A home regular-season Kontinental Hockey League game between Nizhny Novgorod's HC Torpedo and HC Sochi, held on September 24, 2026, at the Volga Arena. Torpedo won 3–0, allowing no goals.[1][2]

Course of the game

The first period ended without a goal being scored — 0–0.[2] The scoring was opened almost midway through the second period, in the 30th minute of the game. Bogdan Konyushkov, playing his 300th KHL game, received a pass from Pavel Kraskovsky and shot from the right boards; Sochi goalkeeper Pyotr Andreyanov stopped the shot, but Viktor Fyodorov was first to the rebound — 1–0.[1]

In the third period, Torpedo doubled its lead: Yegor Vinogradov fired a hard shot from the attacking zone, the puck bounced off the end boards into the slot, hit the goalkeeper's leg, and ended up in the net — 2–0. Sergey Goncharuk put the finishing touch on the game, setting the final score at 3–0 in the 55th minute.[1][3]

Personal milestones and debut

The game was marked by several individual milestones. Torpedo goalkeeper Dmitry Shugayev played his 150th KHL game and kept a clean sheet for the first time this season (a "shutout").[1] Bogdan Konyushkov played his milestone 300th game in the league.[1] In the same game, 19-year-old Yan Melnikov made his KHL debut.[1]

Context and broadcast

For the team under head coach Aleksey Isakov, the win over Sochi was the fourth in their last five matches.[1] The game was broadcast live on the Nizhny Novgorod 24 television channel and on Mayak radio (92.4 FM in Nizhny Novgorod, 91.6 FM in Arzamas); the broadcast was provided by GTRK Nizhny Novgorod together with HC Torpedo.[4] The online broadcast was available only to users with an IP address in Nizhny Novgorod Region, in accordance with KHL requirements.[4]

Torpedo's next home game was scheduled for September 28 against Ufa's Salavat Yulaev.[1][3] The 2026/27 KHL regular season will run until March 20, 2027, with each team set to play 68 games.[3]

Sources

  1. NIA Nizhny Novgorod — Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo shut out Sochi, scoring three goals Nizhny Novgorod News (archive)
  2. Vremya N — Nizhny Novgorod's HC Torpedo beat HC Sochi (archive)
  3. Pro Gorod Nizhny Novgorod — Nizhny Novgorod's "Torpedo" shut out "Sochi" in a home KHL game
  4. GTRK Nizhny Novgorod (Vesti) — KHL game "Torpedo" vs. "Sochi": watch on the Nizhny Novgorod 24 TV channel and on Mayak radio (archive)
  5. Govorit Nizhny — Nizhny Novgorod's "Torpedo" routed Omsk's "Avangard"