23 October 2022

KHL. Before the match Barys – Neftekhimik

Barys opens the four-game road series with a meeting with Neftekhimik.

Nizhnekamsk players after a not too successful start are already knocking on the doors of the cup eight. Last week, Oleg Leontyev's team snatched a 3-2 win over Sibir at home. Andrei Belozerov, Evgeny Mitiakin and Maksim Goncharov made the point, scoring his first goal of the season. Goalkeeper Alexander Sudnitsin made 17 saves. At the press conference, the trainer of team from Tatarstan noted that the end of the game was very tense, but at the right moments his team was saved by the goalkeeper.

Neftekhimik currently has 17 points, ninth place in the Eastern Conference. Vyacheslav Leshchenko, the team's leading scorer, has 15 (7+8) points without any action over the last two games. As of October 22, the list of injured included goalkeepers Emil Garipov and Andrei Tikhomirov, as well as defenseman Mikhail Sidorov.

Barys lost for the third time on Friday of the season with a score of 0-5, this time to Metallurg. Andrei Skabelka complained after the match about the failure of the first period and noted that the opponent was faster to win the fight.

The Kazakhstan team scored 23 points in 21 games. Linden Vey remains the team's top scorer with 15 (10+5) points. Forwards Ansar Shaikhmeddenov, Michael Chaput and Nikita Mikhailis will not help Barys in the next meetings, they are on injured list.

Neftekhimik and Barys already met in Astana earlier this month. At that time the Russian team won with a score of 2-1.

Start of the match on the ice of Neftekhim Arena at 20:00 capital time.

Live broadcast on Qazsport and KHL Prime channels.

General Partner of HC Barys – JSC NWF Samruk Kazyna

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