MYTISHCHI, Russia (Interstat) — Tyce Thompson scored three goals, including the equalizer and sealing tally, and Andrei A. Shutov stopped 17 shots as the visiting Barys Astana rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Shanghai Dragons 4-2 in a Kontinental Hockey League game on Friday at Municipal’nyj Stadion Stroitel.

The Dragons opened the scoring at 10:51 of the first period when Vladislav Y. Barulin beat Shutov, with Nikita I. Alexandrov assisting. The goal came after Barys’ Alikhan Asetov was sent off for too many players on the ice at 5:44. Shanghai made it 2-0 just 20 seconds into the second period on Brennan Menell’s goal, assisted by Riley Sutter. The early deficit put pressure on Barys, but Shutov kept the visitors within reach before the offense found its footing.

Barys answered with two goals in a 1:09 span late in the second period, both from Thompson. He scored at 29:37 off assists from Justin Bailey and Mason Morelli, then tied the game at 30:46 with help from Chase Evans Priskie and Morelli. The burst turned a 2-0 Shanghai lead into a 2-2 tie and shifted the momentum. Morelli finished with two assists, three shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Thompson’s second-period surge set up the deciding third period.

The game grew chippy in the middle frame. Asetov received the two-minute too-many-players penalty in the first, and Nate Sucese was assessed a 10-minute misconduct at 15:12. In the second period, Asetov and Givani Smith received five-minute fighting majors at the same stoppage. Shanghai also took several minor penalties in the period, including holding against Nick Cicek, tripping against Colby Williams, throwing the puck outside the playing area against Turner Ottenbreit and tripping against Menell. Barys did not convert every chance, but the stretch of special-teams play helped tilt the ice and set up Thompson’s equalizing burst.

Asanali Sarkenov put Barys ahead for good at 54:33 of the third period, scoring off assists from Garrett Pilon and Ian McCoshen. Thompson completed his hat trick with a goal at 59:43, sealing the result. Shutov finished with 17 saves on 19 shots. Menell had a goal, five shots on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit for Shanghai. Barulin scored on his only shot and added two hits, while Sutter recorded an assist, one shot and two hits. Ian McCoshen added an assist, three shots, two penalty minutes and five hits for Barys. Priskie had an assist and four shots, and Pilon had an assist and one shot. The announced attendance at Municipal’nyj Stadion Stroitel was 7,361.

Barys improved to 12-9 with the victory. Shanghai dropped to 12-7. Thompson was Barys’ top star with three goals, three shots on goal and three hits. Morelli’s two assists and Sarkenov’s go-ahead goal were among the supporting efforts that helped Barys complete the comeback. Menell’s goal and five shots led Shanghai, while Barulin and Sutter also contributed at even strength.

Thompson entered the game after a productive recent stretch. He had a goal and six shots in a road loss at Admiral Vladivostok and recorded six shots and five penalty minutes at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. His three-goal game came after he was held without a point in Barys’ previous game, a 1-0 win at Dinamo Minsk. Shanghai entered on a four-game winning streak and had allowed two goals or fewer in three of those victories.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Shanghai 4, Barys 2, and its ELO system had given Shanghai a 62.7 percent probability to win before the game. The total of six goals went under the 5.5 over/under line.