CEDAR PARK, Texas (Interstat) — The Ontario Reign will carry a two-game winning streak into Saturday’s minor league hockey game against the Texas Stars, with Ontario set as the visiting team and Texas as the home team.

Ontario is 5-2 this season and has won four of its past six games. The Reign beat Texas 5-3 in the most recent head-to-head matchup and also have wins over Calgary, San Diego and Coachella Valley. Ontario’s wins include a 3-2 overtime decision at Coachella Valley, a 6-5 overtime victory there and a 3-2 win at San Diego. The Reign have scored at least three goals in five of their seven games and have two overtime victories. Their two losses came against Henderson and Coachella Valley. Ontario has been held to two goals in both losses and has been outscored 25-24 this season.

Texas enters at 1-6 and has lost six of seven games. The Stars’ lone win came against Iowa in a shootout. Texas has been outscored 31-19 and has allowed at least four goals in four of its past six games. The Stars have scored three or fewer goals in five of seven games and have dropped two overtime decisions, including a 4-3 home loss to Iowa. Texas has allowed six goals twice and seven goals once.

Martin Chromiak is Ontario’s player to watch. The forward has four goals and five points over his past six games, highlighted by a two-goal, three-point performance in a 3-2 win over Calgary. He has recorded 22 shots on goal in that span and also delivered a nine-shot game at Coachella Valley. Chromiak has scored in three of those six contests and has six penalty minutes. Chromiak also had one goal on nine shots with four penalty minutes in a game at Coachella Valley and seven shots on goal in a home loss to Coachella Valley.

Dylan Hryckowian is Texas’s player to watch. He has three goals and five points over his past six games, with multi-point efforts at Manitoba. He has put 19 shots on goal in that stretch and scored in two of his past three games. Hryckowian also has six penalty minutes over that span. Hryckowian had a goal and an assist on one shot in a 7-4 loss at Manitoba and a goal on four shots with four penalty minutes in a 4-3 overtime loss there.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 3-2 Texas victory, while Interstat’s ELO system gives Ontario a 61 percent probability to win. The simulator favors the home side narrowly.