CHEREPOVETS, Russia (Interstat) — Severstal defeated Lokomotiv 5-2 on Thursday at Ice Palace in Kontinental Hockey League play, breaking a 2-2 tie with three unanswered goals. Matvei Kotkov opened the scoring for Lokomotiv, but Ilya Kvochko answered for Severstal. Giovanni Fiore put Lokomotiv back ahead before Ruslan Abrosimov tied it. Abrosimov finished with two goals and two shots on goal, while Alexander Samoilov stopped 21 of 23 shots for the win. Kvochko added a goal and an assist, Ilya Ivantsov recorded two assists, and Thomas Gregoire and Ivan Podshivalov also scored for Severstal. Vladimir Grudinin, Ioannis Kaldis and David Dumbadze each contributed an assist. Kvochko and Gregoire each had two shots on goal, and Kaldis added one shot and two hits. Fiore had five shots and four hits for Lokomotiv. Severstal improved to 10 wins and 6 losses, while Lokomotiv fell to 11 wins and 4 losses. The announced attendance was 5,079.