MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Pavel Khomchenko made 25 saves as the Shanghai Dragons defeated Dinamo Minsk 2-1 in a Kontinental Hockey League game Saturday at Municipal‘nyj Stadion Stroitel‘. Khomchenko was named Shanghai’s top star after stopping 25 of 26 shots. Dmitrij Jaskin opened scoring in the first period, assisted by Vladislav Y. Barulin and Nikolas Petan. Yegor S. Solovyov doubled the lead in the second, with Brennan Menell and Riley Sutter assisting. Daniil Sotishvili scored for Dinamo Minsk in the third, assisted by Ty Smith and Ilya Usov, but the visitors could not equalize. Barulin added an assist, three shots and two hits. Petan, Menell and Sutter each added one assist. Jaskin also recorded two shots, two penalty minutes and six hits. Solovyov finished with two shots and two hits. Sotishvili had one shot and two hits. Usov contributed an assist, two shots and two hits. Shanghai improved to 4-2, while Dinamo Minsk dropped to 2-6. Attendance was 7,035.