KAZAN (Interstat) — Damir Shaimardanov made 30 saves as Sochi beat Ak Bars 3-2 on Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at TatNeft Arena. Timur Khafizov, Artur Gizdatullin and Denis Vengryzhanovsky scored for Sochi, which improved to 3-11 and snapped a three-game losing streak. Yegor Petukhov had two assists, while Jesse Graham added one. Ak Bars got goals from Semyon Terekhov and Andrei Stas. Grigory Denisenko and Denis Zernov each assisted. Terekhov recorded six shots, and Stas had three shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Gizdatullin and Vengryzhanovsky each finished with two shots and two penalty minutes. Sochi led 2-0 after Khafizov scored at 5:27 and Gizdatullin at 18:21. Terekhov cut the deficit in the second before Vengryzhanovsky restored a two-goal lead in the third. Stas scored at 53:13, but Ak Bars could not equalize. Ak Bars fell to 7-8. Attendance was 8,107.