YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Evgeny Alikin made 20 saves, and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg beat Lada Togliatti 3-1 on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Attendance was 8,767. Jesse Blacker opened the scoring at 1:46 of the first period, and Maxim Tarasov doubled the lead at 11:57 with assists from Maxim Denezhkin and Artyom Kashtanov. Dmitry Kugryshev pulled Lada within one at 48:58, with Evgeny Groshev and Riley Sawchuk assisting. Yaroslav Busygin restored Avtomobilist’s two-goal cushion at 58:04, assisted by Alexander Sharov. The 5-foot-10, 194-pound Alikin earned top-star honors. Busygin, a 6-foot-2, 172-pound defenseman, had one goal on three shots. Kugryshev, a 5-foot-11, 192-pound forward, scored on one of five shots. Sawchuk added an assist, three shots and one hit. Sharov had an assist and four shots. Tarasov finished with one goal, one shot and one hit. Lada fell to 1-10, while Avtomobilist improved to 4-6. Maxim Belousov was penalized for tripping in the first period, and Nikita Tryamkin was called for holding in the second.