Salavat Yulaev beats Sibir 5‑4 in overtime Wednesday

NOVOSIBIRSK (Interstat) — Salavat Yulaev defeated Sibir 5-4 in overtime Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Ice Sports Palace Sibir in Sibir Arena. Pavel Tyutnev scored and recorded five shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits for Sibir. Semyon Vyazovoi made 33 saves on 37 shots for Salavat Yulaev. Darren Dietz added a goal and an assist, four shots, five penalty minutes and two hits. Sheldon Rempal had a goal and an assist. Anton Kosolapov had two assists and three shots. Denis Orlovich-Grudkov, Danil Alalykin, Devin Brosseau and Dean Stewart also scored, with Alalykin netting the winner 64:20 into the game. Yegor Suchkov had an assist. Salavat Yulaev improved to 7-6-0. Sibir fell to 3-10-0. The attendance was 11,252. Sibir’s Arkhip Nekolenko and Stepan Nikulin also scored, while Alexander Pershakov, Maxim N. Kuznetsov, Vladislav Yefremov, Alexander Alexeyev, Vadim Shipachyov, Sergei S. Popov and Alexander Yaremchuk had assists.