Astana “Barys“played with Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo» in an away match Continental Hockey Leaguewrites Sports.kz.
Bookmakers and experts considered the Russian team to be the favorite.
Galym Mambetaliev fielded the following line-up: Boyarkin (Shutov) – Beketaev-Antipin, Zhafyarov-Nikolishin-Panyukov; Khokhlov-Daniyar, Asetov-Omirbekov-Burdasov; Gaitamirov-Butenko, Bocharov-Logvin-Setdikov; Korolev-Dikhanbek, Ospanov-Rakhmanov-Kayirzhan.
A quick goal by Stanislav Bocharov helped the guests win the first period, but at the start of the second they missed two, then the hosts increased the gap, and the final twenty minutes helped them bring everything to victory – 3:1, the Kazakhs lost the fifth match in a row.
