Boyarkin backstops Admiral past Lada in KHL road win
TOGLIATTI (Interstat) — Nikita Boyarkin stopped 26 of 27 shots, and Admiral Vladivostok beat Lada Togliatti 3-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game on Tuesday at Lada Arena. Boyarkin, the game’s top star for Admiral Vladivostok, helped the visitors improve to 8-11, while Lada Togliatti fell to 2-18. Alexander S. Volkov, Borna Rendulic and Ivan Muranov scored for Admiral Vladivostok. Yegor Chezganov, Daniel Usmanov, Vladislav Tsitsyura and Anthony Camara each had an assist. Ben King scored for Lada Togliatti, which got an assist from Vyacheslav Osnovin. King, listed at 6-foot-3 and 203 pounds, finished with six shots and one hit, while Osnovin had three shots and three hits. Admiral Vladivostok scored once in the first period and twice in the second. Lada Togliatti scored once in the second. Artyom Kudashov was penalized in the third period for throwing the puck outside the playing area. The home attendance at Lada Arena was 3,336.