MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Pavel Khomchenko made 25 saves and the Shanghai Dragons scored twice in the second period and twice in the third to beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-1 on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Municipal’nyj Stadion Stroitel’. The Dragons improved to 6-2. Metallurg M, the visiting team, fell to 8-3. Attendance was 5,572.

Khomchenko, a 6-foot-1, 183-pound goaltender, stopped 25 of 26 shots for the win. He had recently turned in a 25-save performance against Dinamo Minsk and a 35-save effort against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. He was the top star for Shanghai as the Dragons won for the third straight game.

The first period ended scoreless. Nate Sucese took a holding penalty at 17:54, but Shanghai killed it and neither team found the net before intermission. The Dragons then took two early second-period penalties, with Nick Cicek called for throwing the puck outside the playing area at 21:54 and Turner Ottenbreit whistled for tripping at 24:38.

Metallurg M ran into penalty trouble soon after. Yegor K. Yakovlev was called for tripping at 29:41, Stepan Starkov for hooking at 30:34, Yegor Zavragin for displacing the goal frame at 31:18 and Artyom Minulin for high sticking at 32:09. The four straight minors gave Shanghai a prolonged power-play chance. David Chen scored at 33:36, with assists from Yegor S. Solovyov and Brennan Menell. Riley Sutter made it 2-0 at 34:40 with an unassisted goal.

Danila Palivko took an elbowing penalty for Metallurg M at 37:56, but Metallurg M answered late in the period. Nikita A. Korotkov scored at 39:30, with Igor Nechayev picking up the assist, cutting the Shanghai lead to 2-1.

The third period brought more special teams play. Yegor Zelenov was called for hooking at 48:04. Takhir Mingachyov restored Shanghai’s two-goal cushion at 51:47. Nikita I. Alexandrov took a holding penalty at 52:55, and Nechayev was sent off for hooking at 54:56. Sucese closed the scoring at 59:53, with Brett Murray and Calen Addison earning assists.

Mingachyov, listed at 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds, finished with one goal, four shots on goal and two hits. Chen, at 6-foot and 190 pounds, had one goal and three shots. Sucese, listed at 386 pounds, added one goal, three shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Sutter, at 425 pounds, recorded one goal, two shots and two hits. Menell, a 5-foot-10, 183-pound defenseman, contributed one assist and four shots. Korotkov, a 6-foot, 201-pound forward, scored Metallurg M’s lone goal and had two shots and two hits. Addison, a 5-foot-10, 172-pound defenseman, had one assist and one shot. Nechayev, listed at 410 pounds, had one assist, one shot and two penalty minutes. Ottenbreit had two penalty minutes and three hits.

Shanghai entered the game after recent wins over HC Sochi, Dinamo Minsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, while Metallurg M had won three consecutive games, including a 5-1 road win at Avangard Omsk, a 2-1 home victory over Ak Bars Kazan and a 4-3 road win at Salavat Yulaev Ufa. The teams combined for 11 minor penalties, with Metallurg M assessed seven. Shanghai’s penalty kill limited Metallurg M’s chances, and Khomchenko protected the lead with a steady afternoon in net. Shanghai’s record now stands at 6-2, while Metallurg M is 8-3.

Shanghai is scheduled to visit Severstal Cherepovets, Lada Togliatti and Dynamo Moscow before returning home to face Dinamo Minsk. Metallurg M is set to visit Spartak Moscow before home games against Admiral Vladivostok and Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Shanghai 3, Metallurg M 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Metallurg M with a 79.4 percent probability to win.