MOSCOW (Interstat) — Visiting Avangard Omsk defeated Spartak Moscow 2-1 in overtime Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Luzhniki Minor Arena in Moscow, Russia. Ivan Prosvetov stopped 24 of 25 shots to earn the win for Avangard. Alexander Vl. Belyayev scored for Spartak and recorded five shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Joshua Leivo had two assists for Avangard. Mikhail Gulyayev scored the overtime winner and added three shots and one hit. Yegor Afanasyev also scored for Avangard and added one shot and two hits. Andrew Poturalski had an assist. German Rubtsov had an assist for Spartak. Lev Starikov had an assist for Avangard. Mikhail Maltsev had four shots, two penalty minutes and one hit for Spartak. Attendance was 8,129. Avangard improved to 4-4. Spartak dropped to 5-3. Kirill Dolzhenkov and Artyom Ilyenko each served a two-minute penalty for Avangard. Avangard will host Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 28. Spartak will host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 26.