Ivan Drozdov's assistant hat-trick helped CSKA defeat SKA in the game of the Kontinental Hockey League championship

In the next match of the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, Moscow CSKA won on its ice against SKA from St. Petersburg - 6: 5. It's reported by sb.by.

Both teams approached the "army" derby with a series of wins. But today, on September 29, only one of the squads could win. And as a result of success, Igor Nikitin’s wards achieved, which turned out to be a little better in the final stage of attacks.

The owners of the ice distinguished themselves Pavel Karnaukhov three times (11th, 38th, 40th minutes), Nikolai Kovalenko twice (14, 23) and Dmitry Buchelnikov (45). The guests scored a double made Vasily Atanasov (6, 22), another goal on his account recorded Rocco Grimaldi (26), Nikita Dishkovsky (47) and Vladislav Romanov (50).

Two Belarusians took part in the match. Forward Ivan Drozdov (CSKA) scored three assists, defender Sergey Sapego (SKA) - one.

The Moscow club won the sixth consecutive victory and with 14 points rose to second place in the Western Conference table.

Minsk “Dynamo”, which the day before in the first match of the new home series defeated Togliatti “Lada” (5: 4), later will take Moscow CSKA (1 October), Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” (3 October), Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” (5 October) and SKA from St. Petersburg (8 October). Right now, our team, having ten points after nine meetings held, occupies the eighth place in the Western Conference table. The lag behind the first Yaroslavl Lokomotiv is measured in six points.

According to the results of the regular championship 2025/2026, the Minsk squad, we recall, scored 88 points and finished on the second line in the table of the conference “West” immediately after the future champion – Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. At the stage of the 1/8 finals, the “teeth” won the series against Moscow teammates with a dry score of 4: 0, but in the quarterfinals, the Minsk Dynamovites lost four times to the Kazan “Ak Bars”. In the overall table of the Kontinental Hockey League, the white-blues took fifth place for the first time in history.