SKA St Petersburg beat Dynamo Moscow 5-3 in the Kontinental Hockey League on Sunday evening at the ice rink in St Petersburg. The match ended 5-3 after three periods, with the home side taking control early and seeing out the result without real pressure. The date was September 7, 2026, and the crowd was a sell-out crowd for the opening round fixture.
By then, the standings showed SKA sitting fourth with one game played, one win, no draws, no losses, and zero points. Dynamo Moscow sat tenth after the same number of games, also with one defeat and zero points. The table had not moved much, since both sides were still finding their feet in the new campaign.
SKA had ended a barren spell in their previous outing, winning 4-3 against Lada on September 5. Before that, they had beaten SKA-VMF St Petersburg 3-1, then Vladivostok 3-0, and Barys 2-1. They were not travelling to make up the numbers, and the result against Dynamo confirmed that intent.
Dynamo Moscow had not won since their 4-1 victory over Dynamo Minsk on August 30. They had picked up two bookings in five minutes against Ekaterinburg on September 5, losing 1-2. The heavy defeat to SKA changed the mood considerably, and they are running out of games before the table settles.
The five-goal margin meant SKA moved ahead in momentum, while Dynamo faced a long week to regroup. The scoreline told the story, and the points on the board would follow in due course.