Khomchenko makes 25 saves, Dragons down Metallurg M
MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Pavel Khomchenko made 25 saves on 26 shots, and the Shanghai Dragons beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-1 on Wednesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game. Takhir Mingachyov, David Chen, Nate Sucese and Riley Sutter scored for Shanghai, which improved to 6-2. Shanghai scored four times, while Metallurg M managed one goal. Mingachyov had four shots and two hits, Chen had three shots, Sucese had three shots, two penalty minutes and one hit, and Sutter had two shots and two hits. Brennan Menell added an assist and four shots. Nikita A. Korotkov scored and had two shots and two hits for Metallurg M, which fell to 8-3. Calen Addison had an assist and one shot. Igor Nechayev assisted and had one shot and two penalty minutes. Turner Ottenbreit had two penalty minutes and three hits for Shanghai. Pavel Khomchenko was named Shanghai’s top star. The attendance was 5,572 at Municipal’nyj Stadion Stroitel’ in Mytishchi.