YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Evgeny Alikin made 36 saves and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg scored twice in the first period to defeat Dynamo Moscow 2-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday at KRK Uralets.

Avtomobilist improved to 1-0 with its season-opening win. Dynamo fell to 0-1. The attendance was 10,721.

Anton Slepyshev opened the scoring at 3:02 of the first period with a goal assisted by Anatoly Golyshev. Alexander Barabanov doubled the lead at 10:49, with assists from Adam Ruzicka and Ilya Karpukhin. Nikita Tertyshny pulled Dynamo within one at 37:34 of the second period, scoring on assists from Igor Martynov and Andrei Nikonov.

Alikin stopped all 37 shots he faced, while Maxim Motorygin made 18 saves for Dynamo. Slepyshev and Barabanov each had one goal on one shot. Ruzicka added an assist with two shots and one hit. Tertyshny led Dynamo with four shots, and his goal was his team’s only tally.

Nikonov recorded an assist, two shots, two penalty minutes and five hits. Alexander Kadeikin had four shots and one hit for Avtomobilist. Danil Gushchin took a minor penalty for high sticking in the first period.

Dynamo committed three penalties. Nick Merkley was called for tripping at 59 seconds of the opening period, Nikonov took a high-sticking penalty at 41:39 of the third period, and Sergei Zborovsky was penalized for kneeing at 50:38. Gushchin was the only Avtomobilist player sent off, also for high sticking.

Dynamo Moscow will open its home schedule Monday at SKA Saint Petersburg, followed by home games against Admiral Vladivostok and Dinamo Minsk. Avtomobilist will play home games Monday against Traktor Chelyabinsk and Friday against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Interstat’s ELO system had projected Avtomobilist with a 55.90 percent probability to win.