MINSK (Interstat) — Dinamo Minsk defeated Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 5-3 on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Minsk-Arena. Daniil Sotishvili opened scoring at 8:26 of the first period, assisted by Ilya Usov and Sergei S. Kuznetsov. Xavier Ouellet made it 2-0 at 21:38, with Sotishvili and Christopher Tierney assisting. Maxim Denezhkin cut the lead at 26:00, assisted by Jordan Gross and Alexander A. Sharov. Daniil A. Lipsky answered at 31:54, and Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored at 35:48 for a 4-1 Dinamo Minsk advantage. Daniel Sprong scored at 45:23, and Alexander Barabanov brought Avtomobilist within one at 57:19, with Gross and Adam Ruzicka assisting. Kuznetsov sealed the win at 59:21. Vasily Demchenko stopped 28 shots. Kuznetsov had one goal and one assist, Sotishvili had one goal and one assist, and Tierney added two assists. Sprong recorded one goal and nine shots. The attendance was 15,086. Both teams are 2-4.