Evander Kane made his Dinamo Minsk debut within hours of agreeing a move from Winnipeg to Belarus, but he couldn’t save his new team from a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Loko seized the initiative early on, with goals from Sergei Plotnikov and Niklas Hagman giving a 2-0 advantage inside the first five minutes. Andrei Stas cut the deficit, but Semyon Varlamov made 38 saves to secure the win for Loko.
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In Tuesday’s other games Severstal Cherepovets eased to a 4-0 win over Atlant Moscow Region, thanks largely to a 1+1 return from Teemu Laakso and 28 saves from Vasily Koshechkin.
In Chekhov, Vityaz overturned a 0-2 deficit to sink Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 4-2, with Josh Hennessey getting the winner.
