SHAWINIGAN, Quebec (Interstat) — The Rimouski Oceanic will visit the Shawinigan Cataractes on Saturday in a minor league hockey game at Centre Gervais Auto. Rimouski enters with an 8-5 record. Shawinigan is 3-7.

The Oceanic will look to left wing Alex Massé for production. Massé had one goal and one assist with two shots on goal in Rimouski’s most recent game, a 4-3 overtime loss at Blainville-Boisbriand. He also scored in a 4-3 shootout win against Gatineau and had a goal, three shots on goal and two penalty minutes in an 8-5 win against Charlottetown. Massé had three shots on goal and one hit in a 4-3 loss to Chicoutimi. He had two shots on goal and one hit in a 4-3 win at Sherbrooke, and one assist with one shot and two hits in a 5-4 loss at Sherbrooke. He recorded one shot on goal in the most recent meeting between the teams, a 13-2 Rimouski win. Zack Arsenault and Thomas Belzil also contributed in Rimouski’s most recent game. Arsenault had one goal and one assist with two shots and one hit. Belzil had one goal with four shots, four penalty minutes and one hit.

Shawinigan will counter with right wing Frédéric Bergeron. Bergeron had two assists with three shots on goal and two hits in the Cataractes’ most recent game, a 4-3 overtime loss at Halifax. He had one goal and one assist with two shots and three hits in a 6-1 win at Charlottetown. Bergeron scored in a 6-4 loss at Moncton and had an assist with two shots in a 7-4 win against Newfoundland. He had six shots on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit in a 5-3 loss at Victoriaville. He had one shot and two hits in a 3-2 overtime loss at Gatineau. He also had one shot and two penalty minutes in the earlier game against Rimouski. Dylan Laframboise had one goal with three shots and one hit in Shawinigan’s most recent game, and Samuel Boyer had one goal with five shots.

Rimouski has won two of its last four games and is coming off the overtime loss at Blainville-Boisbriand. Shawinigan is coming off the overtime loss at Halifax and has won two of its last four games. The teams have met once this season, with Rimouski taking a 13-2 victory. Rimouski’s most recent home game against Shawinigan was that 13-2 win.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Shawinigan 3, Rimouski 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Shawinigan a 61.9 percent probability to win.