MOSCOW (Interstat) — Avangard Omsk will visit Spartak Moscow in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at Luzhniki Minor Arena in Moscow, Russia.

Spartak Moscow enters with a 5-2-0 record. The home club most recently lost 3-1 at Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Sunday, Sept. 20. Mikhail Maltsev scored, recorded two shots and delivered one hit in that game. Pavel Poryadin added an assist and two shots, while German Rubtsov registered one shot. Spartak had won five consecutive games before that defeat, including a 3-1 victory at Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 18 and a 3-2 win at Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 16. Spartak also defeated Severstal Cherepovets 8-0 on Sept. 12, SKA Saint Petersburg 3-1 on Sept. 10 and CSKA Moscow 3-2 on Sept. 7. Its only other loss this season was a 1-0 home defeat to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Sept. 5.

Avangard Omsk enters with a 3-4-0 record. The visiting club most recently lost 5-1 at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Joshua Leivo scored and had two shots, 12 penalty minutes and one hit in the loss. Vasily Ponomaryov recorded two shots, and Kirill Adamchuk had one shot and five hits. Avangard has lost three straight games, following a 2-1 loss at Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 20 and a 2-1 loss at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 18. Earlier this season, Avangard earned overtime wins against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Metallurg Magnitogorsk, beat HC Sochi 4-1, and lost 4-0 to Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

Leivo is a player to watch for Avangard. Over his past seven games, he has three goals and two assists. He has recorded 25 shots on goal in that span, including a seven-shot effort against Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 13. Leivo has also contributed three hits and 14 penalty minutes. Maltsev is a player to watch for Spartak. Over his past five games, he has three goals and one assist, with 12 shots on goal, four penalty minutes and two hits. He scored against Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Severstal Cherepovets and SKA Saint Petersburg, and added an assist at CSKA Moscow on Sept. 7.

Spartak will host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Saturday, Sept. 26, while Avangard will host Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Monday, Sept. 28. Spartak also will host Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 30 and Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Oct. 2. Avangard will host Lada Togliatti on Oct. 2 before road games at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Oct. 6 and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Oct. 8.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Avangard 3, Spartak 2.