NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Sochi used a five-goal burst over the second and third periods to beat visiting Salavat Yulaev 6-3 on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Attendance was 5,991. Yegor Petukhov paced Sochi with two goals, one assist, six shots on goal and one hit. Matvei Guskov added one goal and two assists, Gage Quinney had one goal and one assist, Timur Akhiyarov had four assists, and Pyotr Andreyanov made 29 saves on 32 shots. Timur Khafizov and Artur Gizdatullin also scored. Salavat Yulaev got goals from Yegor Suchkov, Dean Stewart and Artyom Nabiyev, while Danil Alalykin had two assists. Guskov opened scoring in the first. Suchkov tied it in the second, Stewart put Salavat ahead, but Petukhov and Quinney answered before Petukhov, Gizdatullin and Khafizov extended the lead in the third. Salavat Yulaev fell to 6-4. Sochi improved to 2-8. Matvei Guskov was Sochi’s top star.