Radoslav Vavřina
Goals and assists:
5. Boyd (Bochenski), 26. Antropov (Rudenko, Starchenko), 32. Antropov (Litvinenko, Rudenko), 48. Bochenski (Litvinenko, Rakhmanov), 54. Starchenko (Litvinenko, Antropov) – 30. Lapenkov (Kanarsky), 48. McLean (Lapenkov), 51. McLean (Kanarsky)
Referees: Karabanov, Kherenkov – Shelyanin, Medvedev
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Barys Nur-Sultan:
Ahonen (Poluektov) – Lundin, Blokhin, Savchenko, Litvinenko, Semyonov, Barker – Dawes, Bochenski, Boyd – Rudenko, Starchenko, Antropov – Zhailauov, Upper, Romanov – Polischuk, Rakhmanov, Pushkaryov.
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Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Martynov, Arzamastsev, Giroux, Mäntylä, Kapotov, Kuklev, Kanarsky, Skutar – Akhmetov, Galimov, Yemelin – Kosourov, Gareyev, Kartayev – Kurepanov, Velichkin, Musin – McLean, Valuisky, Lapenkov.
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Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Martynov, Arzamastsev, Giroux, Mäntylä, Kapotov, Kuklev, Kanarsky, Skutar – Akhmetov, Galimov, Yemelin – Kosourov, Gareyev, Kartayev – Kurepanov, Velichkin, Musin – McLean, Valuisky, Lapenkov.
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Referees: Karabanov, Kherenkov – Shelyanin, Medvedev
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It looks like the drama will be avoided. Barys converts their first powerplay of the day and regain a two-goal lead. Great PP formation with passes all round ends up with ROMAN STARCHENKO putting the puck into the back of the wide-open net.
Assisted by Alexei Litvinenko and Nikolai Antropov.
And they do exactly that! The lead is cut to a single goal as Metallurg converted a man-advantage into a goal. KURTIS McLEAN fired one through a maze of bodies and it somehow found its way through and into the back of the net for his second of the night.
Assisted by Pavel Kanarsky.
A little twist to the story or a start of a big comeback? We'll see, but Novokuznetsk cuts the lead to two. A hard shot by KURTIS McLEAN found its way past Ahonen.
Assisted by Evgeni Lapenkov.
And now it looks like the deal is sealed. It's pretty early in the third, but Barys has just expanded its lead to three goals. Litvinenko left the puck for BRANDON BOCHENSKI to fire it and the forward one-timed a blast past Sorokin.
Assisted by Alexei Litvinenko and Mikhail Rakhmanov.
Barys responds in the best possible way! Just minutes after Metallurg got the score tight, the home team got the visitors under a huge pressure that is after all capped off by a goal. NIKOLAI ANTROPOV made no mistake on his bad-angle shot and renews his team's two-goal lead.
Assisted by Alexei Litvinenko and Konstantin Rudenko.
Powerplay goal for Metallurg and so the lead is cut in half! A shot from the blue line by Kanarsky found the stick of EVGENI LAPENKOV in front and so it changed course of its flight to avoid Ahonen and end up in the back of the net.
Assisted by Pavel Kanarsky.
Barys doubles up the lead five minutes into the second! Just after Boyd's great chance, Starchenko sent a cross-ice pass to Rudenko whose one-timer got stopped by Sorokin, but NIKOLAI ANTROPOV shoved home the rebound to give his team a two-goal advantage.
Assisted by Konstantin Rudenko and Roman Starchenko.
The home team opens the scoring, just four minutes into the game! Bochenski made a great pass to spring DUSTIN BOYD who got past a couple of defensemen, to the front of the net and then made a deke to beat Sorokin.
Assisted by Brandon Bochenski.
Barys Astana: Ahonen (Poluektov) – Lundin, Blokhin, Savchenko, Litvinenko, Semyonov, Barker – Dawes, Bochenski, Boyd – Rudenko, Starchenko, Antropov – Zhailauov, Upper, Romanov – Polischuk, Rakhmanov, Pushkaryov.
Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Martynov, Arzamastsev, Giroux, Mäntylä, Kapotov, Kuklev, Kanarsky, Skutar – Akhmetov, Galimov, Yemelin – Kosourov, Gareyev, Kartayev – Kurepanov, Velichkin, Musin – McLean, Valuisky, Lapenkov.
Referees: Karabanov, Kherenkov – Shelyanin, Medvedev.