The trio, who led an all-star team of Russians from North America's National Hockey League on a five-game tour here earlier this month, signed one-year contracts with Spartak allowing them to play in the game Wednesday night and then to bow out at any time.
Bure and Mogilny were due to fly back Thursday to the United States, while Fetisov was staying in Russia but was not sure whether he would continue to play for Spartak, Itar-Tass reported Thursday.
Bure scored twice, once on an assist from Mogilny, to pace Spartak's victory, and Fetisov assisted on another goal.
Spartak president Gelani Tovbulatov said the NHL players' participation was a gesture of good will.
"They had already planned to fly back to America but we asked them to stay especially for this match and they agreed," Tovbulatov said in a telephone interview Thursday. Proceeds from the match go to the veterans of the war in Afghanistan, he added.
But don't look for Mogilny, the Buffalo Sabres' star forward, and Bure, the Vancouver Canucks' marquee scorer, to continue playing in the Russian league.
"This game will be the only one," Vladimir Igoshin, chairman of the organizing committee for the NHL players' tour, said.
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