KHL. Before the match Salavat Yulaev - Barys

Barys closes the four-match of the road stand with a match with Salavat Yulaev.

On Saturday, Barys will face one of the leaders of the East. Viktor Kozlov's team has won five games in a row, and in the last two meetings Salavat Yulaev defeated their opponent in the "green" derby - Ak Bars. The Ufa team won on Wednesday with a 4-1 homestand win. Sergey Shmelyov, the team's best sharpshooter (18 points, 9+9), scored a double, also Ivan Drozdov and Vladislav Kartayev scored once each. Goalkeeper Ilya Ezhov made 31 saves. After the game, the Head Trainer of the team from Bashkortostan capital, said that the outcome in such duels decide trifles and nuances.

After 22 games, Salavat Yulaev has 31 points, its third place in the conference. Ufa's injured list includes forward Joshua Ho-Sang. Three players of the team will take part in the upcoming All-Star Game in Chelyabinsk: goalkeeper Andrei Kareyev, defender Ryan Murphy and forward Sasha Chmelevski.

Barys came close to breaking its losing streak in the last round, but failed against Sibir - 4:3 in favor of Novosibirsk team. Linden Vey scored his 11th goal of the season and has been chosen by the League to participate in All-Star Game the following day. He is currently the most productive player for the Kazakhstan team ( 17 points, 11+6). Arkadiy Shestakov and Dinmukhamed Kaiyrzhan, scored their first goal of the season. Nikita Boyarkin made 33 shots on goal.

Andrei Skabelka said that the team was looking better in comparison to the previous games, but it still did not bring a successful result. As a result of 24 meetings, the Astana team scored 23 points. As long as it keeps in the playoff zone.

The match starts on the Ufa Arena at 17:30 capital time.

Live broadcast on Qazsport and KHL Prime.

General Partner of HC Barys – JSC NWF Samruk Kazyna

Partner of HC Barys - CF Fund for the Support of the Tourism and Sports Industry

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