The meeting, which took place at the Ufa Arena, ended in a victory for the guests with a score of 3: 2.
Dmitry Kolgotin, Ansel Galimov and Nikita Tochitskiy scored for Sochi.
Sakari Manninen and Dmitry Kugryshev scored against the hosts.
Sochi ranks ninth in the Western Conference.
Salavat is the fourth in the East.
Earlier, HC Lokomotiv received a technical defeat from Kunlun.