The Game: Guelph Storm vs. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Sleeman Centre, 7:30 p.m.
Guelph: 21-12-2-1 (fifth in Western Conference)
Sault Ste. Marie: 24-10-2-1 (second in Western Conference)
Last 10 Games: Guelph (5-3-2-0); Sault (7-2-0-1)
Leaders: Guelph: G-Braeden Bowman/Max Namestnikov (19), A-Jett Luchanko (29), P-Luchanko (40); Sault: G-Marco Mignosa/Arttu Karki (16), A-Jack Beck (33), P-Beck (48)
Who's Hot: Bowman (7 goals in last 10 games), Jake Karabela (four goals in last five games)
Odd Stat: Soo forward Alex Kostov has six goals, four of them shorthanded.
Notes: The Soo is the third-highest scoring team in the OHL, behind Kitchener and London ... Guelph is the fourth-most penalized team in the league ... Luchanko is 20th in league scoring ... Karki, who played with Finland at the World Juniors and won't be in the lineup Friday, leads all OHL defencemen with 16 goals ... Owen Allard, who played for Canada, will also be out of the lineup Friday ... Luchanko leads the league in power play assists (19) ... Vilmer Alriksson is scoreless in 12 games and has one goal in last 24 games.