Dinamo Minsk edges Lada after building five-goal lead
MINSK (Interstat) — Dinamo Minsk built a five-goal lead and held off Lada Togliatti for a 5-4 Kontinental Hockey League victory Monday at Minsk-Arena before 15,086. Dinamo Minsk improved to 3-6, while Lada fell to 1-9. Sam Anas had a goal and an assist for Dinamo Minsk, which also got two assists from Dmitry S. Kuzmin and three assists from Christopher Tierney. Stanislav Galiyev, Brady Lyle, Daniil A. Lipsky and Arseny Chukhrayev also scored. Andrei Chivilev led Lada with a goal and two assists, Nikita Setdikov added a goal and an assist, and Riley Sawchuk also had a goal and an assist. Jeremy Groleau scored, and Lada scored four unanswered goals late, including Setdikov’s final tally with 16 seconds remaining in regulation, but could not complete the comeback. Lada was assessed three second-period penalties, while Dinamo Minsk’s Bogdan Belkin and Lada’s Alexander Lukin received five-minute fighting penalties after a second-period altercation.