TOGLIATTI (Interstat) — Amir Miftakhov stopped all 22 shots he faced and Brett Murray scored twice as the Shanghai Dragons rolled to a 5-0 win over Lada Togliatti in a Kontinental Hockey League game Monday at Lada Arena.

Shanghai scored in every period and never trailed. Yegor S. Solovyov opened the scoring at 6:37 of the first period, with Calen Addison and Nikolas Petan picking up assists. The Dragons took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. Lada could not solve Miftakhov, who earned the shutout. Attendance was 3,263.

Shanghai entered with a 6-3 record and had won five of its previous eight games. The Dragons had beaten Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-1 and HC Sochi 4-1 in recent home games. Their previous game was a 2-1 overtime loss at Severstal Cherepovets. Lada entered at 1-11 and had lost four straight. During that four-game skid, Lada scored six goals and allowed 17.

The first period included several penalties. Lada’s Somerby Doyle received a high-sticking minor at 2:49. Shanghai’s Daniil Malorosiyanov was called for hooking at 15:43, and Lada’s Mikhail Belyayev was sent off for slashing at 18:26. Despite the power-play chances, neither team scored again in the opening frame. The teams combined for six minor penalties.

In the second period, Malorosiyanov received a high-sticking penalty at 29:10. Shanghai then extended its lead when Murray scored at 32:55, assisted by Riley Sutter. Lada’s Ostap Safin was penalized for cross checking at 36:20. Sutter made it 3-0 at 38:17, with Murray and Nikita I. Alexandrov assisting. Shanghai carried a 3-0 advantage into the second intermission.

Murray struck again at 50:08 of the third period, with Sutter and Addison assisting. Shanghai’s David Chen was called for holding at 51:32. Artyom A. Chernov capped the scoring at 56:04, with Solovyov and Takhir Mingachyov assisting. The Dragons finished with five unanswered goals.

The turning point came in the second period when Murray and Sutter scored five minutes and 22 seconds apart to turn a 1-0 lead into a 3-0 advantage. Lada never recovered.

Miftakhov, the top star for Shanghai, made 22 saves on 22 shots. He followed a recent win over HC Sochi, where he stopped 25 of 26 shots, with another strong performance. Sutter finished with one goal and two assists, four shots on goal and three hits. Murray, a 6-foot-4, 227-pound forward, had two goals, one assist, two shots and two hits. Solovyov added one goal, one assist, two shots and one hit. Addison, a 5-foot-10, 172-pound defenseman, contributed two assists and three shots. Chernov had one goal, three shots and one hit. Mingachyov, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound forward, recorded one assist, two shots and three hits. Brennan Menell, a 5-foot-10, 183-pound defenseman, registered three shots. Petan had one assist, two shots and one hit. Alexandrov, a 6-foot, 176-pound forward, added one assist, one shot and one hit.

Lada’s penalty trouble continued throughout the game. In addition to Doyle, Belyayev and Safin, Lada struggled to generate consistent offense. Shanghai’s Malorosiyanov was called twice, and Chen also served a minor. Lada pulled its goaltender late but could not avoid the shutout.

Lada has allowed five or more goals in six of its 13 games and has been shut out three times. The team has lost 12 of 13 overall. Shanghai improved to 7-3 this season. The Dragons have won seven of their first 10 games. Shanghai is scheduled to visit Dynamo Moscow next. Lada next travels to Admiral Vladivostok.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Shanghai 2, Lada 1. Its ELO system gave Shanghai a 57.1 percent probability to win.