MOSCOW (Interstat) — Maxime Comtois scored with 4:12 remaining, lifting visiting Spartak Moscow to a 3-2 victory over CSKA Moscow on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at CSKA Ice Palace. Attendance was 8,844. Spartak improved to 1-1, while CSKA dropped to 0-1. Ivan Fedotov made 29 saves on 31 shots for Spartak. Christian Jaros added a goal and an assist. Ilya Kotlyarov also scored. Dmitry Buchelnikov opened the scoring for CSKA at 8:56 of the first, and Maxim Sorkin tied it with 4:32 remaining in the second. Mikhail Maltsev, Andrei A. Mironov, Alexander Galchenyuk, Daniil R. Orlov and Pavel Poryadin provided assists. Jaros recorded two hits, Mironov four, and Kotlyarov one. Ivan M. Ryabov added one hit. Danil Pivchulin, Joseph Keane, Alexander Bryntsev and Maltsev were penalized for Spartak; Nikita D. Nesterov, Nikolai Kovalenko, Denis Zernov and Marat Khairullin for CSKA. Spartak next hosts SKA Saint Petersburg on Thursday. CSKA hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday.