OMSK (Interstat) — Michael McLeod recorded a hat trick and Ivan Prosvetov made 29 saves as Avangard defeated Avtomobilist 4-2 Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Omsk Arena. McLeod opened the scoring at 9:37 of the first period, assisted by Joshua Leivo and Andrew Poturalski, and added his second at 11:39, assisted by Yegor Afanasyev and Konstantin Okulov. Daniel Sprong answered for Avtomobilist at 29:33 of the second, with assists from Alexander Barabanov and Jordan Gross. Vasily Ponomaryov restored Avangard’s two-goal lead at 40:50 of the third, assisted by Okulov and Nail Yakupov. McLeod completed his hat trick at 57:45, and Sprong scored his second at 59:41. McLeod finished with three goals on three shots. Okulov had two assists, three shots and two penalty minutes. Ponomaryov scored on one of his two shots. Sprong scored twice on four shots, while Alexander Kadeikin had seven shots for Avtomobilist. Avangard improved to 7-7, while Avtomobilist fell to 6-9. Attendance at Omsk Arena was 12,011.