NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Mikhail Berdin made 24 saves and Sibir Novosibirsk defeated HC Sochi 5-1 on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Sibir scored two first-period goals and two more in the second. Alexander Mirzabalayev opened the scoring at 12:24, and Anton Kosolapov made it 2-0 at 15:16. Semyon Koshelev scored at 21:12 before Denis Vengryzhanovsky answered for Sochi at 24:19. Darren Dietz restored Sibir’s three-goal lead at 25:59, and Kosolapov capped the scoring at 44:01. Kosolapov finished with two goals and an assist, while Dietz had a goal and an assist. Ivan Mishchenko and Stepan Nikulin recorded assists. Mikhail B. Abramov had an assist. Kosolapov also recorded three shots on goal. Berdin stopped 24 of 25 shots. Sibir improved to 2-5-0, while Sochi fell to 1-5-0. Attendance was 4,908. Sibir hosts Ak Bars Kazan on Thursday. Sochi visits Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Thursday.