NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Interstat) — Denis Kostin made 30 saves and Yegor Vinogradov scored twice as Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod defeated visiting Spartak Moscow 3-1 on Sunday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Trade Union Sport Palace. The game drew 12,213. Torpedo improved to 12 wins and eight losses. Spartak fell to 12 wins and 10 losses. Kostin was Torpedo’s top star, stopping 30 of 31 shots.

Vinogradov opened the scoring 15 seconds into the first period, with Amir Garayev and Daniil Zhuravlyov assisting. He struck again at 5:22 of the first, after Spartak’s Pavel Poryadin was penalized for tripping at 4:14, giving Torpedo a two-goal lead. Daniil Seroukh and Robert Nardella assisted on Vinogradov’s second goal. Torpedo led 2-0 after the first period. Vinogradov finished with two goals, three shots on goal, two penalty minutes and two hits. He was also called for holding at 18:10 of the first period.

Torpedo extended its advantage at 22:33 of the second period when Vladislav R. Yusupov scored from Alexei Yakovlev and Seroukh. Yusupov’s second-period goal gave Torpedo a 3-0 lead, and Spartak did not score until the third period. It was Yusupov’s first goal of the season, and he added four shots and one hit. Seroukh recorded two assists. Yakovlev also had an assist, one shot, two penalty minutes and three hits. Torpedo’s Daniil Zhuravlyov had an assist, while Garayev added an assist, one shot and one hit. Vladimir Tkachyov recorded one shot for Torpedo.

Spartak broke the shutout at 51:02 of the third period when Ivan M. Ryabov scored from Joseph Keane and Ilya Kotlyarov. Ryabov finished with one goal, three shots and one hit. The goal came shortly after Torpedo’s Robert Nardella was sent off for holding at 50:04. Torpedo’s Pavel Kraskovsky received a hooking minor at 53:27. The teams also traded interference penalties at 36:01 in the second period, with Nikita Shavin called against Torpedo and Andrei A. Mironov called against Spartak. The teams combined for seven penalties. Torpedo’s Alexei Yakovlev was penalized for slashing at 24:46 of the second.

Kostin’s 31-save performance backed a Torpedo effort that included goals from Vinogradov and Yusupov and assists from Seroukh, Garayev, Zhuravlyov, Yakovlev and Nardella. Spartak’s scoring chance came too late to mount a comeback, as Ryabov’s third-period strike was the visitors’ only goal. Torpedo held Spartak off the scoreboard for the first two periods and protected the lead after Ryabov’s goal. The win came in front of a home crowd at Trade Union Sport Palace.

Kostin’s recent outings included 13 saves on 15 shots in a loss at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, 23 saves on 26 shots in a win at SKA Saint Petersburg and 18 saves on 20 shots in a loss to Dinamo Minsk. Torpedo had lost 3-2 in a shootout at Avtomobilist in its previous game, beaten SKA 4-3, lost 2-1 in overtime to Dinamo Minsk, won 2-1 in a shootout at Ak Bars, lost 3-2 in overtime to Metallurg M and beaten Sochi 6-0. Spartak had won 5-1 at Severstal in its previous game, lost 3-2 in a shootout at Severstal, lost 4-3 in a shootout to Shanghai, beaten Severstal 3-1, beaten CSKA 2-0 and won 5-1 at Admiral. Torpedo also won the teams’ earlier meeting this season 1-0 at Spartak. Torpedo next hosts Dynamo, while Spartak next hosts Lokomotiv. The teams are scheduled to meet again at Spartak in their next 10 games.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Torpedo 3, Spartak 2. Its ELO system had projected Spartak with a 50.4 percent probability to win. The total score of 4 went over the over-under line of 4.5.