Barys Astana hockey club defeated Shanghai Dragons 4:2 in St. Petersburg. The Kazakh team came back from a 0:2 deficit, showing character. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
Match progress
When Shanghai's Brennan Menell scored the second goal past Andrei Shutov at 20 seconds of the second period, it seemed the match was decided. However, Barys did not give up. They continued to persistently look for chances in attack and forced the Dragons to commit frequent fouls.
In the middle of the second twenty-minute period, Canadian Williams Colby was sent to the penalty bench for tripping. Ten seconds later, another Canadian, Turner Ottenbreit, joined him.
The visitors fully used their numerical advantage. In a 5-on-3 format, Thompson, with his stick, redirected the puck into Amir Miftakhov's net after a powerful shot by Justin Bailey. And in a 5-on-4 game, he himself fired a powerful and accurate shot from the face-off circle – 2:2. It took Thompson only 69 seconds to do all this.
Match protocol
🏒 DRAGONS (Shanghai, China) – BARYS (Astana, Kazakhstan) 2:4 (1:0, 1:2, 0:2)
Goals: Barulin (Alexandrov) 10:51 (1:0), Menell (Sutter) 20:20 (2:0), Thompson (Bailey, Morelli) 29:37-PP (2:1), Thompson (Priskie, Morelli) 30:46-PP (2:2), Sarkenov (Pilon) 54:33 (2:3), Thompson 59:43-EN (2:4)
In the third period, 20-year-old Asanali Sarkenov put Barys ahead. And in the last minute, Thompson scored his third goal, hitting the empty net – 4:2.
Tournament standings
Having won their second consecutive victory, the Astana team moved up to second place in the Eastern Conference standings.
The KHL regular championship, which started on September 5, will last until March 20, 2027. Each of the 22 teams will play 68 games. Based on the regular season results, 8 teams from each conference get the right to participate in the playoffs.
In the nine-match away series, the Astana team still has three games to play.