ASTANA (Interstat) — Barys Astana scored five unanswered goals after an early deficit and beat Avangard Omsk 5-1 on Saturday in Kontinental Hockey League play at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan. Andrei A. Shutov made 41 saves for Barys, which improved to 8-5. Avangard dropped to 6-7. Tyce Thompson and Justin Bailey each scored twice. Thompson had four shots on goal and a hit, while Bailey had three shots and two hits. Samat Daniyar recorded two assists. Mason Morelli added a goal and an assist, and Semyon Simonov had two assists. Nail Yakupov scored Avangard’s lone goal, with Semyon Chistyakov and Dmitry Rashevsky assisting. Yakupov’s goal came 4:06 into the first period. Logan Day had two assists, Garrett Pilon had one assist, and Vsevolod Logvin also had an assist. Ian McCoshen had two penalty minutes and two hits. Attendance at Barys Arena was 11,437.