Lipsky scores twice as Dinamo Minsk defeats Shanghai Dragons
MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Visiting Dinamo Minsk defeated the Shanghai Dragons 3-2 on Monday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Municipal‘nyj Stadion Stroitel‘. Daniil A. Lipsky scored twice for Dinamo Minsk, giving him goals four and five this season, and Christopher Tierney added the eventual winner in the third period. Zach Fucale stopped 19 of 21 shots for the win. Alex Limoges, Daniil Sotishvili, Joshua Brook and Sergei S. Kuznetsov recorded assists. Dmitrij Jaskin and David Chen scored for Shanghai, which got assists from Brennan Menell, Calen Addison, Riley Sutter and Nate Sucese. The Dragons pulled within one late but could not equalize. Attendance was 5,147. Dinamo Minsk improved to 6-9. Shanghai fell to 8-4. Lipsky was Dinamo Minsk’s top star after finishing with three shots on goal. Tierney had two shots, while Ty Smith also recorded three shots for Dinamo Minsk. Jaskin added three shots and two penalty minutes for Shanghai. Chen had two shots. The teams combined for 10 penalties. Dinamo Minsk next hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Wednesday. Shanghai hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk on Wednesday.