07 January 2024

"Salavat Yulaev" – "Barys" 5:3

In the third match of the away series, Barys lost to Salavat Yulaev.

Striker Dmitry Gurkov was left out of the application for the game. Pontus Åberg, who was injured in the game on December 30, returned to the team. Andrey Shutov took the place in the goal from the first minutes, Daniil Kudimov was announced as his replacement, which happened for the first time in the young goalkeeper's career.

Yegor Suchkov opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the match. The forward of the hosts finished off the puck in the goal after his own throw. Before the break, Roman Starchenko had a great goal chance, who hit the crossbar of the goal as a result of an acute counterattack.

The second segment was dictated by Ufa team. First, Josh Leivo effectively found the stick of a player in a white uniform, after which the puck went into the goal. A little later, the Canadian striker of Salavat Yulaev realized a double majority. Anthony Camara returned hope to Astana team shortly before the break. But a second before the buzzer, Artyom Pimenov upset Andrey Shutov for the fourth time and, in fact, turned the final third into a formality.

Accurate throws by Samat Daniyar and Daniil Apalkov brightened up the bitterness of defeat for Astana team a little. Matvey Guskov's goal got between them.

On January 9, team of Oleg Bolyakin will play against "Ak Bars" in Kazan.

Salavat Yulaev – Barys 5:3 (1:0, 3:1, 1:2)

1:0 – 04:17 – Suchkov (Sharov, Bashkirov)

2:0 – 23:54 – Leivo (Drozdov, Yefremov)

3:0 – 32:17 – Leivo GB +2

3:1 – 38:46 – Camara (Starchenko, Shestakov) GB

4:1 – 39:59 – Pimenov (Guskov, Naumenkov)

4:2 – 45:33 – Daniyar (Camara, Shalapov)

5:2 – 50:34 – Guskov (Pustozerov, Sharov)

5:3 – 59:52 – Apalkov

Goalkeepers: Yezhov – Shutov

Ufa Arena. 8487 spectators