Ahead of the Snezhnye Barsy vs. Kapitan Match

The Astana team is set to play its final home series of the regular season. Snezhnye Barsy will face Kapitan, a team from the Western Conference.

Before arriving in Astana, the Stupino club suffered a 5–1 road loss to Krasnoyarskie Rysi. Matvey Babenko scored the visitors’ only goal. Prior to that, Denis Kulyash’s squad hosted Dynamo-Karelia for a two-game series and won both matchups. In the first game, Viktor Vergeychik, Matvey Babenko, Danila Lapshov, and Vladislav Drozdov all scored in a 4–3 victory. In the second meeting, Babenko recorded a hat trick, while Drozdov added another point. Viktor Vergeychik and Stepan Vishnyakov also got on the scoresheet.

Heading into the matchup, Kapitan sits seventh in the Silver Division standings with 51 points in 57 games.

The team’s hottest player over the last five games has been Matvey Babenko, who has recorded 9 points (5 goals, 4 assists).

Snezhnye Barsy return home following a road trip through Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. In a 5–1 loss to Chaika, Alikhan Bakyt scored the team’s lone goal. Against Irbis, the Astana side fell 3–1, with Tair Bigarinov accounting for the only tally.

Earlier, the Barsy pulled off a surprising 2–1 home win over the Kazan club, with Mstislav Shipilin and Nikita Sitnikov scoring the goals.

At the moment, Snezhnye Barsy are last in the Eastern Conference Silver Division standings with 21 points in 51 games.

The team’s leading scorer over the last five games is Timur Mindubayev with 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).

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