BISMARCK — Bruins’ goalie Nick Lehr stopped the first three shots he saw in a shootout and that was enough as the Bruins prevailed 6-5 in a shootout win over Bismarck on the road Friday.

As Lehr, who had 23 saves, made the big stops, Jay Dickman, AJ Reid and Brandon Wahlin all scored to give Austin (33-7-5 overall) the win.

The Bobcats scored two goals in the last eight minutes of regulation to force OT.

AJ Reid had a goal and three assists for Austin and Jay Dickman had a goal and two assists.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 1 3 1 0 1 — 6

Bismarck 1 2 2 0 0 — 5

First period

(B) Matt Anders (Cory Chapman) 0:43

(A) Jay Dickman (powerplay) (John Simonson, AJ Reid) 3:29

Second period

(A) Reid (Ladislav Zikmund, Dickman) 1:34

(B) Levi Blom (Nate Repensky, Shane Omdahl) 6:00

(A) CJ Smith (powerplay) (Riley Colvard, Jake Flynn) 12:04

(B) Stanislav Dzakhov (powerplay) (Repensky, Adam Knochenmus) 17:49

(A) Smith (Reid, Dickman) 20:00

Third period

(A) Brandon Wahlin (powerplay) (Cody Dixon, Reid) 0:59

(B) Knochenmus 12:16

(B) Joe Giordaono (Bob Kinne, Sam Wolfe) 15:59

Powerplays: Austin — 3-for-5; Bismarck — 1-for-6

Shots: Austin — 33; Bismarck — 28