NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Interstat) — Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod will host Avangard Omsk in a Kontinental Hockey League game Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at Trade Union Sport Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Torpedo enters 4-2. Avangard enters 3-3. Torpedo most recently fell 3-2 at home to CSKA Moscow on Sept. 18. Daniil Seroukh scored twice with five shots and one hit, Vladimir Tkachyov had one assist and two shots, and Pavel Kraskovsky added one assist, three shots and two hits. Torpedo had won three of four before that, including a 3-2 home win over Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 14 and a 7-2 road win at Lada Togliatti on Sept. 11. In the win at Lada, Seroukh recorded a hat trick with four shots. Torpedo also beat Dinamo Minsk 4-3 in a shootout Sept. 7 and Spartak Moscow 1-0 on Sept. 5 before losing 3-0 at CSKA Moscow Sept. 9.

Avangard has lost two straight. The club dropped a 2-1 decision at Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 20 after a 2-1 loss at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 18. Yegor Afanasyev scored the lone goal at Traktor, finishing with two shots and two penalty minutes. Joshua Leivo had two shots, and Semyon Chistyakov recorded seven shots. Afanasyev has one goal and one assist over his past six games, with 10 shots, four penalty minutes and six hits in that span. He scored against Traktor and assisted in a 3-2 overtime win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 15. Avangard opened the season with a 4-0 loss to Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 7 before wins over HC Sochi, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Avtomobilist, all at home. The Metallurg and Avtomobilist victories both came in overtime, 3-2.

Seroukh has been Torpedo’s most productive threat. He has six goals over his past six games, including two against CSKA Moscow and three at Lada. He also scored in a 3-2 win over Ak Bars. He has recorded at least four shots in four of those six contests and added eight hits over the stretch. Torpedo will look to use its home ice after a 3-2 home loss to CSKA Moscow.

Avangard will continue its road trip at Spartak Moscow on Sept. 24. Torpedo will host HC Sochi on Sept. 24. Torpedo then hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 28, while Avangard hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 28. Torpedo’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 28 and a road game at Dynamo Moscow on Oct. 1. Avangard’s next stretch includes home games against Lada Togliatti on Oct. 2 and Traktor Chelyabinsk on Oct. 18.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Torpedo to edge Avangard 3-2.