CHEREPOVETS, Russia (Interstat) — Alexander Samoilov made 28 saves on 29 shots and was named the top star as Severstal Cherepovets beat HC Sochi 3-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Ice Palace on Saturday. Severstal improved to 4-5, while Sochi fell to 1-7. Ilya Ivantsov scored one goal on five shots. Thomas Gregoire had one goal, two shots and one hit. Timur Akhiyarov scored one goal on three shots for Sochi. Denis Yan had one goal and four shots. Alexander Skorenov recorded two assists, one shot and one hit. Ruslan Abrosimov had one assist and three shots, while Nikita Artamonov added one assist and two shots. Timofei Davydov had one assist, one shot, two penalty minutes and one hit, and Yegor Graf had one assist. Gregoire opened the scoring with assists from Graf and Skorenov. Akhiyarov tied it with help from Dmitry Kagarlitsky. Ivantsov put Severstal ahead with assists from Skorenov and Artamonov. Yan closed the scoring with assists from Abrosimov and Davydov. Attendance was 4,222.