ASTANA (Interstat) — Maxim Dorozhko made 36 saves and Amur Khabarovsk scored in every period to beat Barys Astana 3-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at Barys Arena. Amur improved to 1-3-0 this season. Barys fell to 2-1-0. The announced attendance was 11,437 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The win was Amur’s first of the season after three road games.

The visitors opened the scoring in the first period after a chippy start. Barys’ Ian McCoshen and Amur’s Kirill Urakov received five-minute fighting penalties at 3:25. Amur then killed penalties to Vitaly Abramov for high sticking at 4:01 and Alexei A. Vasilevsky for interference at 5:03. Justin Bailey of Barys went off for high sticking at 8:13. At 9:46, Yaroslav Likhachyov put Amur ahead with assists from Vyacheslav Voynov and Kirill Pilipenko. Amur led 1-0 after the first period, helped by Dorozhko’s steady work in net. Dorozhko turned aside every Barys attempt in the opening 20 minutes.

Amur extended its lead in the second period. At 30:02, Artyom Shvaryov scored from Konstantin Lukin and Alexander Filatyev. Barys answered at 32:44 when Garrett Pilon scored, with Justin Bailey and Mason Morelli assisting. Morelli later received a hooking penalty at 35:58. Barys pressed for an equalizer, but Dorozhko turned aside repeated chances. Amur carried a 2-1 lead into the third period. Barys’ goal came less than three minutes after Amur had taken a two-goal lead. Morelli’s penalty gave Amur another power play, but Barys killed it.

Barys pushed harder in the final period, searching for the tying goal. Logan Day generated four shots and two hits from the blue line, while Bailey finished with a game-high eight shots for Barys. Amur’s penalty kill faced more pressure when Urakov received a five-minute slashing penalty at 58:17. Despite the late disadvantage, Amur sealed the result at 59:54 when Kirill Petkov scored while short-handed. Petkov recorded one goal on one shot. Shvaryov had one goal on two shots. Likhachyov contributed one goal, three shots and one hit. Voynov added an assist and two shots. Filatyev and Lukin each recorded an assist and one shot. Lukin also had one hit. Pilon scored once on two shots with one hit for Barys. Bailey had one assist, eight shots, two penalty minutes and one hit. Day finished with four shots and two hits.

Dorozhko’s 36-save performance anchored the win. He stopped 37 shots total, allowing only Pilon’s second-period goal. The win gave Amur its first victory of the season after road losses to Sibir Novosibirsk and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Dorozhko had 23 saves in a 2-0 loss at Sibir on Sept. 10 and 31 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss at Metallurg on Sept. 8. Barys entered after home wins over Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Sibir Novosibirsk but could not solve Dorozhko often enough. Barys put 37 shots on net, but only Pilon beat Dorozhko.

Amur’s next game is at home against Dynamo Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 19. Barys will travel to Lada Togliatti on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Barys will visit Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 18. Amur will host Severstal Cherepovets on Sept. 21. The game featured nine penalties, including two fights and several special-teams situations. Amur scored once in each period. Barys scored once in the second period. The victory moved Amur to 1-3-0, while Barys dropped to 2-1-0. Amur killed off its penalties and added a short-handed goal in the final minute. Amur finished the night with a road win.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Barys 2, Amur 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Amur with a 53.2 percent probability to win.