ST. PETERSBURG (Interstat) — Nikolai Goldobin had one goal and four assists, Scott Wilson scored twice and SKA Saint Petersburg rolled past the Shanghai Dragons 7-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Tuesday afternoon at Ice Palace Saint Petersburg. The announced attendance was 14,124. SKA improved to 5-1-0. Shanghai dropped to 2-2-0.

Wilson opened the scoring 6:05 into the first period, with assists from Sergei Plotnikov and Goldobin. Plotnikov made it 2-0 at 13:50 of the first, with Goldobin and Daniil Miromanov assisting. SKA carried that lead into the second period and then pulled away with three goals in the middle frame.

Wilson struck again at 1:20 of the second period, with Miromanov and Goldobin setting up the goal. Sergei Sapego scored at 7:55, assisted by Goldobin and Plotnikov. Goldobin then scored at 13:54, with Wilson assisting, giving SKA a 5-0 lead.

Shanghai finally answered at 18:08 of the second period. Stepan Khripunov scored with assists from Brennan Menell and Yegor S. Solovyov. That made it 5-1 after two periods. SKA restored a five-goal cushion at 2:01 of the third period when Nikolai Chebykin scored, with Yegor Savikov and Matvei Korotky assisting.

Shanghai got one back at 3:16 of the third. Dmitrij Jaskin scored, with Nikolas Petan and David Chen assisting, cutting the deficit to 6-2. SKA answered again at 5:48 when Danil Aimurzin scored, making it 7-2.

The teams combined for three penalties in the third period. SKA’s Vasily Glotov and Shanghai’s Turner Ottenbreit received roughing minors at 4:09. Ottenbreit received a slashing minor at the end of the game. Shanghai finished with 35 shots on goal.

Pleshkov made 33 saves on 35 shots for SKA. Goldobin finished with one goal, four assists and two shots on goal. Wilson had two goals, one assist and three shots. Plotnikov had one goal, two assists, one shot and two hits. Savikov added one assist and five shots. Miromanov had two assists and three shots. Chebykin scored once. Sapego scored once. Aimurzin scored once and had four shots. For Shanghai, Jaskin had one goal, three shots and two hits.

SKA has won five of its first six games. Shanghai is 2-2-0. Shanghai will next host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 22. SKA will next visit Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 25.

SKA entered the game after a 1-0 win at HC Sochi on Sept. 12 and a 3-1 loss at Spartak Moscow on Sept. 10. Shanghai entered after a 4-3 overtime win at Dinamo Minsk on Sept. 10. Shanghai also lost 3-1 at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 8 and won 5-4 in overtime at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Sept. 6.

Goldobin had two shots on goal in a 1-0 win at HC Sochi on Sept. 12. He had one assist and one hit in a 0-0 tie against Lada Togliatti on Sept. 9 and one assist and one hit in a 2-1 win against Lada Togliatti the same day. He also had four assists and one shot on goal in a 5-3 win against Dynamo Moscow on Sept. 7.

Shanghai’s next 10 games include a home date with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on Sept. 22, Dinamo Minsk on Sept. 26, HC Sochi on Sept. 28 and Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 30. The Dragons then visit Severstal Cherepovets on Oct. 3, Lada Togliatti on Oct. 5 and Dynamo Moscow on Oct. 7. SKA next plays at Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sept. 25, at Barys Astana on Sept. 27 and at CSKA Moscow on Sept. 29. SKA then hosts Admiral Vladivostok on Oct. 3 and Severstal Cherepovets on Oct. 6.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of SKA 4, Shanghai 2. Its ELO system gave SKA a 71.9 percent probability to win.