Astana's Barys hockey club defeated Magnitogorsk Metallurg 5:4 at home at Barys Arena in a Kontinental Hockey League regular-season match, reports infohub.kz.
The hero of the game was Barys forward Justin Bailey, who recorded his first KHL hat-trick.
The visitors opened the scoring in the first period with a precise shot from Anton Rubin. However, Barys not only equalized through Bailey but also took the lead after a power-play goal by Chase Priske.
Early in the second period, Bailey completed his double to extend the Astana team's lead to two goals. Following this, Metallurg's coaching staff replaced starting goaltender Yegor Zavragin with Alexander Smolin.
Soon after, Igor Nechaev pulled one back for the visitors, but Bailey scored again to complete his first career KHL hat-trick.
In the final period, Magnitogorsk tried to turn the game around. Nathan Todd reduced the deficit, and the visitors then pulled their goalie for an extra attacker. Kirill Savitsky capitalized by scoring into the empty net.
Late in the game, Daniil Vovchenko again cut Metallurg's deficit to one, but the visitors could not equalize. Barys goaltender Andrei Shutov finished the match with 30 saves.
Mikhail Kravets' team will next play on November 18 away against Ufa's Salavat Yulaev.