YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Evgeny Alikin made 25 saves and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg blanked Amur Khabarovsk 3-0 on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Alexander Sharov had a goal and an assist, Daniel Sprong and Jesse Blacker also scored, and Alexander Barabanov recorded two assists. Avtomobilist scored once in each period. Sharov opened scoring at 7:46 of the first period off assists from Jordan Gross and Barabanov. Sprong doubled the lead at 18:50 of the second, assisted by Sharov and Barabanov. Blacker capped the scoring at 13:06 of the third, with assists from Anton Slepyshev and Nikita Tryamkin. Alikin was the top star. Avtomobilist improved to 5-6, while Amur fell to 4-6. The announced attendance was 8,711. Amur’s Alexei Solovyov received a tripping penalty in the second period. Avtomobilist’s Tryamkin was called for holding and Roman Gorbunov for tripping in the third.