MINSK (Interstat) — Dinamo Minsk will seek its first win of the Kontinental Hockey League season Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, when it hosts Sibir Novosibirsk at Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus. Dinamo Minsk enters 0-4-0 after a 4-2 loss at Lada Togliatti on Monday. Sam Anas scored one goal and put three shots on net in that game, while Sergei S. Kuznetsov added a goal and two shots and Joshua Brook recorded an assist.

Sibir Novosibirsk arrives at 1-4-0 following a 3-0 home loss to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Wednesday. Anton Kosolapov had four shots and one hit for Sibir in the defeat. Evgeny Kuznetsov recorded two shots, and Ilya Lyuzenkov had one shot.

Kosolapov has 21 shots on goal and eight hits over his past five games, including a six-shot, four-hit effort at Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 5 and a five-shot game in a 2-0 home win over Amur Khabarovsk on Sept. 10. He also had four shots and one hit against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 13, two shots and one hit at Barys Astana on Sept. 7, and four shots and one hit against Neftekhimik on Wednesday.

Anas has two goals and four assists over his past four games. He had a goal and an assist against Shanghai Dragons on Sept. 10, two assists and two shots at Dynamo Moscow on Sept. 12 and a goal on three shots at Lada Togliatti on Monday. He also had an assist and three shots against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Sept. 7.

Sibir’s other recent results include a 5-2 home loss to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 13, a 2-0 home win over Amur on Sept. 10, a 7-1 loss at Barys Astana on Sept. 7 and a 4-3 shootout loss at Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 5. Dinamo Minsk has lost to Dynamo Moscow 3-2 in a shootout on Sept. 12, to Shanghai Dragons 4-3 in overtime on Sept. 10 and to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 4-3 in a shootout on Sept. 7.

After Friday’s game, Sibir Novosibirsk is scheduled to visit HC Sochi on Sunday. Dinamo Minsk is set to host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sunday. Sibir then returns home for games against Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 24 and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 27. Dinamo Minsk will visit Dynamo Moscow on Sept. 24 and Shanghai Dragons on Sept. 26. Dinamo Minsk also has a home game against Lada Togliatti on Sept. 28.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Dinamo Minsk 3, Sibir Novosibirsk 1.