MOSCOW (Interstat) — Garrett Pilon scored two goals and Jake Massie added a goal and two assists as Barys Astana defeated Dynamo Moscow 4-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at VTB Ice Palace. The announced attendance was 6,688. Barys improved to 5-2 on the season. Dynamo dropped to 4-4.

Barys broke open a tight game with two goals from Pilon and two more goals later. Pilon opened the scoring at 22:32 elapsed, with assists from Massie and Justin Bailey. Dynamo answered at 27:43 when Nikita Korostelyov scored, with Daniil Pylenkov and Dylan Sikura assisting. Pilon put Barys back ahead at 33:25, with Daniyar Samat and Ian McCoshen getting assists. Massie then scored at 45:15, assisted by Kirill Lyapunov and Vsevolod Logvin. Bailey capped the scoring at 58:37, with Massie and Mason Morelli assisting. The goals gave Barys a 1-0 lead, then a 2-1 edge, then a 3-1 cushion before Bailey sealed the result.

Andrei A. Shutov made 37 saves on 38 shots to earn the win for Barys. The goaltender was busy throughout as Dynamo generated 38 shots, but he allowed only Korostelyov’s goal. Shutov’s play was critical during an early Dynamo push and again later, when Barys protected its lead with a disciplined final 20 minutes after a penalty-filled middle frame.

The game included several penalties. Chase Evans Priskie was called for holding at 14:02 of the first period. In the second, Sergei Zborovsky received a roughing minor and Samat was given an unsportsmanlike conduct minor at 21:22. Mikhail Melikov was whistled for hooking at 23:56, Samat received a minor for throwing the puck outside the playing area at 26:30, Madi Dikhanbek was called for hooking at 34:23, and Melikov received a high-sticking minor at 36:07. Barys killed off the Dynamo power plays and did not allow the home side to build sustained momentum.

Pilon finished with two goals and three shots on goal. Massie had one goal, two assists, and two shots. Bailey had one goal, one assist, and three shots. Morelli contributed one assist, one shot, and one hit. Logvin had one assist and two shots. Lyapunov had one assist and one shot. Priskie recorded one shot and two penalty minutes. For Dynamo, Sikura had one assist and five shots, while Korostelyov had one goal, two shots, and one hit.

Pilon entered the game after two assists in a 5-0 win at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 20. He also had one shot in a 6-0 win at Lada Togliatti, a goal with two shots and one hit against Amur Khabarovsk, and two assists against Salavat Yulaev Ufa. The performance against Dynamo continued a productive recent stretch for Barys’s top forward.

Barys had mixed results before the victory. The club won 5-0 at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Sept. 20, lost 3-0 at Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Sept. 18, and won 6-0 at Lada Togliatti on Sept. 16. Earlier this season, Barys beat Salavat Yulaev Ufa 8-6 and Sibir Novosibirsk 7-1 while losing to Amur Khabarovsk 3-1. Dynamo had lost 4-0 at Amur Khabarovsk on Sept. 19, won 3-2 at Admiral Vladivostok on Sept. 17, and won 2-0 at Severstal Cherepovets on Sept. 14. Dynamo also had shootout wins over Dinamo Minsk and Admiral earlier in the season.

Barys will return home to face Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Friday, Sept. 25, before hosting SKA Saint Petersburg on Sunday, Sept. 27. Dynamo remains home to play Dinamo Minsk on Thursday, Sept. 24, and Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Dynamo 2, Barys 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave Dynamo a 75.6 percent probability to win.