MOSCOW (Interstat) — CSKA Moscow will visit Dynamo Moscow on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at VTB Ice Palace.

CSKA enters 10-3, while Dynamo is 5-9. CSKA won the teams’ most recent meeting 4-3 in a shootout. Dynamo will try to reverse that result on home ice.

Dmitry Gamzin is the player to watch for CSKA. The goaltender made 25 saves on 26 shots in CSKA’s most recent game, a 3-1 win over Salavat Yulaev Ufa. He also stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 4-1 win at Dinamo Minsk, made nine saves in a 5-0 shutout at Lada Togliatti, and turned aside 20 of 23 shots in a 4-3 win at Admiral Vladivostok. He made 24 saves on 27 shots in a loss to Admiral Vladivostok and 15 saves on 18 shots in a loss to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Gamzin has 25 saves in each of his past two games. CSKA also got goals from Maxim Sorkin and Nikolai Kovalenko in its latest victory, with each scoring once.

Jordan Weal is the player to watch for Dynamo. The forward had an assist and four shots on goal in Dynamo’s most recent game, a 3-2 home loss to Shanghai Dragons. He also recorded an assist and two shots on goal against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, and he finished with one shot and one hit in the previous meeting with CSKA. Weal has two assists in his past three games. Weal had three hits against Dinamo Minsk.

Dynamo has lost five of its past six games. That stretch includes the shootout defeat to CSKA and the home loss to Shanghai Dragons. Dynamo’s wins this season include a 4-3 overtime victory over Dinamo Minsk, a 3-2 win at Admiral Vladivostok and a 2-0 win at Severstal Cherepovets. The teams will play at VTB Ice Palace.

CSKA has won nine of its past 10 games. CSKA’s recent wins include a 6-5 victory over SKA Saint Petersburg, a 2-0 win at Amur Khabarovsk and a 4-0 win at HC Sochi. Gamzin’s recent outings include 25 saves on 26 shots against Salavat Yulaev Ufa and 25 saves on 26 shots at Dinamo Minsk. Weal has recorded at least one shot on goal in each of his past four games.

The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season, but Friday’s contest carries immediate importance in the Moscow rivalry. CSKA wants to keep pace near the top of the standings. Dynamo wants to avoid another loss and build momentum.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of CSKA 3, Dynamo 1.