YAROSLAVL (Interstat) — Maxim Shalunov’s goal in the second period restored Lokomotiv’s two-goal lead and helped the home team beat Traktor Chelyabinsk 5-1 on Saturday in the Kontinental Hockey League at Arena 2000.

Lokomotiv scored twice in the first period. Matvei Kotkov opened the scoring at 8:39, and Giovanni Fiore converted at 19:43. Traktor answered in the second when Andrei Svetlakov scored at 32:49, but Shalunov responded at 37:39. Maxim Beryozkin scored 40:30 into the game, and Yegor Surin added a goal at 47:56 for the final margin. Five different players scored for Lokomotiv.

Shalunov finished with one goal, seven shots on goal and three hits. Fiore had a goal and an assist, Beryozkin also had a goal and an assist, and Rushan Rafikov recorded two assists. Goaltender Daniil Isayev made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win. Attendance was 7,817. Lokomotiv improved to 1-0, while Traktor dropped to 0-1.