MAGNITOGORSK, Russia (Interstat) — Metallurg Magnitogorsk defeated Amur Khabarovsk 3-1 in Kontinental Hockey League action Friday at Arena Metallurg.

The home side took control with three unanswered goals after Amur’s early equalizer. Yegor Yakovlev opened the scoring for Metallurg just over two minutes into the game. Amur’s Oleg Li tied it at 1-1 less than three minutes later, but Sergei Tolchinsky restored Metallurg’s lead before the midway point of the first period. Artyom Minulin sealed the victory with a second-period goal.

Goaltender Ilya D. Nabokov made 22 saves for Metallurg. Amur’s Maxim Dorozhko stopped 22 of 25 shots in the loss. Metallurg improved its league-leading record to 43-13-1. Amur fell to 20-37-1.