Trushkov’s 34 saves lead Amur to shutout win over Avtomobilist
YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Alexander Trushkov stopped all 34 shots he faced, and Amur Khabarovsk defeated Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3-0 on Sunday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Amur scored three unanswered goals. Kirill Pilipenko opened the scoring, Alexei Kruchinin added a goal, and Raul Akmaldinov also scored. Vyacheslav Voynov recorded two assists and three shots, while Kruchinin had three shots and Akmaldinov had one shot and one hit. Amur improved to 5-6-0, while Avtomobilist dropped to 5-7-0. Avtomobilist’s Artyom Kashtanov recorded five shots. The attendance was 10,431. Amur killed off all five Avtomobilist power plays. The teams combined for 10 minor penalties, with Amur and Avtomobilist each assessed five. Alexei Solovyov took two minors for Amur, and Fyodor Khrapov, Ivan Klimovich and Trushkov each took one. Konstantin Lukin and Yegor Voronkov each had two shots for Amur. Trushkov was named the game’s top star.