SKA St. Petersburg vs Dynamo Prediction 7 September 2026
🔊 Both teams barely lost any games over the summer, but their opening fixtures couldn’t have been more different. SKA had to mount a comeback against Lada, only clinching victory in overtime, while Dynamo failed to pick up any points in Yekaterinburg despite firing plenty of shots on goal. Now the Blue-and-Whites head to St. Petersburg looking to bounce back from a disappointing start. Meanwhile, the hosts will aim to extend their winning streak, which now stands at six matches when including preseason results.
Head-to-Head
📊 Last season, SKA and Dynamo faced off four times, splitting the series with two wins apiece. What really stands out, though, is the low-scoring nature of those encounters. On average, the teams combined for just 3.75 goals per game. Not a single match saw more than five goals scored. Given the offensive talent on both rosters, that's a telling statistic. At least last season, head-to-head clashes between SKA and Dynamo consistently produced tight, low-scoring affairs.
Head-to-head statistics SKA St. Petersburg - Dynamo
SKA St. Petersburg Team Overview
SKA enjoyed a flawless preseason, racking up five wins from five games. The St. Petersburg side tested themselves against SKA-VMF, securing a 3-1 victory, with Daniil Miromanov-recently back from the Calgary system-finding the net on the power play. These strong summer performances gave Igor Larionov’s squad plenty of confidence heading into the new campaign. However, their first official outing proved to be a much tougher challenge.
Against Lada, SKA had to rally from a two-goal deficit, eventually clinching a 4-3 win in overtime thanks to a decisive strike from 20-year-old Matvey Korotky. Notably, the expected goals metric favored Tolyatti-3.3 to 2.4. Heading into their second game of the season, SKA are without the injured Murphy, while Zaitsev has been placed on waivers.
Match Results: SKA St. Petersburg
Dynamo Moscow Team Overview
Dynamo’s summer campaign offered a few reasons for concern. Leonid Tambiev’s side picked up five wins from six pre-season games, with their only defeat coming in a 3-4 loss to CSKA. However, they failed to carry that momentum into the regular season. Their opening opponent was Avtomobilist, now managed by former Dynamo boss Alexei Kudashov.
Dynamo fell short in Yekaterinburg, losing 2-1, despite putting in a solid performance by several metrics. The Moscow club outshot their hosts 37 to 20 and led the expected goals tally 3.5 to 2.2. Yet all that pressure resulted in just one goal, as they managed to beat Evgeny Alikin only once. Heading into their trip to Saint Petersburg, finishing remains the biggest concern for Dynamo after the opening round.
Match Results: Dynamo Moscow
⚡️ Key Players
SKA saw several players make an impact in their season opener. Sergei Sapego recorded two points for the first time in a KHL regular season game, scoring a goal and adding an assist. Matvei Korotky netted his 20th goal for the St. Petersburg club, finding the back of the net in overtime for the first time. Nikolai Goldobin also surpassed the 50-point mark with SKA-he now has 51 points (17 goals, 34 assists) in 64 games.
For Dynamo, Nikita Tertyshny, Igor Martynov, and Andrei Nikonov all notched their first points of the new campaign. Tertyshny scored the team’s lone goal in Yekaterinburg, converting one of his four shots. Martynov and Nikonov each picked up an assist.
🥅 Goaltenders
Artemy Pleshkov got the start for SKA in their opening game. The netminder secured the win, stopping 33 of 36 shots from Lada. He posted a save percentage of 91.7% and a goals against average of 2.89.
For Dynamo, Maxim Motorygin was between the pipes in the opener. In 56 minutes and 16 seconds of action, he allowed two goals and turned aside 90% of the shots he faced. His goals against average after the first game stands at 2.13.
⭐️ Editor’s Prediction
Last season’s meetings between these two sides leave little doubt about the direction of this pick. All four head-to-head clashes between SKA and Dynamo finished under 5.5 total goals, with an average of just 3.75 goals per game. Recent form also points in a similar direction ahead of this new encounter.
In three of Dynamo’s last four games, neither team managed to score more than five goals combined. SKA have posted the same stat in three of their last four as well. The opening round also highlighted Dynamo Moscow’s struggles to convert chances-despite firing 37 shots on target, they found the net just once. My pick: under 5.5 total goals.
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