The Austin Bruins lost 4-3 in a shootout at Bismarck Saturday.

The Bruins (17-7-1 overall) had trailed 3-0 in the second period when Josh Bretner scored a goal and Jay Dickman added two third period goals to force OT.

Austin came up empty on all five of its shots in the shootout and Bismarck connected on two of its five attempts.

Nick Lehr had 31 saves for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 1 2 0 0 – 3

Bismarck 1 2 0 0 1 – 4

First period

(B) Stanislav Dzakhov (Tyler Dunagan, Ryan Callahan) 19:23

Second period

(B) Matt Anders (SH) (Cullen Willcox, Dan Kovar) 9:27

(B) Anders (Kovera, Brendan Harris) 10:20

(A) Josh Bretner 13:11

Third period

(A) Jay Dickman (Bretner) 3:28

(A) Dickman (Dominik Florian) 6:42

Shots: Austin – 35; Bismarck – 35

Power plays: Austin – 0-for-5; Bismarck – 0-for-5