Abbotsford at Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD (Interstat) — The Abbotsford Canucks will visit the Bakersfield Condors on Friday for a minor league hockey game, with both teams coming off wins.

Abbotsford enters at 6-3 and most recently beat San Jose 5-2. Ben Berard scored twice, Ty Young made 24 saves and Riley Patterson had a goal and an assist in that game. Young is the player to watch for Abbotsford. In his recent appearances, he made 24 saves on 26 shots in the win at San Jose, 33 saves on 37 shots in a 5-4 win against Coachella Valley and 28 saves on 31 shots in a 2-4 loss at Calgary. Abbotsford’s other recent results include a 4-2 win against Calgary, a 3-1 win against Calgary, a 5-4 shootout win against Coachella Valley, a 7-3 win against Coachella Valley, a 4-3 win at Colorado, a 4-3 shootout loss at Colorado and two 4-2 losses at Calgary.

Bakersfield enters at 3-4 and most recently beat Colorado 4-1. Nathaniel Day made 28 saves on 29 shots, Aku Räty scored twice on five shots and Viljami Marjala added two assists. Räty is the player to watch for Bakersfield. His recent appearances include two goals on five shots in the win at Colorado, a goal on two shots in a 1-4 loss at Colorado, an assist against Calgary, a goal and an assist at Calgary in a 5-4 win, an assist at Calgary in a 1-2 loss, a goal on four shots in a 3-1 win at Henderson and five shots with two penalty minutes in a 3-4 loss at Henderson. Bakersfield’s other recent results include a 4-1 loss at Colorado, a 4-3 loss to Calgary, a 5-4 win at Calgary, a 2-1 loss at Calgary, a 3-1 win at Henderson and a 4-3 loss at Henderson.

Abbotsford’s next 10 games include home matchups against Ontario and Colorado and road games at Ontario, Coachella Valley, Ontario and Henderson, along with home games against Tucson. Abbotsford is scheduled to return home to face Ontario in a two-game set before hosting Colorado in two more games. Bakersfield’s next 10 includes three games at San Jose, home dates against Calgary, San Diego, Colorado, Henderson and Coachella Valley, and a visit to San Diego. Bakersfield opens its next 10 with three straight games at San Jose.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Bakersfield 3, Abbotsford 2. Interstat’s ELO system projects Bakersfield with a 50.3 percent probability to win. Bakersfield has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5, and the over/under for the game is 6.