MOSCOW (Interstat) — Visiting Barys Astana defeated host Spartak Moscow 4-3 in a shootout in a Kontinental Hockey League game Sunday at Luzhniki Minor Arena in Moscow, Russia. Garrett Pilon scored the decisive goal in the tiebreaker, and Andrei A. Shutov made 41 saves on 44 shots to help Barys improve to 7 wins and 5 losses. Spartak dropped to 5 wins and 7 losses. An announced attendance of 7,065 watched the game.

Logan Day led Barys with three assists, five shots on goal and one hit. The defenseman was Barys’ top star. Tyce Thompson, a forward, added one goal, six shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Mason Morelli recorded one assist and five shots on goal. Arkady Shestakov had one assist and two penalty minutes. Alikhan Asetov and Alikhan Omirbekov each scored one goal and put one shot on net. Shutov, a 6-foot-2, 198-pound goaltender, earned the win in net.

Spartak received goals from Daniil Gutik, Danil Pivchulin and Lucas Lockhart. Gutik finished with one goal, five shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Pivchulin had one goal and four shots on goal. Lockhart, a 5-10, 181-pound forward, scored once and had two shots on goal. The teams combined for eight minor penalties. Barys took five of them, while Spartak was assessed three.

Gutik opened the scoring at 27:30 of the second period with his third goal of the season, with assists from Ilya Kotlyarov and Daniil R. Orlov. Barys answered later in the second when Omirbekov scored his third goal off assists from Day and Shestakov. Asetov then put Barys ahead with his first goal, with help from Day and Ansar Shaikhmeddenov. Pivchulin tied the game for Spartak with his third goal before the second intermission.

Lockhart gave Spartak a 3-2 lead at 48:18 of the third period with his first goal, assisted by Sergei Lukyantsev. Barys pulled even when Thompson scored his fifth goal at 58:22 of the third, with Day and Morelli assisting. That forced the game into the extra session, where Pilon delivered the shootout winner. Day’s three assists powered the Barys attack and were his fifth, sixth and seventh of the season, and Shutov’s 41 saves kept Spartak from adding to its total.

The game featured a parade to the penalty box. Thompson was assessed a minor for abuse of officials and unsportsmanlike conduct at 12:43 of the first period. Kirill Savitsky received a minor for kneeing at 15:22. Spartak’s Gutik was called for high sticking at 16:33, and Ivan Mikh. Ryabov received a holding minor at 17:55. In the second, Justin Bailey was called for elbowing at 23:59, and Shestakov received a holding minor at 27:11. Alexander Galchenyuk of Spartak was assessed a roughing minor at 35:33, and Chase Evans Priskie of Barys received a holding minor at 39:33.

Day had two assists and six shots on goal in Barys’ previous game, a 5-4 overtime win at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. He had one assist at Ak Bars Kazan, one assist against SKA Saint Petersburg and four shots on goal against Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in his three prior outings. His three-assist effort against Spartak continued a strong stretch.

Barys entered the game after that overtime win at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Spartak had lost its previous four games, including a 2-0 home defeat to Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Barys next hosts Avangard Omsk, then Sibir Novosibirsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Spartak next visits HC Sochi for two games.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Spartak Moscow 3, Barys Astana 2, and its ELO system gave Spartak a 76.5 percent probability to win before the game.