NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Maxim Korostelyov and Matvei Guskov powered HC Sochi past Ak Bars Kazan 3-2 on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Goaltender Pyotr Andreyanov made 17 saves for Sochi, which improved to 1-4. Ak Bars dropped to 4-3. Korostelyov opened scoring at 13:52 of the first, assisted by Guskov. Nikita Dynyak answered at 14:36, with assists from Nikita S. Yevseyev and Albert Yarullin. Cameron Lee restored Sochi’s lead at 24:53 of the second, assisted by Guskov and Korostelyov. Artyom Galimov tied it at 39:55, assisted by Nikita Lyamkin and Yegor Sokolov. Denis Vengryzhanovsky scored the winner at 50:07 of the third, assisted by Gage Quinney and Alexander Khokhlachyov. Guskov finished with two assists. Korostelyov had a goal and an assist, while Lee, Dynyak and Galimov each scored once. Dynyak added three shots, two penalty minutes and four hits. Vengryzhanovsky had three shots and a hit. Quinney added an assist and three hits, and Yarullin had an assist and two hits. Artur Gizdatullin recorded four shots and two hits. Attendance was 4,110.