MOSCOW (Interstat) — Vladislav Podyapolsky made 17 saves and Dynamo Moscow defeated visiting Dinamo Minsk in a Kontinental Hockey League shootout on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. The announced attendance was 3,749. Dynamo Moscow scored three goals, and Dinamo Minsk scored two. Dynamo Moscow improved to 2-2-0. Dinamo Minsk dropped to 0-3-0. The game was completed in a shootout after a tense, penalty-filled contest that featured goals in the first, second, third and fourth periods. Podyapolsky, listed at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, earned his first win of the season.

The game began with chaos 18 seconds in, when a series of penalties included fisticuffs between Dynamo Moscow’s Nikita Korostelyov and Dinamo Minsk’s Bogdan Belkin. Korostelyov and Belkin each received five-minute majors. Additional minors went to Dynamo Moscow’s Artyom M. Sergeyev for cross checking and Dinamo Minsk’s Ilya Usov for slashing, Sergei S. Kuznetsov for roughing and Brady Lyle for cross checking. Podyapolsky was penalized for tripping at 2:32. Dinamo Minsk’s Xavier Ouellet was sent off for high sticking at 9:10.

Dynamo Moscow opened the scoring at 10:27 of the first period on Yegor Rimashevsky’s goal, assisted by Dylan Sikura and Daniil Pylenkov. Rimashevsky finished with one goal and six shots on goal. Dinamo Minsk’s Nicolas Aube-Kubel was called for holding at 13:59. Dynamo Moscow’s Andrei Nikonov went off for tripping at 16:29. Usov received a second slashing minor at 17:55. Podyapolsky stopped 17 of 19 shots in the win.

In the second period, Ouellet was penalized for tripping at 21:47. Dynamo Moscow extended its lead at 30:34 when Mikhail Melikov scored, with assists from Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi and Artyom Blazhiyevsky. Melikov, listed at 5-foot-8 and 157 pounds, also recorded two shots and one hit. Sikura was called for holding at 32:33. Dinamo Minsk answered at 33:50 as Aube-Kubel scored, assisted by Christopher Tierney and Sam Anas. Aube-Kubel, listed at 6-foot-0 and 214 pounds, finished with one goal, five shots, two penalty minutes and four hits.

Dinamo Minsk tied the game at 48:28 of the third period on Vladimir Alistrov’s goal, assisted by Anas and Ty Smith. Alistrov, listed at 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, had one goal, two shots and one hit. The game moved to the fourth period, where Dynamo Moscow’s Jordan Weal scored at the 65-minute mark. Dynamo Moscow then secured the result in the shootout. Weal also recorded three hits.

Anas, listed at 5-foot-8 and 161 pounds, recorded two assists and two shots for Dinamo Minsk. Tierney added one assist, one shot and three hits. Shvets-Rogovoi, listed at 6-foot-1 and 181 pounds, recorded one assist and four hits for Dynamo Moscow. Smith, a defenseman, added one assist, one shot and one hit. Melikov added one goal, two shots and one hit. Podyapolsky’s win came with 17 saves on 19 shots. Sikura and Pylenkov each recorded an assist on the opening goal, and Blazhiyevsky added an assist on Melikov’s goal. The game included 13 penalties.

Dinamo Minsk next plays Monday at Lada Togliatti. Dynamo Moscow visits Severstal Cherepovets on Monday. Dinamo Minsk then hosts Sibir Novosibirsk on Friday, Sept. 18, and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sunday, Sept. 20. Dynamo Moscow travels to Admiral Vladivostok on Thursday, Sept. 17, and Amur Khabarovsk on Saturday, Sept. 19. The teams meet again Sept. 24 in Moscow. Dinamo Minsk also visits Shanghai Dragons on Sept. 26, and Dynamo Moscow hosts Barys Astana on Sept. 22.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Dinamo Minsk 3, Dynamo Moscow 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Dinamo Minsk with a 52.9 percent probability to win.