CSKA Moscow defeats Dynamo Moscow 5‑2 in KHL road win
MOSCOW (Interstat) — Maxim Sorkin and Prokhor Poltapov each scored twice, and Alexander Samonov made 25 saves as CSKA Moscow beat Dynamo Moscow 5-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Friday at VTB Ice Palace. CSKA improved to 11-3. Dynamo dropped to 5-10. Poltapov added an assist, while Marat Khairullin had three assists and Yegor Zamula had two. Maxim Mamin also scored for CSKA, and Klim Kostin added an assist. Pavel Shen and Nick Merkley scored for Dynamo, with Daniil Pylenkov recording an assist and six penalty minutes. Pylenkov also had four shots on goal. Poltapov opened the scoring at 6:35 of the first period. He scored again early in the second, then assisted on Sorkin’s second goal in the third. Sorkin recorded five shots on goal, Poltapov four, Khairullin three, Mamin two and Kostin three. Samonov stopped 25 of 27 shots. Attendance was 8,785.