SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (Interstat) — SKA Saint Petersburg defeated CSKA Moscow 3-0 in Kontinental Hockey League action Saturday at Ice Palace Saint Petersburg. Goaltender Sergei Ivanov stopped all 29 shots he faced to secure the shutout for the hosts.

Nikita Dishkovsky led the SKA offense, scoring twice. He opened the scoring at 10:21 of the first period and added a second goal in the second period. Rossо Grimaldi sealed the victory with a third-period goal.

CSKA, which defeated SKA in a shootout on Feb. 1, was shut out despite a 29-26 edge in shots. The loss drops CSKA to 30-27 overall, while SKA improves to 25-23-1. The result flipped the pregame projection from Interstat, which gave SKA a 51.4% probability to win but had simulated a 4-2 CSKA victory.