Astana's Barys hockey club secured a convincing victory over Yekaterinburg's Avtomobilist in a Kontinental Hockey League regular-season match, infohub.kz reports.
The game took place on October 14 and ended in a 4-1 win for the Kazakh club.
The scoring opened in the 11th minute. Barys defenseman Chase Priskie converted a power play to put the hosts ahead. However, before the first intermission, the visitors equalized through an accurate shot by Anatoly Kashtanov.
In the second period, the Astana team seized the initiative again. In the 39th minute, defenseman Jake Massie found the net to restore Barys's lead.
In the final twenty minutes, the Kazakh club extended its advantage through the efforts of Kazakh forwards. In the 50th minute, Dinmukhamed Kaiyrzhan scored the third goal, and five minutes later Alikhan Omirbekov made it 4-1.
Thus, Barys won 4-1, scoring three unanswered goals after the first period.