SOCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Ak Bars Kazan scored three unanswered goals to erase a third-period deficit and defeat HC Sochi 4-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Wednesday at Bolshoy Ice Dome.

Sochi’s Artyom Volkov and Matvei Guskov scored to give the home team a 2-1 lead entering the final period. Ak Bars responded with Ilya Karpukhin tying the game at 5:46 of the third, followed by Kirill Semyonov’s go-ahead goal just over a minute later. Grigory Denisenko added an empty-net goal to seal the victory.

Sochi goaltender Pavel Khomchenko made 34 saves on 38 shots in the loss. The result improved Ak Bars’ overall record to 41-24, while Sochi fell to 17-46.