Astana's Barys hockey club suffered a defeat to Novosibirsk's Sibir in a home match of the Kontinental Hockey League regular season, reports infohub.kz.
The game took place on October 12 in Astana and ended with a 3-2 victory for the visitors.
Sibir forward Sergei Nikulin opened the scoring on the 12th minute with a power-play goal. However, just two minutes later, the hosts equalized thanks to a precise shot by Michael Morelli.
On the 19th minute, Kirill Savitsky put Barys ahead, and the Astana team went into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead.
In the second period, neither team managed to score, so the outcome was decided in the final twenty minutes.
On the 51st minute, Taylor Beck equalized for Sibir on the power play. Less than five minutes later, Pavel Tyutnev scored the visitors' third goal, setting the final score at 3-2.
Thus, Barys failed to hold onto its lead during the home match and suffered a defeat to the Novosibirsk club.