KAZAN (Interstat) — Ak Bars Kazan will host Lada Togliatti on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at TatNeft Arena. Ak Bars enters 4-3. Lada enters 1-5.

Lada has lost five of six. Its most recent result was a 6-0 home loss to Barys Astana on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Before that, Lada beat Dinamo Minsk 4-2 on Sept. 14. It lost 7-2 to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Sept. 11. It fell 2-1 in overtime at SKA Saint Petersburg on Sept. 9. It lost 1-0 at Severstal Cherepovets on Sept. 7. It dropped a 4-3 overtime decision at SKA Saint Petersburg on Sept. 5.

Andrei Mishurov is a player to watch for Lada. In his most recent appearance, against Barys Astana on Sept. 16, he stopped 13 of 16 shots. On Sept. 11 against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, he made 14 saves on 18 shots. At SKA Saint Petersburg on Sept. 9, he made 27 saves on 29 shots. He also recorded 27 saves on 29 shots in another Sept. 9 game at SKA Saint Petersburg. Nikita Podskrebalin made 20 saves on 23 shots in the loss to Barys Astana. Ben King also appeared for Lada in that game.

Ak Bars has won four of seven. Its most recent result was a 3-2 loss at HC Sochi on Friday, Sept. 18. Before that, Ak Bars won 4-3 in overtime at Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 16. It lost 3-2 at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Sept. 14. It lost 3-2 in a shootout to Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 11. It beat Traktor Chelyabinsk 2-1 on Sept. 9. It beat Admiral Vladivostok 2-0 on Sept. 7. It beat Sibir Novosibirsk 4-3 in a shootout on Sept. 5.

Nikita Dynyak is a player to watch for Ak Bars. He scored one goal and had three shots, two penalty minutes and four hits at HC Sochi on Sept. 18. At Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 16, he had one shot and four hits. At Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Sept. 14, he had one assist, one shot and three hits. Against Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 11, he had four shots and three hits. Against Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 9, he had one assist, one shot and seven hits. He had three shots and five hits against Admiral Vladivostok on Sept. 7. He had three hits against Sibir Novosibirsk on Sept. 5. Artyom Galimov scored one goal and Albert Yarullin added one assist at HC Sochi.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ak Bars 4, Lada 1.