Alikin, Avtomobilist defeat Spartak in Kontinental Hockey League play
MOSCOW (Interstat) — Evgeny Alikin made 34 saves as Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg beat Spartak Moscow 4-2 on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Luzhniki Minor Arena. Alikin stopped 34 of 36 shots. Alikin was the game’s top star. Yegor Filin scored twice for Spartak, while Ilya Karpukhin had a goal and an assist for Avtomobilist. Maxim Denezhkin and Yegor Chernikov each added a goal and an assist. Alexander Kadeikin recorded an assist. Will Reilly assisted on one Spartak goal. Jordan Gross had three shots and one hit. Daniel Sprong scored, and Lucas Lockhart had two shots. Denezhkin opened the scoring in the first period, and Chernikov doubled the lead in the second. Filin tied it with two third-period goals before Karpukhin scored at 55:01. Sprong sealed the win at 59:42. Karpukhin added three shots, and Kadeikin had three shots. Avtomobilist improved to 3-6. Spartak fell to 5-4. Attendance was 7,490.