KAZAN (Interstat) — Ak Bars Kazan edged Sibir Novosibirsk 4-3 in a shootout Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, at TatNeft Arena in front of 8,393 in a Kontinental Hockey League game.

Artyom Galimov opened the scoring for Ak Bars at 2:46 of the first period. Sibir answered with Taylor Beck and Stepan Nikulin goals to take a 2-1 lead, then Evgeny Kuznetsov scored at 35:17 of the second for a two-goal edge. Ak Bars rallied with two goals in 38 seconds early in the third: Alexander V. Ivanov at 40:30 and Semyon Terekhov at 41:08 tied it at 3. Grigory Denisenko scored the decisive goal in the shootout.

Kirill Semyonov recorded two assists for Ak Bars, Nikita Lyamkin also had two assists, and Maxim Arefyev stopped 29 of 32 shots. Sibir got goals from Beck, Nikulin and Kuznetsov.

Ak Bars improved to 1-0 while Sibir dropped to 0-1. Ak Bars plays Admiral Vladivostok on Monday; Sibir visits Barys Astana on Monday.