Nedopyokin shines in Spartak thrashing!

9 November 2026

SKA put on a show against arch-rivals Spartak this evening, cruising to an emphatic 7:1 victory in Saint Petersburg!

Fatigue could have been an issue following last week's Far Eastern trip, but the hosts soon put those fears to bed with five goals during a quite astounding first period.

Vasily Glotov got the party started in just the fourth minute, successfully connecting with a clever pass from Matvei Korotky.

SKA then subsequently well and truly ended the game as a contest with four quickfire goals during the concluding nine minutes of the frame.

Rocco Grimaldi turned Vladislav Romanov's clever feed home, before Scott Wilson backhanded over the glove and Sergei Sapego lashed into the far corner from the left circle - goals which resulted in Artyom Zagidulin being pulled in favour of Evgeny Volokhin.

That change had next to no effect on the flow of the game, however, with Nikita Nedopyokin quickly adding a fifth with German Suzdorf dishing out an intelligent assist for his maiden KHL point.

Nedopyokin registered our sixth at the start of the second period with an unstoppable attempt from close range.

Naturally enough, the intensity did take a drop for the remainder of proceedings. Maxime Comtois got the Moscow-based opponents on the board in the last knockings of the stanza, pouncing on the loose puck during a powerplay and bundling it over the line.

Nonetheless, it was only fitting that SKA had the last word, with Andrei Pedan whacking a huge one-timer beyond Volokhin in the concluding minute of play.

SKA will now prepare to host Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday. Puck-drop is scheduled for 19:30 local time.

Match protocol:

SKA - Spartak - 7:1 (5:0, 1:1, 1:0)

Goals:

1:0 Glotov (Korotky, Atanasov), 03.26

2:0 Grimaldi (Romanov), 11.30

3:0 Wilson (Goldobin), 13.02

4:0 Sapego (Atanasov, Glotov), 13.36

5:0 Nedopyokin (Suzdorf, Glotov), 18.41

6:0 Nedopyokin (Maklyukov), 22.25

6:1 Comtois, 38.45 PPG

7:1 Pedan (Goldobin, Plotnikov), 59.29