SKA St. Petersburg vs HC Spartak Moscow Prediction 9 November 2026
๐ SKA St. Petersburg still cannot climb out of the lower half of the playoff places. Even the change of head coach has yet to bring the desired results: the St. Petersburg side have won only three of seven games under Andrei Razin. HC Spartak Moscow have also been through a difficult stretch, but have held on to a top-three spot in the Western Conference. The Moscow side travel to St. Petersburg after a win over Dinamo Minsk, while SKA have returned from the Far East, where they came from behind against Amur. There is another point of interest in this game. The โRed and Whitesโ have won their last six games against SKA St. Petersburg and will now try to make it seven in a row.
The St Petersburg side lost again
๐ The teams have already met this season. On September 10, HC Spartak Moscow hosted SKA St. Petersburg at Megasport and won 3-1. Alexander Belyaev, Mikhail Maltsev and Yegor Filin scored for the Moscow side, while Scott Wilson had St. Petersburgโs only goal. For SKA, it was their first loss after a winning streak. More troubling is their overall record against HC Spartak Moscow: SKA have lost their last six head-to-head games. Those games rarely turn into high-scoring affairs, though. In their previous five meetings, the teams have never scored more than five goals combined.
Head-to-head statistics SKA St. Petersburg - HC Spartak Moscow
Razin is still looking for the right combinations
Since Andrei Razinโs arrival, SKA St. Petersburg have played seven games but won only three. They are still fighting for a playoff spot, and late mistakes are proving costly. The loss to Torpedo (3:4) was particularly frustrating. SKA tied the game in the final minute, only to concede 31 seconds later after a mistake by Artemy Pleshkov. The trip to Vladivostok also went badly, prompting the coaching staff to change the forward lines again. Bardakov, Weissbach, Goldobin, Larionov and Murphy are unavailable through injury.
In Khabarovsk, those changes nearly led to another defeat. Amur opened the scoring in the first minute and had a second goal by the sixth. Razin had to call a timeout and replace Sergei Ivanov with Artemy Pleshkov. SKA gradually recovered. Nikita Zaitsev cut the deficit in the second period, and Vladislav Romanov scored on the power play. Rocco Grimaldi scored the winner in the 52nd minute (3:2). SKA outshot Amur (35:28) and spent more than fourteen minutes on the attack, compared with eight for Amur. Notably, SKA did not take a single penalty all game.
Match Results: SKA St. Petersburg
Wins don't come easily
HC Spartak Moscow remain in the top three of the Western Conference, although they have won only twice in their last six games. The red-and-whites also lost twice beyond regulation - to Severstal and the Shanghai Dragons. They soon got convincing revenge against Severstal (5:1). Against Dinamo Minsk, though, the Moscow side had to endure a difficult finish. Alexei Zhamnovโs team remain dangerous in attack, but their opponents often create more chances. In their most recent game, Spartak trailed in expected goals (2.5 to 4.6). Reilly, Orlov and Yarosh are out injured, while Egor Filin is ill.
The red-and-whites started so well against Dinamo Minsk that, by the middle of the game, the winner seemed almost decided. Nineteen-year-old Ilya Kotlyarov scored in the second minute, followed by Maxim Comtois. In the second period, Pavel Poryadin and German Rubtsov extended the lead to four goals. But โthe Minsk sideโ cut the deficit twice before the intermission. Lucas Lockhart scored on the power play in the third period, and the visitors answered almost immediately with another goal. Spartak held on to win (5:3), despite allowing 41 shots on goal to their own 25. Artyom Zagidulin made 38 saves and was one of the gameโs key players.
Match Results: HC Spartak Moscow
First-Period Prediction
HC Spartak Moscow have scored in the first period in 11 of their last 12 KHL away games. SKA St. Petersburg allow an average of 1.1 goals in the first period at home. We pick HC Spartak Moscow first-period team total over 0.5 goals at odds of 1.73.
Total Goals Prediction
HC Spartak Moscow have scored more than 1.5 goals in eight consecutive away KHL games against SKA St. Petersburg. HC Spartak Moscow have averaged 3 goals in their last ten away games, and SKA St. Petersburg have allowed an average of 3.25 in their recent home games. Our pick is HC Spartak Moscow team total over 1.5 goals for the game at odds of 1.31.
Reliable Bet
Under 6.5 goals has landed in 12 of HC Spartak Moscow's last 13 away games in the KHL. In their last ten away games, HC Spartak Moscow have averaged 3 goals scored and 1.8 goals allowed. We pick match total under 6.5 goals at odds of 1.22.
*Odds are approximate and may vary between bookmakers.
โญ๏ธ Editor's Pick
The teamsโ recent results do not make a bet on a low total particularly appealing. SKA St. Petersburg allowed four goals against Torpedo, and HC Spartak Moscow have just played a high-scoring game against Dinamo Minsk. But their head-to-head games have been quite different. Under 5.5 goals has landed in the last five games between SKA St. Petersburg and HC Spartak Moscow. In September, the two teams combined for just four goals, with SKA St. Petersburg scoring only once. SKA St. Petersburg are still adjusting to the new coachโs demands, and after several difficult games, HC Spartak Moscow surely understand the cost of defensive mistakes. Given their head-to-head history, I donโt expect another high-scoring game. My pick is under 5.5 goals.
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