Barys Astana Edges Spartak Moscow In Shootout Sunday

MOSCOW (Interstat) — Barys Astana defeated Spartak Moscow in a shootout Sunday at Luzhniki Minor Arena in a Kontinental Hockey League game. Barys scored twice in the first period and once in the second, while Spartak answered with two first-period goals and one in the second. Garrett Pilon also scored in overtime for Barys. Logan Day led Barys with three assists, five shots on goal and one hit. Tyce Thompson scored once and had six shots and two penalty minutes, Mason Morelli added an assist and five shots, and Alikhan Asetov and Alikhan Omirbekov each scored. Arkady Shestakov recorded an assist and two penalty minutes. Goaltender Andrei A. Shutov made 41 saves on 44 shots in the win. Daniil Gutik, Danil Pivchulin and Lucas Lockhart scored for Spartak, with Gutik adding five shots and Pivchulin four. The attendance was 7,065. Barys improved to 7-5, while Spartak dropped to 5-7. Spartak pressured late but could not convert.