Sochi beat Ak Bars 3-2, handing Kazan its fourth straight loss

Sochi beat Ak Bars 3-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League regular-season game in Kazan on Monday.

The win ended Sochi’s three-game losing streak, while Ak Bars lost for the fourth time in a row.

Sochi scored twice in the first period, and Ak Bars replied through Semen Terekhov and Andrei Stas.

Denis Vengryzhanovsky scored Sochi’s third goal, and Stas scored Ak Bars’ second on a power play.

Ak Bars has 15 points and is sixth in the Eastern Conference; Sochi has six points and is 10th in the Western Conference.

The result matters because it extends Ak Bars’ poor run and gives Sochi a win after three defeats.

Sochi next hosts Lokomotiv on October 17, while Ak Bars visits the Shanghai Dragons on October 16.