Before the match Barys - Avangard

Barys continues the New Year home series with a match against Avangard.

Omsk team outplayed their principal rivals from Sibir (3:2) on the roadstand last tour. Novosibirsk's game ended in overtime after Reid Boucher, the season's top sharpshooter, scored his 31st goal. Ryan Spooner and Nikita Kholodilin scored once each. Puckstopper Ilya Proskuryakov deflected 33 shots into the net.

To date, Mikhail Kravets' wards have scored 50 points in 42 games and are only behind first place Metallurg in the East by the number of wins in regulation time. The team's top sharpshooter Vladimir Tkachyov (15+42) is among the two most productive players in the current regular season. Ilya Proskuryakov leads the season in save percentage (1.60) and save percentage (94.2%). Defenseman Roman Abrosimov is on the injured list. Before the end of the draft period, Avangard signed three well-known forwards: Nikolai Prokhorkin, Tomas Jurco and Damir Zhafyarov.

Barys last Saturday at home outplayed Sochi (3:2) in overtime and broke its losing streak. This victory was the first for Oleg Bolyakin as acting Astana head trainer. Anthony Camara pushed his sharpshooting streak to four games. David Sklenička and Arkadiy Shestakov scored another goal each. Emil Nurgaliyev reached the 50-game mark in the KHL. Andrei Shutov made 26 saves.

Barys has 33 points after 43 games. Pontus Oberg (15+12) remains the team's top sharpshooter. Vsevolod Logvin is likely to miss the evening game due to illness.

Avangard defeated Barys in two games in Omsk (4:1 and 5:1).

The match at Barys Arena will begin at 19:30 Astana time.

Tickets for the matches can be purchased at the ticket offices of Barys Arena and on our website ticket.hcbarys.kz

Live coverage on KHL Prime and Qazsport TV channels.

General Partner of Barys HC – Samruk Kazyna SWF JSC

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

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