Miftakhov, Murray lead Dragons to shutout win at Lada

TOLYATTI (Interstat) — Amir Miftakhov stopped all 22 shots he faced and Brett Murray recorded two goals and an assist as the Shanghai Dragons shut out Lada Togliatti 5-0 on Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Lada Arena. Riley Sutter added a goal and two assists for Shanghai, Yegor S. Solovyov had a goal and an assist, Calen Addison contributed two assists and Artyom A. Chernov also scored. Solovyov opened the scoring at 6:37 of the first period, with Addison and Nikolas Petan assisting. Murray made it 2-0 in the second before Sutter scored at 38:17. Murray struck again at 50:08, and Chernov capped the scoring at 56:04. Takhir Mingachyov and Nikita I. Alexandrov also had assists, while Brennan Menell recorded three shots. Lada was assessed three penalties, and Shanghai took three. Attendance was 3,263. Miftakhov earned the shutout for Shanghai. Shanghai improved to 7-3, while Lada fell to 1-12.