Barys uses balanced scoring to defeat Avtomobilist 4‑1

ASTANA (Interstat) — Andrei A. Shutov stopped 28 of 29 shots, and Barys Astana beat Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 4-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Wednesday at Barys Arena. The attendance was 10,588. Barys improved to 9-6. Avtomobilist dropped to 6-8. Chase Evans Priskie recorded one goal, one assist, two shots and one hit for Barys. Jake Massie had one goal, two shots and one hit. Dinmukhamed Kaiyrzhan scored one goal and added two shots and one hit. Alikhan Omirbekov scored once and had two shots. Garrett Pilon contributed one assist, one shot and one hit, while Justin Bailey had one assist, two shots and one hit. Ansar Shaikhmeddenov recorded three shots. Artyom Kashtanov scored for Avtomobilist and had two shots, with Maxim Denezhkin and Kale Clague assisting. Priskie opened the scoring at 10:13 of the first period, with Ian McCoshen and Alikhan Asetov assisting. Kashtanov tied the game at 27:22 of the second. Massie put Barys ahead at 38:42. Kaiyrzhan scored at 49:30 of the third, and Omirbekov capped the win at 54:32. Clague received a hooking penalty, Danil Gushchin a tripping penalty and Semyon Simonov a high-sticking penalty.