CHEREPOVETS, Russia (Interstat) — Vsevolod Skotnikov made 28 saves and Severstal Cherepovets shut out SKA Saint Petersburg 2-0 on Tuesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Ice Palace. Severstal improved to 9-6 and SKA fell to 8-6. Attendance was 4,670. Vsevolod Nikitin opened the scoring in the first period, assisted by Yegor Graf and Vladimir Grudinin. Gennady Chalyi added a second-period goal, with assists from Ivan Podshivalov and Timofei Davydov. Skotnikov was the top star after stopping all 28 shots. Chalyi recorded a goal, four shots and one hit. Nikitin had a goal and three shots. Podshivalov contributed an assist, four shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Graf, Grudinin and Davydov each added an assist. David Dumbadze had four shots for Severstal. SKA’s Vasily Glotov had five shots, and Matvei Korotky had two shots and one hit. SKA’s Nikolai Goldobin, Artemy Pleshkov and Valentin Zykov each received minor penalties. Severstal’s Podshivalov, Davydov and Ruslan Abrosimov also were assessed minors.