05 March 2021

Second match of Metallurg-Barys in figures and facts

We summarized some statistical results of the second match of ¼ finals of the Eastern Conference between Metallurg and Barys.

Kirill Panyukov and Darren Dietz, who made point-blank shots in the second game, are among the top five scorers in the current playoff. Each of the Barys representatives has 4 points (2+2 points).

Darren Dietz scored the second-fastest overtime goal in the history of KHL playoffs. He made a game-winning goal in the 29th second of the first overtime. The record belongs to Renat Mamashev (Neftekhimik), who brought his team a victory in the 22nd second of 2014-2015 season. It is worth to note that the third in this list is Linus Videll (60:31) with his puck in the Metallurg net last season.

Captain of Barys again spent the most time on the ice among players of our team (25 minutes and 5 seconds). In Metallurg, the leader in this indicator is defender Grigory Dronov (25:29).

One of the heroes of the match was Joni Ortio as well, who recorded 21 blocked shots. It is worth noting that this victory was the first for the goalkeeper in matches of the KHL playoffs.

In the last match, Barys took advantage of one powerplay out of three (conversion rate - 33.3%). Powerplay neutralization of the opponent was 66.7% - Metallurg also made one attempt out of three.