18 October 2023

Before the Lada - Barys match

Barys opens a long road series with a match against Lada.

Togliatti, who returned to the KHL after several years of absence, immediately made themselves known by putting up a decent series of games with scored points. However, Lada has only one win in the last five meetings. In the last round, Oleg Bratash's team failed to unseal Neftekhimik at home. The main hero of the game was Nizhnekamsk's goalie Filipp Dolganov, who deflected 22 shots on goal. The coach of the team from Togliatti noted that his team had a good start to the game, but was let down by penalties in the other team's zone.

Lada scored 22 points in 20 games. The team's top scorer is forward Troy Josephs (9+7). Goalie Vladislav Podyapolsky is among the best goalies in the championship in terms of percentage of deflected shots (93.8%).

Barys had a rather colorful home game against Metallurg on Sunday (3:4 overtime loss). Roman Starchenko had a goal and an assist, which helped him pass the 400-point mark in the KHL. The author of another goal, Riley Barber (8+12), was the first Astana player to reach 20 points this season. Rudolph Cherveny also added to his sniper account. Andrei Shutov made 28 saves. Galym Mambetaliyev said that his team played well, but at key moments could not capitalize on their chances at other people's gates.

In 19 games, the Kazakhstani team has earned 16 points. David Sklenicka (1+13) lost his lead in the list of the KHL's most prolific defenseman-shooters. He hasn't scored points in seven consecutive games. Samat Daniyar joined Alex Grant on the injured reserve list.

The start of the meeting on the ice of Lada-Arena at 21:00 Astana time.

The live broadcast will be available on Qazsport TV channel.

General partner of Barys HC - NWF Samruk Kazyna JSC

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