03 January 2024

Lokomotiv – Barys 4:5 B

In the first match of 2024, Barys beat Lokomotiv in a shootout and extended its winning streak to four matches.

Batyrlan Muratov and Pontus Åberg were absent at the game for medical reasons. Dmitry Gurkov, Vsevolod Logvin and Emil Nurgaliyev were in the team for the game.

The score was opened by the hosts in the eighth minute of the game. Alexander Polunin caught the mistake of the Barys players at the shift change and coolly outplayed Edward Pasquale in close combat. A little later, Sergei Yelesin turned out to be in an excellent throwing position, which strengthened the advantage of Lokomotiv. Barys responded at the end of the period. Anthony Camara caught a rebound from Ivan Bocharov and scored in the seventh match in a row, setting a new record for the Kazakhstan team.

At the beginning of the second twenty minutes, David Sklenicka extended his scoring streak. Astana player under 90th number intercepted the puck on his blue line and upset the local audience for the second time. And at the end of the period, Joseph Labate brought the guests ahead for the first time in the match, with a backhand shot.

Yaroslavtsev was brought back into the game by Alexander Volkov, who put an end to the counterattack. Anthony Camara scored a double on the power play, but Astana team did not keep the winning score until the final buzzer. Rushan Rafikov converted the game into overtime, which remained goalless. And in the shootout, Barys was more accurate - Evgeny Rymarev was the initiator of the winning goal.

On January 5, team of Oleg Bolyakin will play against "Traktor" in Chelyabinsk.

Lokomotiv – Barys 4:5 B (2:1, 0:2, 2:1, 0:0, 0:1)

1:0 – 07:13 – Polunin (Kiryanov, Yelesin)

2:0 – 09:34 – Yelesin (Likhachev, Simashev)

2:1 – 19:47 – Camara (Nogier)

2:2 – 25:34 – Sklenička

2:3 – 37:01 – Labate (Camara, Nogier)

3:3 – 50:13 – Volkov (Kiryanov, But)

3:4 – 55:37 – Camara (Beketayev, Apalkov) GB

4:4 – 58:52 – Rafikov (Ivanov, Likhachev)

4:5 – 65:00 – Rymarev B

Goalkeepers: Bocharov (Murashov, 40:00-60:00) – Pasquale