Motorygin makes 28 saves as Dynamo edges Amur in KHL
MOSCOW (Interstat) — Dynamo Moscow beat Amur Khabarovsk 2-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Wednesday at VTB Ice Palace. Maxim Motorygin stopped 28 of 29 shots for Dynamo, which improved to 8-14. Pavel Shen opened the scoring at 12:48 of the first period, with assists from Maxim Letunov and Bulat Shafigullin. Vitaly Abramov tied it for Amur at 17:33 of the first, and Igor Martynov restored Dynamo’s lead at 30:34 of the second, assisted by Nikita V. Novikov and Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi. Shen finished with one goal, four shots on goal and two penalty minutes, while Martynov had one goal and five shots. Abramov recorded one goal, four shots and two penalty minutes for Amur. Shvets-Rogovoi added an assist and four penalty minutes, Novikov had an assist, Letunov an assist and two shots, and Shafigullin an assist and two shots. Daniil Pylenkov had four shots for Dynamo. Attendance was 7,055. Amur fell to 10-9.