Before match Ak Bars – Barys

Barys completes the first away series of 2024 in Kazan.

Ak Bars is approaching the match with a series of three home wins in a row. In the last round, Kazan defeated Avtomobilist (2:1). Riley Barber and Semyon Koshelev scored goals. Timur Bilyalov turned aside 25 shots on goal. He is among the top 5 goalkeepers of the championship in terms of reliability coefficient (1.96) and percentage of reflected shots (93.4).

After 47 matches, the team of Zinetuly Bilyaletdinov has 56 points to their credit – this is the seventh place in the East. The team's top scorer at the moment is Vadim Shipachev (13+21). Attacker Dmitry Yashkin is in the injured reserve list.

Barys lost to Salavat Yulaev in Ufa on Sunday (3:5). Anthony Camara scored the tenth goal for Astana team. Samat Daniyar and Daniil Apalkov also added to their sniper accounts. Arkady Shestakov made his tenth assist of the season and reached the 20-point mark in the current championship. Andrey Shutov managed 46 shots on goals.

The Kazakhstan team has 39 points after 48 matches. It is highly likely that Barys top scorer Pontus Åberg (15+15) will miss the fourth match in a row. Also, the coaching staff will not be able to use Edward Pasquale, who was injured in the game with Traktor.

In the current championship, Ak Bars won two out of two head-to-head matches against Barys (5:3 and 3:0).

The game starts on the ice of Tatneft Arena at 10:30 p.m. of Astana time.

Live broadcast on TV channels: KHL and Qazsport .

General Partner of Barys HC - SWF Samruk-Kazyna JSC

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

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