Shugayev’s 29 saves lead Torpedo past Sochi in KHL rout

NIZHNEIMERETINSKAYA BUKHTA, Russia (Interstat) — Dmitry Shugayev stopped all 29 shots he faced and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod routed HC Sochi 6-0 on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Torpedo improved to 8-3-0, while Sochi fell to 2-9-0. Mikhail Vorobyov scored twice, Pavel Kraskovsky, Michael Vecchione, Amir Garayev and Matvei Polyakov added goals, and Vladimir Tkachyov and Yegor Vinogradov each had two assists. Anton Sizov also contributed two assists. Kraskovsky opened scoring 1:31 into the first period, Vorobyov made it 2-0 at 17:46 and Vecchione scored at 18:11. Garayev, Vorobyov and Polyakov scored in the third. Attendance was 5,526. Shugayev earned top-star honors after his 29-save shutout, his second straight blanking of Sochi this season. Sochi was scoreless on its chances, while Torpedo controlled play throughout. Penalties included fighting majors to Sochi’s Ilya Fedotov and Torpedo’s Michael Vecchione in the second period.