Berdin, Sibir blank Amur for first win of season

NOVOSIBIRSK (Interstat) — Mikhail Berdin made 25 saves and Sibir Novosibirsk beat Amur Khabarovsk 2-0 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at Ice Sports Palace Sibir in Sibir Arena. Pavel Tyutnev scored at 48:32 of the third period, assisted by Nikita And. Smirnov and Darren Dietz. Sergei S. Popov scored at 59:45, with Evgeny Kuznetsov and Stepan Nikulin assisting. Attendance was 11,469. Sibir improved to 1-2-0. Amur fell to 0-3-0. Berdin, the game’s top star, anchored the win. Dietz added an assist, four shots and two hits. Tyutnev had two shots. Popov had three shots. Kuznetsov and Smirnov each had an assist and one shot. Nikulin had an assist, two penalty minutes and two hits. Anton Kosolapov recorded five shots and one hit. Alexei Vasilevsky had four shots for Amur. Alexander Mirzabalayev had two shots. Amur’s Ivan Klimovich and Fyodor Khrapov received interference penalties; Sibir’s Ivan Mishchenko and Nikulin were called for tripping.