MOSCOW (Interstat) — Salavat Yulaev will visit Dynamo on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League matchup at VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.

Salavat Yulaev enters with a 4-3 record. Dynamo is 5-4. The teams are separated by one point in the early-season standings. Salavat Yulaev has played seven games, and Dynamo has played nine.

Matthew Maggio is a player to watch for Salavat Yulaev. He scored one goal on five shots in the team’s most recent game, a 4-3 loss to Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In that contest, Sheldon Rempal scored twice on three shots, and Alexander Zharovsky added an assist on two shots. Maggio also scored one goal on three shots in a 3-1 win over Spartak Moscow and recorded five shots in a 2-0 win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Earlier, he had one shot, two penalty minutes and one hit against Ak Bars Kazan. Salavat Yulaev’s other recent results this season include a 3-1 win over Spartak Moscow, a 2-0 win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, a 4-3 overtime loss to Ak Bars Kazan, an 8-6 loss at Barys Astana, a 4-0 win at Avangard Omsk and a 3-2 win at Severstal Cherepovets.

Bulat Shafigullin is a player to watch for Dynamo. In Dynamo’s most recent game, a 4-3 overtime win over Dinamo Minsk, Shafigullin recorded one goal, one assist, four shots, two penalty minutes and two hits. Maxim Letunov added one goal and one assist, while Vladislav Podyapolsky made 26 saves in the win. Shafigullin also had two assists and four shots at Admiral Vladivostok and recorded three shots against Barys Astana. He added four shots and one hit at Amur Khabarovsk, one shot at Severstal Cherepovets, and shots and hits in games against Admiral Vladivostok and SKA Saint Petersburg. Dynamo’s other recent results this season include a 4-1 loss to Barys Astana, a 4-0 loss at Amur Khabarovsk, a 3-2 win at Admiral Vladivostok, a 2-0 win at Severstal Cherepovets, a 3-2 shootout win over Dinamo Minsk, a 2-1 shootout win over Admiral Vladivostok, a 5-3 loss at SKA Saint Petersburg and a 2-1 loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Both clubs are in the early portion of the Kontinental Hockey League schedule. Salavat Yulaev has recent goals from Maggio, Rempal and Zharovsky. Dynamo has recent goals and assists from Shafigullin and Letunov, with Podyapolsky contributing in net. VTB Ice Palace will host the contest in Moscow. Dynamo will remain at home for its next game, while Salavat Yulaev will continue on the road. Both teams are scheduled to continue regular-season play after Saturday.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Salavat Yulaev 2, Dynamo 1.