The Austin Bruins lost back-to-back home games for the first time this season when they lost 7-0 to Bismarck (26-13-4 overall) in Riverside Arena Saturday.

It was the most lop-sided loss of the season for Austin (28-13-1 overall), which now leads Bismarck by just one point in the NAHL Central Division.

Dillon Kelley had 18 saves in the loss for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Bismarck 1 2 4 – 7

Austin 0 0 0 – 0

First period

(B) Huba Sekesi (power play) (Chris Driver, Nate Repensky) 17:20

Second period

(B) Stanislav Dzakhov (Jacob McDowell, Tyler Dunagan) 15:07

(B) Dunagan (Dzakhov, Jacob McDowell) 18:48

Third period

(B) Dunagan (power play) (Evan Giesler, Dan Kovar) 8:28

(B) Sekesi (Kovar, Giesler) 11:25

(B) Dzakhov (shorthanded) 15:06

(B) Giesler (Cullen Willcox, Sekesi) 16:56

Shots: Bismarck – 25; Austin – 19

Power plays: Bismarck – 2-for-4; Austin – 0-for-2