OMSK (Interstat) — Visiting Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk scored twice in the third period to beat Avangard Omsk 3-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Thursday at Omsk Arena. Yaroslav Ozolin stopped 25 of 27 shots for Neftekhimik, which improved to 11-8. Avangard fell to 8-8. Vasily Ponomaryov put Avangard ahead at 3:51 of the first period, and Andrei Al. Belozyorov answered for Neftekhimik at 6:44. Joshua Leivo restored Avangard’s lead at 24:13 of the second. Maxim S. Fedotov tied it at 49:16 of the third, assisted by Ilya Pastukhov and Sergei Artemyev. Rafael Bikmullin then scored the winner at 52:51, with Pastukhov picking up his second assist. Bikmullin finished with two shots and one hit, while Fedotov had three shots. Ponomaryov recorded two shots and Leivo three. Pastukhov added one shot, two penalty minutes and one hit. Maxime Lajoie assisted on Ponomaryov’s goal and had one shot, two penalty minutes and one hit. The announced attendance was 12,011, and Ozolin was Neftekhimik’s top star.