OMSK (Interstat) — Nikita Mikhailis scored twice and Alexander S. Smolin won as Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Avangard 5-1 on Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Omsk Arena. Mikhailis opened scoring 50 seconds into the first period, with assists from Valery Orekhov and Ruslan Iskhakov. Nathan Todd made it 2-0 at 11:10, with Orekhov and Daniil Vovchenko assisting. Kirill Adamchuk scored for Avangard at 19:11. Mikhailis added his second goal in the second period, assisted by Igor Nechayev and Artyom Minulin. Iskhakov scored in the third, with Yegor Zelenov assisting, and Nikita A. Korotkov scored soon after. Iskhakov finished with a goal and an assist, Orekhov had two assists, and Mikhailis recorded five shots on goal. Todd had four shots on goal. Adamchuk had four shots and one hit. Vladislav Provolnev had four shots on goal. Smolin made 21 saves on 22 shots. Attendance was 12,011. Metallurg Magnitogorsk improved to 8-2; Avangard fell to 4-5.