MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Ak Bars will visit the Shanghai Dragons on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Municipal’nyj Stadion Stroitel’ in Mytishchi.

Ak Bars enters with 7 wins and 8 losses. The Dragons, the home team, are 8 wins and 5 losses. Shanghai’s nickname is Dragons.

Ak Bars’ most recent result was a 3-2 loss to HC Sochi. Semyon Terekhov scored and had six shots on goal. Andrei Stas scored and added three shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Denis Zernov had one assist and two shots. Terekhov is a player to watch for Ak Bars. In recent games, he had one goal and six shots against HC Sochi, two shots against Severstal Cherepovets, three shots against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, one assist and three shots against Traktor Chelyabinsk, two shots and three hits against Barys Astana, one assist and four shots at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, one hit at Sibir Novosibirsk, and one shot against Lada Togliatti.

Shanghai’s most recent result was a 6-2 loss to Traktor Chelyabinsk. Dmitrij Jaskin scored and had three shots and five hits. Nikolas Petan had one assist, four shots, 14 penalty minutes and three hits. David Chen scored. Jaskin is a player to watch for Shanghai. In recent games, he had one goal, three shots and five hits against Traktor Chelyabinsk; one goal, three shots, two penalty minutes and two hits against Dinamo Minsk; one goal, five shots and two hits at Dynamo Moscow; two shots and two hits at Lada Togliatti; three shots and three hits at Severstal Cherepovets; one shot and five hits against Metallurg Magnitogorsk; one shot and four hits against HC Sochi; one goal, two shots, two penalty minutes and six hits against Dinamo Minsk; and one goal, three shots, two penalty minutes and five hits against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Ak Bars’ other recent results include games against Severstal Cherepovets, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Barys Astana, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Sibir Novosibirsk and Lada Togliatti. Shanghai’s other recent results include games against Dinamo Minsk, Dynamo Moscow, Lada Togliatti, Severstal Cherepovets, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, HC Sochi, Dinamo Minsk, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and SKA Saint Petersburg. After Friday, Ak Bars is scheduled to face Dinamo Minsk, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Avangard Omsk, Amur Khabarovsk, SKA Saint Petersburg, Sibir Novosibirsk, Traktor Chelyabinsk and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Shanghai is scheduled to face HC Sochi, Severstal Cherepovets, Lada Togliatti, Spartak Moscow, Barys Astana, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Severstal Cherepovets, Dynamo Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ak Bars 3, Shanghai 2. The over/under for the game is 4.5.