KAZAN (Interstat) — Timur Bilyalov made 30 saves and Ak Bars Kazan beat Traktor Chelyabinsk 2-1 on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at TatNeft Arena. The attendance was 7,426. Ak Bars improved to 3-0-0, while Traktor dropped to 1-2-0. Kirill Semyonov opened the scoring at 4:35 elapsed in the first period, with Nikita Dynyak assisting. Semyonov then helped set up Semyon Terekhov at 20:45 elapsed, with Nikita Lyamkin also earning an assist. Nathan Legare scored for Traktor at 26:50 elapsed, assisted by Mikhail Grigorenko and Grigory Dronov. Bilyalov stopped 30 of 31 shots. Semyonov finished with one goal, one assist, two penalty minutes and two hits. Terekhov added one goal and two shots. Legare had one goal, four shots, two penalty minutes and three hits. Dronov contributed one assist and seven shots. Dynyak recorded an assist, one shot and seven hits. Ak Bars took penalties at 45:52 and 58:38 but kept the lead.