Astana's Barys hockey club lost to Yekaterinburg's Avtomobilist in a road game of the Kontinental Hockey League regular season. The meeting in Yekaterinburg ended in a 4:1 win for the hosts, infohub.kz reports.
Avtomobilist seized the initiative from the opening minutes and built a lead in the first period. Beating Kazakh goalkeeper Hunter Shepard twice, the hosts went into the first intermission ahead 2:0.
In the second period, the Yekaterinburg club continued to extend its advantage and scored a third goal. During the period, a fight also broke out on the ice between Barys forward Tyce Thompson and Avtomobilist defenseman Yaroslav Busygin.
Despite the poor start, the Astana side managed to cut the deficit. Defenseman Jake Massie scored the Kazakh club's only goal to get them on the board.
In the final period, Barys tried to get back into the game but could not change the course of the contest. The hosts scored once more to set the final result at 4:1.
The Astana club has therefore suffered its third straight defeat in the KHL regular season.
Barys will play its next match on October 28 on the road against Minsk's Dynamo.