YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg scored twice in the first period and held off Dynamo Moscow for a 2-1 victory in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday night at KRK Uralets.

Evgeny Alikin stopped 36 of 37 shots for Avtomobilist, which began its season with a win at 1-0. Dynamo fell to 0-1. Anton Slepyshev put Avtomobilist ahead 1-0 at 3:02 of the first period, with Anatoly Golyshev assisting on a power-play goal. Alexander Barabanov made it 2-0 at 10:49, assisted by Adam Ruzicka and Ilya Karpukhin. Ruzicka also had two shots on goal.

Nikita Tertyshny pulled Dynamo to 2-1 at 37:34 of the second period, scoring from Igor Martynov and Andrei Nikonov. Tertyshny finished with a team-high four shots. Maxim Motorygin made 18 saves on 20 shots for Dynamo. Avtomobilist went 1 for 3 with the man advantage, and Dynamo was 0 for 1.

The teams totaled four minor penalties. Attendance was 10,721.