SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (Interstat) — CSKA Moscow defeated SKA Saint Petersburg 4-3 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Wednesday at Ice Palace Saint Petersburg. CSKA built a multi-goal lead and held off a late rally from the home team. Daniel Sprong scored the game-winning goal for CSKA late in the third period. Trevor Murphy recorded two assists for SKA. Goaltender Yegor Zavragin made 30 saves on 34 shots in the loss for SKA, which fell to 3-10. CSKA improved to 8-9 with the victory. The result defied Interstat’s pre-game projection, which gave SKA a 55.3% probability to win.