MOSCOW (Interstat) — Alexander S. Smolin stopped all 23 shots he faced, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk defeated Spartak Moscow 2-0 on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Luzhniki Minor Arena. Smolin earned the win as Metallurg improved to 9-3. Spartak fell to 5-6. Nikita Mikhailis opened the scoring 12:05 into the game. Nikita A. Korotkov doubled the lead 34:31 into the game, assisted by Yegor Korobkin and Alexander Siryatsky. Korotkov also recorded 4 hits, while Nathan Todd put 4 shots on goal. Siryatsky and Korobkin each added 3 shots for Metallurg. Mikhail Maltsev led Spartak with 4 shots and 1 hit. Spartak’s Maxime Comtois and Metallurg’s Danila Palivko received matching interference penalties in the first period. Metallurg’s Vladislav Provolnev served 2 tripping penalties and finished with 4 penalty minutes. Igor Nechayev recorded 1 hit, and Andrei E. Kozlov added 1 shot and 1 hit. The announced attendance was 7,029.