MOSCOW (Interstat) — Pavel Karnaukhov recorded a hat trick and Nikolai Kovalenko scored twice as CSKA Moscow beat visiting SKA Saint Petersburg 6-5 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Tuesday at CSKA Ice Palace. Ivan Drozdov added three assists, while Nikita Nesterov and Denis Guryanov each had two assists for CSKA, which improved to 7-3-0. Karnaukhov also had four shots on goal and three hits. Kovalenko finished with four shots. Vasily Atanasov scored twice for SKA, and Nikita Dishkovsky and Vladislav Y. Romanov also scored. Romanov added an assist and five hits. SKA fell to 7-2-0. Attendance at CSKA Ice Palace was 8,689. Dmitry Buchelnikov also scored for CSKA, and Derek Barach had four shots on goal. Atanasov had six shots for SKA. CSKA led 6-3 in the third period before SKA scored twice late.