KHL · Thursday 1 October · VTB Arena
Dynamo Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod 1:3: KHL, 01/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 3
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
KHL: Dynamo Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod 1:3 (1 October). Nizhny Novgorod won. Venue: VTB Arena.
By period: 1:2, 0:1, 0:0.
Goals: N. Merkley (Dynamo Moscow); A. Sizov (Nizhny Novgorod); D. Zhuravlyov (Nizhny Novgorod); S. Goncharuk (Nizhny Novgorod).
Table now: Dynamo Moscow — 8th, 25 points from 26 matches; Nizhny Novgorod — 3rd, 31 points from 23 matches.
Head to head (3): Dynamo Moscow — 2 wins, Nizhny Novgorod — 1.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 04'
🏒 N. Merkley1:0
assist: M. Patalakha, J. Weal
- 05'pen.
Delay of game
- 13'
🏒 A. Sizov1:1
assist: I. Geraskin, P. Kraskovsky
- 17'
🏒 D. Zhuravlyov1:2
assist: S. Goncharuk, M. Vorobyov
- 18'pen.
Hooking
- 19'pen.
Slashing
- 19'pen.
Roughing
2nd period
- 06'
🏒 S. Goncharuk1:3
assist: M. Vorobyov, M. Polyakov
- 12'pen.
Cross-checking
3rd period
- 00'pen.
Delay of game
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Dynamo Moscow
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Merkley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Weal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Patalakha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| I. Martynov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nizhny Novgorod
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Goncharuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Vorobyov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Sizov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Zhuravlyov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| I. Geraskin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Polyakov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| P. Kraskovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Brickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Dynamo Moscow
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Podyapolsky | 24 | 21 | 3 | 87.5% |
Nizhny Novgorod
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kostin(W) | 33 | 32 | 1 | 97.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 33Shots on goal24
- 21Saves32
- 87%Save %96%
- 24Faceoffs won25
- 4Penalty minutes8
- 2Penalties4
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | LWWWL | |
| 3 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 31 | WLWWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).