CHELYABINSK (Interstat) — Arkhip Nekolenko scored twice and Anton Krasotkin made 32 saves as Sibir Novosibirsk beat Traktor Chelyabinsk 2-1 on Saturday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Traktor Sport Palace in Traktor Arena. Nekolenko opened the scoring at 14:55 of the first period, assisted by Darren Dietz and Sergei S. Popov. He added another goal at 22:45 of the second, with Dietz and Alexander Yaremchuk assisting. Traktor cut the lead when Grigory Dronov scored at 41:59 of the third, assisted by Nikita Soshnikov and Artemy Nizameyev. Krasotkin stopped 32 of 33 shots for the win. Dietz finished with two assists, while Yaremchuk and Popov each added one. Dronov had four shots on goal for Traktor, and Andrei Svetlakov also recorded four shots. Nekolenko also had two penalty minutes. Taylor Beck recorded two shots, two penalty minutes and one hit for Sibir. Alexander Rykov had four shots and one hit for Traktor. Ivan V. Vorobyov added two shots. Attendance was 7,500. Sibir improved to 4-10, while Traktor dropped to 5-8.