KAZAN (Interstat) — Vsevolod Skotnikov made 22 saves as visiting Severstal Cherepovets beat Ak Bars Kazan 4-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday at TatNeft Arena. Severstal improved to 8-6, while Ak Bars dropped to 7-7. Kirill Semyonov opened the scoring in the first period for Ak Bars, with assists from Yegor Sokolov and Stepan Terekhov. Danil Veryayev tied it in the second, assisted by David Dumbadze and Ivan Podshivalov. Podshivalov, Thomas Gregoire and Ilya Ivantsov scored in the third. Podshivalov and Ivantsov each finished with a goal and an assist, and Veryayev also had a goal and an assist. Dumbadze had two assists. Gregoire added three shots and a tripping penalty, while Terekhov had an assist, two shots and a tripping penalty for Ak Bars. Ioannis Kaldis and Alexander Skorenov each recorded an assist. Skotnikov stopped 22 of 23 shots, and Semyonov recorded three shots for Ak Bars. Attendance was 8,325.