Lokomotiv blanks Ak Bars as Isayev posts shutout

KAZAN (Interstat) — Daniil Isayev made 18 saves for a shutout and visiting Lokomotiv Yaroslavl beat Ak Bars Kazan 2-0 in a Kontinental Hockey League game on Monday at TatNeft Arena. Nikita V. Kiryanov opened the scoring at 10:42 of the first period, with assists from Andrei Pustovoi and Artyom V. Kuzin. Kuzin scored early in the third, assisted by Daniil Tesanov and Mark Ulyev. Kuzin finished with one goal, one assist, two shots and one hit. Kiryanov added one goal, two shots and one hit. Alexander Yelesin had three shots and four hits, Giovanni Fiore had four shots, and Georgy Ivanov contributed two shots, two penalty minutes and two hits. Alexander Radulov took two first-period minors for Lokomotiv, while Ak Bars’ Alexander Chmelevski and Alexei Marchenko and Lokomotiv’s Ilya E. Nikolayev, Georgy Ivanov and Ak Bars’ Grigory Denisenko also were penalized. Lokomotiv improved to 10-3, Ak Bars fell to 7-6, and attendance was 8,820.