GRAND RAPIDS (Interstat) — The Cleveland Monsters will visit the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday in a minor league hockey matchup featuring two teams with winning records. Grand Rapids enters at 6-2, while Cleveland is 4-2. The Griffins will be the home team, and the clubs are scheduled to meet again the following day. Grand Rapids has won five of its past six games, while Cleveland has won three of its past five.

Cleveland most recently lost 6-3 to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Oiva Keskinen had a goal and an assist in that game, while Luca Marrelli added two assists and three shots and Luca Pinelli scored once. Keskinen is Cleveland’s player to watch. He has a goal and three assists over his past five appearances, including an assist in each of the two earlier meetings with Grand Rapids this season. Keskinen also has eight shots on goal over that stretch. In the most recent meeting with Grand Rapids, he recorded an assist and two shots, and in the first meeting he had an assist, one shot and two penalty minutes.

Grand Rapids most recently defeated Manitoba 4-3. Trey Augustine is the player to watch for the Griffins. Augustine has two wins in his past four appearances and made 27 saves in a 4-2 victory at Rockford. He also stopped 22 shots in a loss at Milwaukee and made 10 saves in a loss at Cleveland. Augustine recorded a victory in his most recent outing against Manitoba.

The teams split their first two meetings this season, both in Cleveland. The Monsters won 5-4 in overtime, and the Griffins won 5-2. Cleveland’s recent results also include a 4-2 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, a 5-2 victory at Lehigh Valley and a 5-4 overtime win at Lehigh Valley. Grand Rapids’ recent results include a 5-1 win over Rockford, a 4-2 win at Rockford, a 5-1 win over Chicago and a 2-1 win over Manitoba. Cleveland’s record includes a 5-4 overtime win over Grand Rapids and a 5-2 loss to the Griffins, while Grand Rapids’ 6-2 mark includes a 5-2 win at Cleveland and a 5-4 overtime loss to the Monsters.

Cleveland’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Milwaukee, while Grand Rapids is set to visit Chicago after the rematch. Both teams will continue a busy stretch of the minor league season following this matchup.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Grand Rapids 4, Cleveland 3. Grand Rapids has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under is 5.5.