NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Interstat) — Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod will host HC Sochi in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at Trade Union Sport Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Torpedo enters at 5-2-0, while Sochi is 1-5-0.

Torpedo has won five of its first seven games. It won its most recent game, a 5-1 home victory over Avangard Omsk on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Denis Kostin made 17 saves on 18 shots in that win. Pavel Kraskovsky scored one goal with two shots on goal and four hits, and Vladimir Tkachyov recorded three assists with one shot on goal.

Kostin is the player to watch for Torpedo. Across his recent starts, he stopped 26 of 29 shots in a 3-2 loss to CSKA Moscow on Sept. 18, made 23 saves on 25 shots in a 3-2 win over Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 14, stopped 24 of 26 shots in a 3-0 loss at CSKA on Sept. 9, made 23 saves on 26 shots in a 4-3 shootout win at Dinamo Minsk on Sept. 7, and turned aside all 29 shots in a 1-0 win at Spartak Moscow on Sept. 5.

Sochi has one win in six games. Its most recent result was a 5-1 home loss to Sibir Novosibirsk on Sunday, Sept. 20. Denis Vengryzhanovsky scored one goal with four shots on goal and two hits. Cameron Lee added four shots on goal and two hits, and Matvei Guskov had two shots on goal and three hits.

Vengryzhanovsky is the player to watch for Sochi. He scored one goal with three shots on goal and one hit in a 3-2 win over Ak Bars Kazan on Sept. 18. He had one shot on goal and three hits against CSKA Moscow on Sept. 16, one hit against SKA Saint Petersburg on Sept. 12, one goal with three shots on goal at Avangard Omsk on Sept. 10, and one goal with five shots on goal and two hits at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Sept. 8.

Sochi’s other recent results include the win over Ak Bars, a 4-0 loss to CSKA, a 1-0 loss to SKA, a 4-1 loss at Avangard, and a 5-1 loss at Neftekhimik. Torpedo also beat Lada Togliatti 7-2 on Sept. 11, lost at CSKA 3-0 on Sept. 9, and opened with a 1-0 win at Spartak on Sept. 5.

After this game, Sochi travels to Severstal Cherepovets on Sept. 26 and Shanghai Dragons on Sept. 28. Torpedo hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sept. 28.

The Interstat game simulator projects Torpedo to win 4-1.