3-2 overtime win against Avangard Omsk, a 1-3 loss to Admiral Vladivostok, a 3-4 loss to HC Sochi, a 0-2 loss to Shanghai Dragons, a 1-2 shootout loss to Dynamo Moscow, a 1-0 win against SKA Saint Petersburg, a 0-1 loss at Amur, a 3-4 overtime loss at Admiral Vladivostok and a 0-5 loss to Shanghai Dragons.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Lokomotiv 3, Lada 1. The over/under for the game is 4.5.