Before the match Metallurg - Barys

Barys opens the roadstand series in Magnitogorsk.

"Metallurg" approached the next round with a series of five consecutive defeats. On Sunday, Andrei Razin's charges lost to Lada (3-4) in Togliatti, with the home team scoring the decisive goal 55 seconds before the final siren. Luke Johnson, Nikita Grebyonkin and Metallurg's top sharpshooter Denis Zernov (8+7) added to their sniper accounts. Puckstopper Ivan Nabokov accounted for 24 deflected shots.

Despite the unfortunate stretch Magnitogorsk resident are in the top three of the Eastern Conference. The team has 32 points after 26 games. Defender Vladislav Yeryomenko and forward Jean-Sebastien Dea are on the injured list.

Barys before the game in Magnitogorsk has an active series of three consecutive defeats. Last round Astana lost at home to Torpedo (1:2). The author of the only puck was Batyrlan Muratov. Andrei Shutov deflected 27 shots.

In 25 games, the Kazakh team earned 21 points, the gap from the playoff zone is six points. Alex Grant, Samat Daniyar and Roman Starchenko remain in injured list. Also, Barys' top scorer Riley Barber (10+13) will not help the team in the upcoming roadstand games. He is recovering from an injury sustained in a duel with Avtomobilist. Artyom Korolyov had the first training session in the general group, his appearance in the game in the evening is very likely.

In the first face-off of the season, Metallurg defeated Barys in Astana. Meeting ended in overtime with a score of 4:3 in favor of the Russian team.

The meeting will start on the ice of the Metallurg Arena at 20:00 Astana time.

Live coverage will be available on KHL and Qazsport TV channels.

General Partner of Barys HC – Samruk Kazyna SWF JSC

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

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