YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Evgeny Alikin stopped 36 of 37 shots as Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg beat Dynamo Moscow 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Attendance was 10,721.

Anton Slepyshev opened the scoring 3:02 into the first period. Alexander Barabanov doubled the lead at 10:49 of the first, assisted by Adam Ruzicka and Ilya Karpukhin. Nikita Tertyshny scored for Dynamo in the second period, with Igor Martynov and Andrei Nikonov assisting. Alikin earned the win.

Tertyshny had four shots for Dynamo, while Jordan Weal had three. Ruzicka recorded one assist, two shots and one hit. Nikonov added one assist, two shots, two penalty minutes and five hits. Alexander Kadeikin had four shots and one hit for Avtomobilist. Roman Gorbunov had two shots and one hit. Dynamo’s Nick Merkley received a tripping penalty in the first period, while Avtomobilist’s Danil Gushchin was called for high sticking. Nikonov and Sergei Zborovsky took third-period penalties for Dynamo. Avtomobilist improved to 1-0. Dynamo fell to 0-1.