MINSK (Interstat) — Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod beat Dinamo Minsk 2-1 in a shootout Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Minsk-Arena. Vladimir Tkachyov scored in the second period and added the shootout winner for Torpedo. Sergei S. Kuznetsov opened the scoring for Dinamo Minsk in the first period. Yegor Vinogradov and Ronald Brickey assisted on Tkachyov’s regulation goal. Denis Kostin stopped 24 shots for Torpedo, while Vasily Demchenko made 24 saves for Dinamo Minsk. Tkachyov finished with three shots and one hit. Vinogradov had four shots and three hits. Kuznetsov had four shots and one hit. Ilya Usov recorded three hits. Brickey had one shot and one hit. Dmitry S. Kuzmin had two shots, two penalty minutes and two hits. Nikita Kamalov added two shots and two hits for Torpedo. Rhett Gardner had three shots and three hits for Dinamo Minsk. Torpedo improved to 9-3. Dinamo Minsk fell to 4-8. Attendance was 15,086.