MOSCOW (Interstat) — Bulat Shafigullin scored 4:18 into overtime, and Dynamo Moscow defeated visiting Dinamo Minsk 4-3 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at VTB Ice Palace. Shafigullin’s winner came after Maxim Letunov tied the game with 41 seconds left in regulation. Dynamo improved to 5-4. Dinamo Minsk fell to 2-5. The announced attendance was 6,915.

Shafigullin was Dynamo’s top star, finishing with one goal, one assist, four shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits. He assisted on Letunov’s late equalizer before scoring the overtime winner. Letunov had one goal, one assist, one shot on goal and two penalty minutes. Goaltender Vladislav Podyapolsky earned the win with 26 saves on 29 shots. Dynamo also received a goal, two shots and three hits from defenseman Daniil Pylenkov.

Magomed Sharakanov opened the scoring 1:23 into the first period for Dynamo, with assists from Letunov and Nick Merkley. Dinamo Minsk answered with two goals late in the opening period. Ty Smith tied the game at 17:07, assisted by Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Christopher Tierney. Stanislav Galiyev then put Dinamo Minsk ahead at 18:34, with Rhett Gardner and Brady Lyle assisting. The two goals turned a one-goal deficit into a 2-1 lead for the visitors.

Dynamo pulled even in the second period when Pylenkov scored at 34:46, assisted by Dylan Sikura and Merkley. Pylenkov’s goal came after matching cross-checking penalties at 33:54 created four-on-four play. The game remained tied until Dinamo Minsk regained the lead in the third. Vladimir Alistrov scored at 44:52, assisted by Tierney and Galiyev, making it 3-2. Dinamo Minsk then held that advantage until the final minute.

Letunov scored at 59:19, with Shafigullin and Igor Martynov assisting, to force overtime. In the extra period, Aube-Kubel took an interference penalty at 60:46, but Dinamo Minsk killed it off. Shafigullin then ended the game at 64:18, assisted by Pavel Shen and Luka Profaca.

Dynamo’s other contributors included Merkley with two assists and one shot on goal, Sikura with one assist and seven shots, Sharakanov with one goal, four shots and one hit, and Profaca with one assist, two penalty minutes and four hits. For Dinamo Minsk, Galiyev had one goal, one assist and four shots on goal, while Smith had one goal and three shots. Tierney had two assists for Dinamo Minsk. Podyapolsky’s workload included 26 saves as Dynamo held off a Minsk attack that produced 29 shots.

The game was choppy throughout, with 13 minor penalties called. Dynamo Moscow was assessed seven minors, while Dinamo Minsk received six. The teams traded matching roughing and cross-checking calls in the second period, and the third period featured several more stoppages. Dynamo survived a late Minsk push and a penalty kill in overtime before Shafigullin’s winner.

Dynamo Moscow entered after a 4-1 home loss to Barys Astana on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Before that, Dynamo had won two straight road games at Admiral Vladivostok and Severstal Cherepovets. Dinamo Minsk came in after a 5-3 home win over Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, and a 4-1 home win over Sibir Novosibirsk on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. The teams had met earlier this season on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, when Dynamo Moscow won 3-2 in a shootout at home.

Dynamo Moscow will next host Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. Dinamo Minsk will travel to face Shanghai Dragons on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. Dinamo Minsk will then return home for games against Lada Togliatti and CSKA Moscow. Dynamo will host Traktor Chelyabinsk after facing Salavat Yulaev.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Dynamo 3, Dinamo Minsk 2. Its ELO system had projected Dinamo Minsk with a 55.2 percent probability to win.